Attorney Editor

Refinitiv; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Thomson Reuters seeks an Attorney Editor to provide legal interpretation through research, analysis, and writing to support the development of our Legal information across media. You will create and classify headnotes, highlights, and other editorial features, identifying key legal issues with strong Westlaw navigation and research tools.

The role emphasizes editorial responsibility, quality standards, and ongoing legal knowledge development to stay current on trends in the field.

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from ABA-accredited law school.
• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material.

Responsibilities

• Conduct legal research, analysis and writing to develop and maintain Thomson Reuters Legal information.
• Create and classify headnotes, highlights, and editorial features; identify key issues in editorials.
• Ensure accuracy and quality; verify work and adhere to editorial standards.
• Develop legal knowledge through ongoing training and stay current on legal trends related to editorial responsibilities.
• Read and analyze court decisions and summarize points of law for Westlaw and print.

Skills

Legal Research

Legal Writing

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Education

J.D. from ABA-accredited law school

Tools

Westlaw

Job description

Attorney Editor In this role you will provide legal interpretation in the form of research, analysis, and writing to support the development and maintenance of Thomson Reuters Legal information in all media.

Members of this team are also tasked with ensuring that published legal information contains and delivers premium legal content.

About the Role

In this role as Attorney Editor you will:

• Legal Research, Analysis and Writing: Our Attorney Editors create and classify legal information in the form of headnotes, highlights, and other features and enhancements. You will also identify key legal issues in editorial materials while demonstrating competence in Westlaw navigation and on-line research tools.
• Editorial Responsibility: Members of this team adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards. They also verify their own work and that of other staff as required for accuracy and completeness and ensure that the information is properly presented and organized.
• You will be required to maintain and develop legal knowledge and skills training as needed to complete your work and in order to stay current on legal trends and developments that are related to your editorial responsibilities.
• Individual and Leadership Development: As a part of a larger team, you will attend and participate in meetings and take part in the employee evaluation process (both wider feedback and self-evaluation). To be most effective at your job, you will develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters Legal publications and products related to your responsibilities, and those of competitors. Members of our team prioritize their own work and understand the roles and responsibilities of each collaborator/team member and how each role impacts production.
• Cases Editorial: As a member of the Cases Editorial team, you will read and analyze court decisions and create and classify short summaries of each point of law in the decision for Westlaw and print. Strong analytical and writing skills, productivity, and quality are necessary to maintain our world class judicial content.

About You

• J.D. degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school
• Self-starter with aptitude for legal research and writing
• Analytical thinker who uses logic and collaborates to solve difficult problems
• Decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly
• Ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material.
• Comfortable with personal computers and familiar with word processing and online applications
• Can prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive
• Great teammate who will work successfully in a shared environment.
• Strong communicator who can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts, both in and outside Thomson Reuters.

What’s in it for You?

Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge your Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

Compensation & Benefits

Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match.

In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws.

Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $58,100 USD - $107,900 USD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.

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