Deadline-Driven Legal News Copy Editor

RELX Inc. Company; Dayton (OH); Remote; USD 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing programs

Parental leave

Study assistance

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of RELX, is seeking an Associate Legal News Copy Editor to cover legal beats daily. You will edit copy for clarity, check terminology, verify facts, and ensure neutral tone across topics.

You will also monitor developments and may write news articles, delivering publication-quality work on tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Remote work within the United States is supported.

Qualifications

• Hard news copyediting experience and strong news judgment.
• Bachelor's degree in journalism/communications or relevant work experience.
• Ability to multitask and reprioritize during the day.
• Ability to understand and explain complex legal topics.

Responsibilities

• Edit legal news copy for clarity, accuracy, readability and style
• Check legal terminology and procedural accuracy
• Verify factual details
• Review headlines, leads and copy
• Apply house style consistently
• Review legal citations and case information
• Protect against substantive editing errors
• Identify gaps and ambiguities
• Maintain neutrality and appropriate legal-news tone
• Perform final publication-quality review
• Work within deadline-driven news operations and meet all deadlines
• Support editorial standards and consistency across the service
• May gather news and write news articles explaining court opinions and litigation documents with manager guidance

Skills

Copy editing

News writing

Legal terminology

Deadline driven

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism/communications or relevant work experience

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of RELX, is seeking an Associate Legal News Copy Editor to cover legal beats daily. You will edit copy for clarity, check terminology, verify facts, and ensure neutral tone across topics.

You will also monitor developments and may write news articles, delivering publication-quality work on tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Remote work within the United States is supported.