Legal News Copy Editor: Edit, Write & Analyze Law Headlines

LexisNexis Legal & Professional; Dayton (OH); Remote; USD 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Associate Legal News Copy Editor to edit copy for legal beats on a daily basis. The role can be performed anywhere in the United States, with deadlines driving daily production and opportunities to write news articles.

You will edit for clarity, accuracy and style, verify facts, review headlines and citations, maintain neutrality, and help the team meet editorial standards across the service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in journalism/communications or relevant work experience.
• Hard news copyediting experience and excellent news judgment.
• Ability to multitask and reprioritize throughout the day.
• Ability to understand and explain complex legal topics.
• Be a skilled and speedy copy editor and news writer.
• Be able to work Eastern time zone hours.
• Have the ability to work independently.

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 that provide explanation of court opinions and other litigation-related documents following guidance provided by manager

Skills

Hard news copyediting

News judgment

Multitasking

Understanding legal topics

Copy writing

Eastern time zone hours

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism/communications

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Associate Legal News Copy Editor to edit copy for legal beats on a daily basis. The role can be performed anywhere in the United States, with deadlines driving daily production and opportunities to write news articles.

You will edit for clarity, accuracy and style, verify facts, review headlines and citations, maintain neutrality, and help the team meet editorial standards across the service.