Senior Associate Editor

Thomson Reuters; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in legal publishing is seeking a Senior Associate Editor for Practical Law. The role involves researching, drafting, and updating antitrust legal resources and requires a J.D. along with experience in legal writing and editing. You will collaborate with colleagues to produce high-quality legal insights and support innovative AI initiatives in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working environment

Comprehensive benefit plans

Career development programs

Flex My Way workplace policies

Employee Assistance Program

Two paid volunteer days off annually

Qualifications

• A J.D. and current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
• At least two years of experience working as an attorney or legal editor.
• Antitrust experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research, draft, edit, and update core antitrust legal resources.
• Monitor and identify relevant legal developments in the US.
• Write, edit, and publish legal updates on antitrust topics.

Skills

Legal research

Writing

Editing

Attention to detail

Technology adaptation

Education

J.D.

Job description

Senior Associate Editor

Role Summary:

As a Senior Associate Editor at Practical Law, you will collaborate with US and global colleagues to interpret and explain legal developments in antitrust law. This role involves researching, drafting, and updating legal resources, as well as monitoring market developments to provide valuable insights to legal professionals.

Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness, and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence. Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters, one of the world's most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.

About the Role

In this role as Senior Associate Editor at Practical Law, you will:

Responsibilities

• Research, draft, edit, and update core antitrust legal know-how resources.
• Review and edit content for databases that track antitrust risk-shifting provisions in merger agreements and federal merger enforcement actions.
• Update legislation and case trackers.
• Monitor and identify relevant legal and practice developments in the US.
• Write, edit, and publish legal updates on antitrust topics.
• Liaise with external law firm contributors.
• Collaborate on editorial, feature development, and other projects with colleagues across Practical Law and Thomson Reuters.
• Support AI initiatives, including training AI for use in products and validating model performance.
• Provide additional support, as needed, including non-content tasks, and editorial support for Senior Specialist Legal Editors.

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Senior Associate Editor at Practical Law, if you have:

Requirements

• A J.D. and current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
• At least two years of experience working as an attorney or legal editor. Antitrust experience preferred.
• Enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to learn and to improve the efficiency of legal services, including through AI.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and editing skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain high standards of accuracy.
• Comfort with technology and ability to adapt to new technology quickly.
• Ability to organize and present information in a clear and structured manner.
• Ability to work efficiently and within deadlines and communicate effectively across teams.
• Ability to collaborate with and support team members in a hybrid and/or remote environment.

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What's in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) 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 (Y)our 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.

In the United States, 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.
Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $80,640 - $149,760.
For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $70,000 - $130,000.
This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.
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.

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. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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