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Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Commercial & Law Department

Role Summary:

Practical Law US is looking for a Senior Specialist Legal Editor to work on resources and solutions for our Law Firm and Law Department subscribers.

About the Role:

In this role the Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Commercial & Law Department will:

• Develop commercial legal and compliance content that is of national and global significance to be published as part of Practical Law's online services.
• Write and edit legal resources, including standard form documents, practice guidance notes and checklists in accordance with Practical Law writing style.
• Assist in the editorial development of Practical Law or Thomson Reuters products, including Global and AI initiatives.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external law firm contributors.
• Write and edit content for Practical Law's companion magazine, Practical Law The Journal.
• Stay informed of current developments and legal issues relating to commercial contracting and practice to ensure timely updates to existing content and the development of new content.
• Develop relationships with lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel, and legal professional groups to ensure that the Commercial service's content is topical and meets their needs.
• Support AI initiatives, including training AI for use in products and validating model performance.

About You:

You are a fit for this role, if you have at least the following skills and experience:

• A minimum of eight years' experience working as a lawyer in a law firm or as in-house counsel and an understanding of the needs and priorities of law firm attorneys and in-house counsel.
• Expertise in a variety of commercial transactional and regulatory matters, including one or more of the following:
  • general contract principles and boilerplate, including the purchase, sale, and supply of goods and services;
  • government contracting;
  • multi-state consumer regulatory issues and compliance;
  • manufacturing and supply chain compliance;
  • franchise;
  • distribution, logistics, warehousing, and reseller transactions;
  • e-commerce transactions; and
  • consulting, sales representative, and professional services arrangements.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to balance multiple tasks at once.
• Skill and passion for writing, including:
  • close attention to detail;
  • impressive command of grammar, punctuation, and plain English; and
  • the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.

• The ability to collaborate with and support team members.
• Flexibility in working on tasks other than writing legal resources, such as:
  • supporting the product development and sales and marketing teams in their efforts to build and market Practical Law;
  • conducting sales demonstrations and webinars on topics of interest for customers, as requested; and
  • responding to subscriber inquiries regarding Practical Law resources.

Candidates selected for a second interview will be required to submit a writing sample.

Practical Law provides a dynamic, energetic, and intellectual culture that encourages collaboration and creativity in producing the legal industry's leading know-how product for attorneys. We value work/life balance, with our editors enjoying regular hours and uninterrupted vacations. We also devote substantial resources to the continued development of our employees, through extensive internal skills-building resources and trainings, as well as the opportunity to attend and participate in industry conferences.

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What's in it For You?

• 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. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $119,700 USD - $222,300 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. This job posting will close 09/30/2026.

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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