Job description
We are seeking Legal Editorial Associates (LEAs) to support the Practical Law editorial teams with the creation, publication, delivery, and presentation of content for Practical Law Global. At Practical Law, you will work as part of a market leading team, using your experience and expertise to contribute to a market leading product.
About the role:
Working with editorial teams in both Hyderabad and the UK and under the organization and supervision of two Hyderabad-based Managers, you will:
- Proof-read content to ensure that there are no typographical errors or broken links on the live site.
- Review the content in document templates to ensure that the content renders properly on the live site and solve template usage problems as and when they arise.
- Assist with writing and copy-editing and technical legal editing of content.
- Learn and apply applicable style and citation guides when reviewing content.
- Carry out legal and non-legal research as needed.
- Assist with content creation and maintenance, liaising where appropriate with colleagues and external contributors.
- Respond to customer queries as appropriate and provide support to others to ensure questions are answered and published appropriately.
- Help collate business intelligence data reports and other reports and spreadsheets related to content creation and management.
- Other administrative support tasks for editorial, as required.
About you:
- Legal qualifications: either a Bachelor of Laws or an Integrated undergraduate degree in law, or 3+ years experience as a paralegal
- Experience with UK and US legal systems strongly preferred
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Excellent proof-reading skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications
- Prior legal training and/or experience preferred
- Previous experience working in a publishing environment preferred
- Previous experience using technology to create and disseminate online content preferred
