Commissioning Editor, Practical Law We are seeking an international Commissioning Editor to join the Practical Law commissioning team in the UK and to work closely with the Australian editorial team. You will commission legal know-how articles on a range of topics and from a range of jurisdictions for publication on the Practical Law website, promoting the knowledge and expertise of the contributing lawyers.
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 As a Commissioning Editor, Practical Law , you will:
Liaise with the editorial teams to identify necessary legal know-how content to be commissioned. Research and then communicate with external law firms and lawyers and their representatives, to ensure the commissioning of legal know-how articles, including attempting to ensure that copy is delivered in the time frame agreed. Manage the terms and conditions for articles commissioned. Where necessary, and where other duties do not conflict, assist with the technical legal editing, copy editing, sub-editing, and the proof-reading and review of international content pieces. Where necessary, assisting with commissioning for other projects and practice areas. Help promote Practical Law content to Practical Law's subscribers and other users. Conduct focused research into specific areas of law, legal developments, law firms and in-house lawyers across different jurisdictions to build a working knowledge of current themes and issues in relevant practice areas. About You As a Commissioning Editor, Practical Law , you should have:
Bachelor of Laws from an Australian university or an equivalent law degree from a Commonwealth country with at least 1 year of Australian practising experience. Experience in publishing and/or editorial is desirable. Accessibility As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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