Attorney Editor, Product - Research

Global Codes Attorney Editors are responsible for validating and directing the review and publishing of United States content updates for their assigned jurisdictions and product lines. Codes Attorney Editors work collaboratively with colleagues in the United States and across the globe to ensure researchers have access to the most accurate and current versions of US code materials. Codes Attorney Editors must have sound editorial judgment, as they play a key role ensuring the quality of our Editorial content, making sure we provide the utmost accurate information in all media platforms for our customers.   

About the Role:
Provide legal interpretation through analysis and research to develop and review content for customers

Adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards as required for accuracy and completeness

Maintain and develop legal knowledge and skills training as needed to complete your work and to stay current on legal trends and developments

Demonstrate competence on company-specific systems, including customized editorial systems, necessary to perform your job functions

About You:

You’re a Fit for the Role of Attorney Editor, if You:   

Have a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school or other equivalent, relevant legal training.  ​

​​Are a self-starter with aptitude for legal research and analysis.  

Have a keen eye for detail and established proof-reading skills, and can focus on detail-specific tasks, in addition to being able to pivot your attention to address high priority updates with little notice.  

Are an analytical thinker and collaborative teammate who uses logic and discretion to collaborate with global teammates to solve difficult problems.

Are decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly.  

Have the ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material. 

Are comfortable with personal computers and familiar with word processing and online applications including the Microsoft 365 suite of apps and Adobe apps.

Can prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive. 

Are a strong, proactive, and assertive communicator who can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts, both in and outside Thomson Reuters, across the globe. 

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What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

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

Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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. 

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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