The Principal Legal Editor works in a small team of legal editors based in Dubai to source, interpret, translate, analyze, classify, select, organize, manage and maintain regional legal content for publication on Westlaw International MENA. This content includes legislation, case law, legal journal articles, current awareness, secondary sources and related materials.
About the role
As Principle Legal Editor, you will:
Act as primary resource for a team’s work-products and processes
Supervise daily workflow to meet product and quality standards, delivery dates and SLAs
Seek direct and indirect customer feedback and incorporate that into the product
Respond to queries from customers and customer-facing teams within SLAs
Build, maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors and global operations centers
Prepares production, administrative, cost reports and promptly escalates issues to line manager
Review, classify and interpret legal information, including legislation and case law
Review, edit legal information created by other employees, authors, freelancers
Identify key legal issues in editorial materials
Adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards
Consulta with multiple departments regarding the business aspects of online content as required
Verify own work and that of colleagues and external contributors for accuracy, completeness, quality and ensures that the information is properly presented and organized
Maintain and develop legal knowledge and skills training as required to complete work and stay current on legal trends and developments process (both wider feedback and self-evaluation)
About You
To be considered for the role of Principle Legal Editor you will have:
Law degree from an accredited law school and post-qualification experience
Strong online legal research, writing, and analytical skills
Strong Arabic and English language skills (essential)
Exceptional attention to detail
Strong, demonstrated understanding of regional MENA legal systems;
Ability to track and understand developing legal areas of interest in legal trends.
Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, legal research platforms, and content management systems.
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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.
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