Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law Public Sector
We are seeking an experienced public sector lawyer (solicitor or barrister) to join the Practical Law Public Sector team in the UK on a 12 month fixed term contract.
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
In this opportunity as a Senior Specialist Legal Editor in Practical Law you will use your specialist knowledge of public and administrative, and local government law to provide and maintain a wide range of Practical Law content. Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including:
- Creating well-written, up to date content for online publication that reflects current law and practice and is of the quality and scope to meet business objectives and customer needs
- Commissioning, reviewing and editing content written internally and externally
- Maintaining all content for which you are responsible to ensure it is up-to-date and continues to be of the quality and scope that meets business objectives and customer needs
- Developing relationships with third parties with a view to obtaining contributions of content or improving content through third party insights into law or practice
In addition to this, the Senior Specialist Legal Editor will:
- Assist with developing and marketing the Practical Law Public Sector practice area
- Support marketing and sales and all other parts of the business to ensure delivery of business objectives, including engaging with customers
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Senior Specialist Legal Editor if your background includes:
- Substantial post qualification experience (England & Wales) as lawyer specialising in local government, public and administrative law
- A demonstrable interest and ability in writing with excellent attention to detail
- Substantial recent experience of advising on a wide range of public and local government law issues, including judicial review, the legislative process and devolution arrangements, human rights, public sector decision-making, data protection and freedom of information law
- A good working knowledge of the key legislation and case law on local authority duties, powers and governance, constitutional law and devolution, equalities and enforcement
- Good technical skills with IT applications such as Microsoft Word, Teams and Planner.
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What’s in it For You?
Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you’ll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:
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Industry-Leading 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.
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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, and hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
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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 skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
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Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.
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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.
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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.
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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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