Associate Legal News Copy Editor

🕒 October 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $44.5k - $74.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

📝 Copywriter

👻 Ghost score 5%

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RELX

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🛡️ Insurance

Consulting • Healthcare • Insurance

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The company focuses on enabling its clients to make better decisions, improve results, and enhance productivity by leveraging advanced technology and data. RELX serves various sectors, including Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions, by offering specialized information and analytical tools that facilitate critical decision-making. The company is committed to corporate responsibility and delivering societal benefit through its products by contributing to scientific advancement, legal justice, and effective market transactions.

📋 Description

• Edit legal news copy for clarity, accuracy, readability and style • Check legal terminology and procedural accuracy • Verify factual details • Review headlines, leads and copy • Apply house style consistently • Review legal citations and case information • Protect against substantive editing errors • Identify gaps and ambiguities • Maintain neutrality and appropriate legal-news tone • Perform final publication-quality review • Work within deadline-driven news operations and meet all deadlines • Support editorial standards and consistency across the service • Gather news and write news articles explaining court opinions and other litigation-related documents, following manager guidance • Monitor developments and report on legal news for an assigned topic

🎯 Requirements

• Possess hard news copyediting experience and excellent news judgment • Bachelor's degree in journalism/communications or relevant work experience • Ability to multitask and reprioritize throughout the day • Ability to understand and explain complex legal topics • Skilled and speedy copy editor and news writer • Able to work Eastern time zone hours • Ability to work independently

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthy work/life balance • Wellbeing initiatives • Shared parental leave • Study assistance • Country specific benefits • Accommodation or adjustment support for applicants with disabilities or other needs