Legal Editor, Practical Law Public Sector

We are seeking a junior lawyer to join the Practical Law Public Sector team in the UK. Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing expert created, practical maintained content 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. Practical Law editors are experienced legal professionals who sit at the intersection of law, technology and the development of AI-driven legal solutions, such as CoCounsel.

About The Role

As a Legal Editor in Practical Law, you will use your legal knowledge and experience in public sector law and practice to create and maintain a wide range of content and to support the development of Thomson Reuters AI-powered legal solutions. Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting work.

Major Responsibilities/accountabilities

• With appropriate support and supervision from colleagues, research, write and maintain clear, current, and practical legal content aligned with market practice and customer needs, and business objectives.
• With appropriate support and supervision from colleagues, review and edit content written by others, whether by colleagues or external expert contributors.
• Keep up to date with legal, practice and market developments to ensure content remains accurate, relevant and aligned with business objectives.
• Support the development of customer-focused Thomson Reuters' AI-powered legal solutions.
• Support the development and application of internal AI editorial tools.
• Develop and maintain relationships with lawyers and industry groups to ensure content reflects current market practice.
• Use your legal knowledge to assist the wider Thomson Reuters team, working with product management, sales, marketing, and technology functions where necessary.

About You

• At least 2 years’ post-qualification experience working as a lawyer in a public sector legal environment at a law firm, in-house or at the bar in the UK.
• Experience and sound understanding of information law (freedom of information, environmental information regulations, data protection law).
• Some knowledge of other areas of public sector law and practice (for example, public authority decision-making, judicial review, human rights, adult social care, education, housing) is desirable but not essential.
• Strong writing skills, and a passion for writing about legal practice accurately, concisely and in plain English.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively independently and in teams.
• Strong technical skills and the ability to effectively utilise various tools, including generative AI technologies, to enhance productivity and accuracy.
• Adaptability and flexibility to work on diverse projects and tasks within the generative AI space as well as new and emerging technologies.
• A curious mindset, including about the increasing intersection of AI and legal practice, adaptable and open to change.
• Experience of using AI tools in legal work.

What’s in it For You?

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Industry Competitive 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.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• 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.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business 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, 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 Employer providing a drug‑free workplace.