Associate Legal Editor (AU Legislation) – Primary Law Editorial

Are you passionate about shaping the future of legal information with precision and expertise? Do you thrive on legal research, analysis, and editorial excellence—and want to apply your skills to support legal professionals across Australia and beyond? If so, this is your opportunity to contribute to trusted, authoritative legal content at a global leader in intelligent information.

As an Associate Legal Editor (AU Legislation), you'll play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing Thomson Reuters' authoritative collection of Australian legislation. Working collaboratively with legal editors in Australia and around the world, you'll ensure our customers receive accurate, up-to-date, and expertly annotated legal content across digital and print platforms. You'll combine legal insight with editorial rigor and leverage AI-powered tools to deliver high-quality, value-driven outcomes.

Join a team dedicated to accuracy, integrity, and innovation in legal publishing—where your work directly supports legal practitioners, government bodies, and institutions in upholding the rule of law.

About the Role In this opportunity as an Associate Legal Editor (AU Legislation)

, you will:-Conduct legal research and analysis to interpret, annotate, and update Australian legislation for publication across all media.

• Apply editorial judgment to ensure content accuracy, consistency, and compliance with Thomson Reuters' quality standards.
• Utilize AI tools and proprietary editorial systems to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and value in content development and delivery.
• Collaborate with legal editors and subject matter experts across jurisdictions to maintain alignment and consistency in editorial practices.
• Monitor legislative developments and prioritize urgent updates to ensure timeliness and relevance of published content.
• Maintain and expand knowledge of Australian legal frameworks, legislative processes, and publishing workflows.
• Adhere to production schedules and quality control procedures to meet deadlines and uphold editorial excellence.

About You You're a fit for the role of Associate Legal Editor (AU Legislation) if you have the following required qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal qualification from an accredited institution.
• Demonstrated aptitude for legal research, writing, and analytical reasoning.
• Strong attention to detail with proven proofreading and editing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond quickly to time-sensitive legislative updates.
• Proficiency in using word processing software, online legal databases, and digital publishing tools.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills in a global, team-based environment.
• Capacity for independent judgment and problem-solving when resolving complex editorial issues.

Additional preferred qualifications include:

• Prior experience in legal publishing, editorial work, or legislative research.
• Familiarity with Australian Commonwealth and/or state/territory legislation.
• Experience using AI tools in a research, editorial, or legal context.

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. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• 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 Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• 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. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• 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. 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.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

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. 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.

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