Responsibilities

• Building and managing project timelines
• Assigning articles in collaboration with the managing editor
• Tracking progress across multiple contributors
• Maintaining version control and file organization
• Providing weekly status updates to clients
• Drafting award nominations, ghostwriting thought leadership, and contributing to larger content initiatives. Topics range from business of law to substantive legal issues (but not overly technical, footnoted articles). Assignments typically involve interviewing law firm partners and collaborating closely with lawyers to refine and finalize content.
• You’ll be editing: Award nominations Thought leadership Publications (e.g., alumni magazines, annual outlooks)
• Strong AP style knowledge is essential, along with the ability to adapt to client-specific styles.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in the legal profession—either as legal reporters and/or in-house in writing/comms roles at law firms.
• Experience copyediting legal-facing content who is comfortable working with technical terminology (but not highly academic legal writing with heavy citations).
• Strong AP style knowledge is essential, along with the ability to adapt to client-specific styles.

Preferred

• Bring a strong journalistic approach to storytelling
• Are comfortable working with law firm partners and firm leadership
• Have experience writing across corporate practice areas (but please share your favorite practice areas)
• Have a deep understanding of the legal industry