Description
As Legal Editor at Thomson Reuters, you will help build Westlaw Japan, a comprehensive online legal research service for Japanese law.
You will collect, analyze, and edit legal information, such as statutes, case law, legal articles, and legal news, and link related information on the database so that its users can find what they need quickly and accurately.
Key Responsibilities:
- Editing of Database: Collecting, selecting, editing, updating, and otherwise maintaining legal information contained in the database, such as statutes, case law, e-books, law journals, legal articles, and legal news.
- Enhancement of Content Value: Classifying and organizing the information contained therein, linking related information, adding metadata that improves search, and otherwise improving the database to make it easier to use.
- Management of Quality: Ensuring the integrity of the database by reviewing its content prior to publication, implementing quality standards, and continuously improving them.
- Collaboration with Authors and Vendors: Collaborating with a diverse range of authoring practitioners, such as lawyers and academics, external editors, professional bodies, and government agencies.
- Management of Projects: Leading assigned projects and ensuring the quality of work delivered by external authoring practitioners.
- Process Improvement and Use of Generative AI: Contributing to improving editorial systems, standardizing procedures, and increasing efficiency with generative AI tools.
- Contribution to Development of New Content: Applying an editorial perspective to the development of content for new products and the enhancement of existing products.
- Collaboration Across Teams: Collaborating closely with the product, technology, sales, and overseas editorial teams to enhance the quality of content.
Required Qualifications:
- A law degree, or equivalent legal knowledge gained through legal practice or legal editing.
- The ability to accurately interpret the structure of statutes and case law.
- Japanese proficiency, sufficient to read, interpret, and edit Japanese statutes, case law, and legal commentary.
- Excellent writing and proofreading skills in Japanese.
- Strong communication skills to earn the trust of everyone involved.
- The ability to pay close attention to detail and to meet deadlines.
- English language skills at a conversational level.
- Fundamental computer skills, including proficiency in editorial systems and the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- A positive attitude toward the adoption of new tools and technologies, such as generative AI.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A Juris Doctor (JD) from a Japanese law school, or a master's degree or higher in law.
- Legal qualifications, such as passing the Japanese bar examination or registration as a judicial scrivener, administrative scrivener, or patent attorney.
- Editing experience at a legal publisher or legal information service company.
- Experience commissioning content and collaboration with external practitioners.
- Proficiency in the management of structured documents, such as XML.
- Proficiency in leveraging generative AI tools for editorial operations.
- Experience managing competing priorities and resolving editorial issues under publication deadlines.
What's in it For You?:
- Hybrid Work Model: Flexible hybrid working environment.
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Supportive workplace policies.
- Career Development and Growth: Culture of continuous learning and skill development.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive benefit plans.
- Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation.
- Social Impact: Opportunities to make an impact in the community.