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Cases Editor - Fixed Term Contract at Thomson Reuters

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Qualifications:

New Zealand law degree, Knowledge of the NZ legal system, Strong online research skills, Excellent communication skills, High attention to detail.

Key responsabilities:

  • Write case summaries
  • Classify decisions and identify relationships
  • Update case quantum tracker products
  • Participate in editorial projects
  • Ensure product accuracy and relevance
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Job description

Are you interested in expanding your knowledge of the law while working on a leading legal research product? We are looking for a Cases Editor to join our agile team on a fixed term contract of 2 years.

Our Cases Editors are instrumental in ensuring that our Westlaw cases products deliver on customers’ expectations by ensuring that they are current, relevant, accessible, and accurate.

You will need to have a good understanding of the law, have strong online research skills, and possess a high degree of attention to detail. You will need to have the ability to work in a methodical manner, be capable of expressing information clearly and succinctly, and will be able to respond appropriately and quickly to changes in product publishing or priorities.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with internal and external stakeholders.

About the Role

In this opportunity as Cases Editor, you will:

  • Write summaries for a variety of cases.

  • Classify decisions using our inhouse taxonomy and identify case relationships where relevant.

  • Update case quantum tracker products with subject-specialist content.

  • Have the opportunity to participate in wider editorial projects and business groups.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Cases Editor if your background includes:

  • A New Zealand law degree and knowledge of the NZ legal system

  • Excellent communication and research skills

  • Ability to interpret, analyse, organise, and communicate complex legal material

  • Strong attention to detail and understanding of its importance from a customer perspective

  • Ability to adapt quickly and respond positively to change

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What's in it For You?


You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

  • Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

  • Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

  • Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

  • Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

  • Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.


Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

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 that celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our 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, including 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/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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