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Legal Technical Editor

Key Facts

Remote From: 
Full time
English

Other Skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Writing
  • Microsoft Office
  • Ability To Meet Deadlines
  • Prioritization
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Organizational Skills
  • Collaboration

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Strong legal research, analytical, and writing skills
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English
  • Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing demands
  • Experience in legal publishing or legal practice

Requirements:

  • Monitor legal developments and update existing legislation to ensure currency
  • Add new legislation across publications, including relevant annotations
  • Prepare prelims and approve final proofs for service issues, bound volumes, and annuals
  • Respond to queries from internal and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner

Job description

Legal Technical Editor 

Are you passionate about legal content and driven to ensure accuracy in complex publications?
Would you enjoy collaborating with expert contributors to shape trusted legal resources?

About our Team
You will join a collaborative editorial team focused on delivering high-quality legal publications. The team works closely with consultant editors and colleagues across business units to maintain authoritative, up-to-date legal content.

About the Role
As a Legal Technical Editor you will monitor, update, and enhance UK legislation content across a range of respected publications. You’ll play a key role in maintaining accuracy and usability while ensuring content is delivered on schedule across print and digital formats.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor legal developments and update existing legislation to ensure currency

  • Add new legislation across publications, including relevant annotations

  • Prepare prelims and approve final proofs for service issues, bound volumes, and annuals, supporting print production

  • Meet production standards by prioritising tasks and adhering to deadlines across print and online formats

  • Respond to queries from internal and external stakeholders in a timely and professional manner

  • Participate in quality reviews and audits

  • Support operational improvements and adherence to publishing milestones

  • Take part in ongoing training and professional development

Requirements

  • Strong legal research, analytical, and writing skills, with the ability to work within defined style guidelines

  • Excellent command of written and spoken English

  • Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing demands

  • Effective communication skills and a professional, collaborative approach

  • Confidence working with colleagues and stakeholders across different locations

  • Strong organisational and problem-solving skills

  • Ability to learn and use new tools and systems, including XML and Microsoft Office

  • Experience in legal publishing or legal practice

Work in a Way That Works for You
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.









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