LexisNexis Legal and Professional

Content Lawyer

Are you interested in a flexible workday with the opportunity to work partially or fully remote?

Do you want to work with other talented lawyers to create high quality content for legal professionals?

LexisNexis offers a market-leading range of vital information and powerful tools for all kinds of legal professionals. We are a Canadian subsidiary of a strong multi-billion $ revenue multi-national organization. We have one foot in the long and proud history of legal publishing, and the other in today's exciting world of informatics, big data, artificial intelligence, and technology-enabled professional work. LexisNexis has a strong brand in Canada that we are using to bring an unprecedented portfolio of new products to market.

As a Content Lawyer you will be responsible for the recruitment of editors and or creating content in the area of Civil Law in Canada. You will work with the practices areas of Corporate, Commercial, Litigation, Employment, In-House. This position is a hybrid/remote full-time role working with a team of experienced professionals responsible for the development and strategic direction of Practical Guidance, an innovative online resource designed specifically for Canadian lawyers.

Responsibilities:

• Building relationships with respected legal practitioners and firms across Canada with a focus on Quebec to create content that reflects leading legal and business practices;
• Reviewing, editing and/or writing practice notes, checklists, flowcharts, precedents and other practice-related materials;
• Ensuring currency and relevancy of materials included in the product;
• Monitoring information sources to identify and report on relevant news and updates regarding legal developments;
• Working within a cross-functional team to execute on the content and product development strategies, and ensure the delivery of high-quality content within mandated timelines;
• Contributing knowledge of the needs of legal practitioners to assist in the development of effective sales and marketing strategies and initiatives relating to the Quebec market; and Maintaining and managing relationships with key LexisNexis stakeholders within Canada, the US and UK.

Requirements:

• Bilingual (french and english);
• A Quebec civil law degree and/or member of the Barreau du Québec.
• Applicants with a law degree from another jurisdiction with relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience as a lawyer (minimum of 2 years, preferably 5+), in one or more of the following practice areas:
• Corporate, Commercial, Litigation, Employment, In-House;
• Superior legal research and practical writing skills and comfortable with author management;
• Detailed understanding of the legal practice needs and workflow requirements within the identified practice areas and a sophisticated knowledge of trends in the Canadian legal marketplace;
• Strong network of contacts currently in legal practice in Canada within the identified practice areas;
• Strong, practical writer with the ability to write effectively and concisely within prescribed timelines;
• Experience in drafting or editing client materials, law journals, CLE presentations or other legal writing;
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills; Proficient with MS Office products;
• Must be highly organized, self-motivated and detail-oriented; and Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

- Health plan benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement Benefits
- Various Leave Programs
- Educational Assistance
- Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

• Legal Publisher

Mostly or fully remote – Full-time position

LexisNexis is a leader in providing essential information and powerful tools for all types of legal professionals. We are a Canadian subsidiary of a strong, multi-billion dollar multinational organization. We have one foot in the long and proud history of legal publishing, and the other in today's exciting world of computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and technology-driven professional work. LexisNexis has a strong brand in Canada that we use to bring an unprecedented variety of new products to market.

We have a position to fill immediately within our Content team for a recently practising lawyer (minimum of 2 years, preferably 5 years or more), in one or more of the following practice areas: corporate law, commercial law, litigation, employment, in-house counsel's law.

The successful candidate for this full-time/hybrid remote position will join a team of experienced professionals responsible for the development and strategic direction of Practical Guidance, an innovative online resource designed specifically for Canadian lawyers.

Reporting to the Manager, Litigation Practice Areas at Practical Guidance, the position will include the following key responsibilities:

• Build relationships with respected law practitioners and firms across Canada, with a focus on Quebec, to create content that reflects leading legal and business practices;
• Review, revise and/or draft practice notes, checklists, flowcharts, templates and other practice-related documents;
• Ensure the timeliness and relevance of the documents included in the product;
• Monitor information sources to identify and report relevant news and updates regarding legal developments;
• Work as part of a cross-functional team to ensure the execution of content and product development strategies, and the delivery of high-quality content within the prescribed deadlines;
• Contribute to the identification of the needs of legal practitioners to assist in the development of effective sales and marketing strategies and initiatives relating to the Quebec market; and
• Maintain and manage relationships with key LexisNexis stakeholders in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

This position can be mostly or fully remote. Our Canadian headquarters are located in Toronto, Ontario, and we have an office in Montreal, Quebec. However, this position may be based in another province.

Job Requirements:

• Bilingualism (French and English);
• Graduate in civil law of Quebec and/or member of the Quebec Bar. Applicants with a law degree from another jurisdiction with relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience as a lawyer (minimum of 2 years, preferably 5 years or more), in one or more of the following practice areas: corporate law, commercial law, litigation, employment, in-house counsel law.
• Superior legal research and writing skills that are practical and comfortable with author management;
• Detailed understanding of legal practice needs and work process requirements in the identified practice areas and in-depth knowledge of Canadian legal market trends;
• Solide réseau de contacts actuellement en pratique juridique au Canada dans les domaines de pratique identifiés;
• Grandes aptitudes de rédaction pratique avec capacité de rédiger de manière efficace et concise dans les délais prescrits;
• Expérience dans la rédaction ou la révision de documents de clients, de revues juridiques, de présentations de formation continue ou d’autres textes juridiques;
• Excellentes compétences en communication et en négociation;
• Maîtrise de la suite MS Office;
• Très organisé, motivé et soucieux du détail; et
• Capacité à travailler de façon autonome et en équipe.

Salaire compétitif plus:

• Plan médical/dentaire/soins de la vue complet
• Régime de retraite
• Programme d’aide aux employés
• Jours de congé personnel payés
• Deux journées de bénévolat rémunéré
• Possibilité de travailler dans un environnement stimulant et collégial
• Bon équilibre entre vie professionnelle et personnelle, y compris un environnement hybride ou entièrement à distance

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Éditeur.rice juridique

Rejoignez-nous pour façonner un monde plus juste.

À propos de notre équipe

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, qui sert des clients dans plus de 150 pays avec 11 800 employés à travers le monde, fait partie de RELX, un fournisseur mondial d’outils d’analyse et de décision basés sur l’information pour les professionnels et les entreprises. Notre entreprise est depuis longtemps un leader dans le déploiement de l’IA et des technologies avancées sur le marché juridique pour améliorer la productivité et transformer l’ensemble des activités et la pratique du droit, en déployant des solutions d’IA générative éthiques et puissantes avec une approche multi-modèle flexible qui donne la priorité à l’utilisation du meilleur modèle parmi les principaux créateurs de modèles actuels pour chaque cas d’utilisation juridique individuel.

(Principalement ou complètement à distance – Temps plein)

LexisNexis Canada est à la recherche de candidats afin de combler dès que possible un poste d’éditeur juridique.

Sous la supervision de la Gestionnaire, Contenu secondaire – Québec, la personne choisie accomplira les tâches suivantes :

• Assurer la coordination des collections et ouvrages qui lui sont attitrés, disponibles en ligne et en format imprimé;
• Effectuer le suivi des auteurs afin d’obtenir la remise des manuscrits et des mises à jour selon les échéanciers fixés;
• Procéder au recrutement de nouveaux auteurs et au remplacement d’auteurs qui se sont désistés;
• Réviser et corriger les manuscrits de langue française, ainsi que les mises à jour proposées par les auteurs;
• Participer au développement, à la révision et à l’édition des nouvelles publications, dans des domaines de droit désignés;
• Évaluer la viabilité financière des nouveaux projets de publications pour déterminer s’ils doivent être poursuivis;
• Établir et maintenir de bonnes relations avec la communauté juridique, y compris les praticiens, les universitaires, les membres de la magistrature, les bibliothécaires et d'autres clients externes;
• Travailler avec les équipes Marketing et Ventes pour développer des stratégies de mise en marché pour les publications attitrées;
• Assister l’équipe dans des projets divers de traduction;
• Agir à titre de personne-ressource auprès des auteurs et des membres de nos différentes équipes pour les ouvrages attitrés.

PROFIL RECHERCHÉ :

• Excellente maîtrise de la langue française;
• Excellente maîtrise de la langue anglaise;
• Membre du Barreau du Québec ou de la Chambre des notaires du Québec. Les candidats détenant un baccalauréat en droit et une expérience pertinente seront considérés;
• Au moins un an d’expérience en pratique du droit ou à titre de stagiaire en droit ou dans le domaine de l’édition juridique;
• Aptitudes organisationnelles et grand souci du détail;
• Capacité à gérer plusieurs projets et à respecter les délais de publication de nos produits imprimés et en ligne;
• Habiletés à développer des relations privilégiées avec nos collaborateurs et à travailler sur des projets impliquant plusieurs équipes;
• Excellentes compétences en communication (orale et écrite) et en négociation;
• Connaissance d’Adobe Acrobat et de la suite Microsoft Office.

Travaillez d’une manière qui vous convient

Nous promouvons un équilibre sain entre le travail et la vie personnelle dans toute l’organisation. Nous vous aiderons à remplir vos responsabilités immédiates et à atteindre vos objectifs à long terme.

Travailler pour vous

Nous savons que votre bien-être et votre bonheur sont essentiels pour une carrière longue et réussie. Voici quelques-uns des avantages que nous sommes ravis de vous offrir :

• Régime d’assurance santé
• Programme d’aide aux employés
• Prestations de retraite
• Divers programmes de congés
• Aide à l’éducation
• Assurance invalidité, vie et décès accidentel
• Congés payés
• Jusqu’à deux jours de congé payés pour participer aux groupes de ressources pour les employés et pour faire du bénévolat auprès d’un organisme de bienfaisance de votre choix

À propos de l’entreprise

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® fournit des informations et des analyses juridiques, réglementaires et commerciales qui aident les clients à accroître leur productivité, à améliorer leur prise de décision, à obtenir de meilleurs résultats et à faire progresser l’état du droit dans le monde. Pionnière du numérique, l’entreprise a été la première à mettre en ligne des informations juridiques et commerciales avec ses services Lexis® et Nexis®.

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Legal Editor

Join us in shaping a more just world.

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

(Primarily or fully home-based – Full time position)

LexisNexis Canada is seeking to hire a Legal Editor.

Reporting to the Manager, Quebec Secondary Content, the position will include the following key responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of designated publications, available both online and in print;
• Collaborate and follow-up with authors to ensure timely delivery of manuscript and updates according to our publishing schedule;
• Recruit new authors and proceed to author replacement for publications within your portfolio;
• Review and edit French-language manuscripts, as well as updates proposed by authors;
• Develop, review and edit new publications within your designated practice areas;
• Assess financial viability of new content proposals to determine whether they should be pursued;
• Build and maintain good public relations with the legal community, including practitioners, academics, members of the judiciary, librarians, market research contacts, and other external customers;
• Work with Marketing and Sales departments to build “go-to-market” strategies;
• Assist the team with various translation projects;
• Act as a resource person for authors and various internal departments for publications within your portfolio.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:

• Excellent French language skills (oral and written);
• Excellent English language skills (oral and written);
• Member of the Barreau du Québec or the Chambre des notaires du Québec. Candidates with a law degree and relevant experience will be considered;
• At least 1 year’s practice/articling or legal publishing experience;
• Excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail;
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines for print and online;
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of cross-departmental project teams;
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and negotiation skills;
• Knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office suit.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health plan benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Benefits
• Various Leave Programs
• Educational Assistance
• Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

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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