Legal Editor - vLex Global Markets Remote multiple roles

Senior Legal Editor - Global Markets Remote working UK or Ireland (GMT Hours) 5 days a week

  
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Company Profile vLex:

vLex is a leading provider of global legal information, delivered through intelligent technologies and solutions.  vLex Global Markets is the UK arm of the vLex Group, overseeing the operations in the UK, Ireland, North America, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Caribbean as well as working with other parts of the vLex Group. vLex provides access to a comprehensive collection of legal information from over 130 jurisdictions. Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for tens of thousands of lawyers, law firms, government departments and law schools around the world.  

vLex’s goal is to improve the quality and efficiency of legal research by bringing together the largest collection of legal information available anywhere on one innovative platform. Housing the largest collections of both common and civil legal information and benefiting from world class, innovative AI driven technology, the flagship platform is used by thousands of academic and professional organisations across the globe.  Post the mergers and acquisition of Justis Publishing and Fastcase in 2019/2023 respectively vLex continues to expand, and we are looking for talented individuals to join our team with a particular focus on working with the US based editorial team members. 

The Position - We are looking for high achievers with a passion for legal content to join our rapidly expanding editorial team. You will need to be a driven and competitive self-starter, an innovative and exceptional communicator, and hold a solid academic record and true desire to succeed in the legal publishing industry.  Working remotely, you will report directly to the Head of Editorial (US) and form part of our UK based team supporting the US team. You will be responsible for ingesting primary sources of law from across common law jurisdictions such as the consolidation of legislation from the US Federal and State jurisdictions. This work will involve identifying changes made by sessional legislation, implementing these on our existing data set and analyzing statutory changes and their effective dates so that these changes and dates are reflected accurately in the consolidated statutes. Full training will be provided and you will work alongside a highly experienced and skilled team who will collobrate with you in your work. Whilst you will be working primarily within the UTC time zone, you will be expected to join a weekly editorial call on EST. 

Key Skills:

A Degree in Law;

Familiarity with primary and secondary sources of Law;

Experience with legal research using hard and electronic sources.

Desired skills and experience:

Preference will be given to those candidates who can demonstrate a familiarity with the Federal and State legal system of the United States;

Existing editorial experience;

Experience of tracking changes to primary Statute law and Regulations.