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Associate, Westlaw SWAT Team

Thomson Reuters
USA-MSP-2900 Ames Crossing Road, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Apr 2025
💰 $130,000/yr($70,000/yr$130,000/yr)

About the role

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about Westlaw and the value it provides to legal professionals. The Westlaw SWAT Associate is responsible for articulating the value of Westlaw for both internal and external audiences. The SWAT Associate is expected to analyze and synthesize legal information from Westlaw and internal data sources,  work closely with business partners, and create compelling presentations and other materials for high value and strategically significant accounts. The SWAT Associate is also responsible for coaching and creating resources for sales and client executives to convey the value of Westlaw most effectively. Proficiency at legal research, presentation building and delivery, coaching skills, and critical thinking and analysis important to this position. We welcome enthusiasm, creativity and camaraderie!

About the Role:

· Conducting significant core legal research in various topics and making that research relevant to specific practice areas and to specific customers

· Assessing, analyzing and interpreting legal content with appropriate guidance

· Assessing, analyzing, and interpreting customer usage data and being able to apply this to relevant value propositions with appropriate guidance

· Positioning Westlaw value propositions to all segments, demonstrating a high level of knowledge and experience

· Collaborating with team members and internal stakeholders to better leverage key legal research information

· Creating highly targeted presentations in PowerPoint

· Delivering presentations which anticipate customer needs both internally and externally

· Performing qualitative assessment of genAI and LLM output

We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

About You:

· JD degree required

· Admission to a state bar strongly preferred

· 2+ years of legal experience

· Mastery of legal research skills with experience using Westlaw

· Demonstrated ability to understand the market for Westlaw

· Strong ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and express complex legal material quickly and accurately

· Demonstrated ability to effectively handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a very quickly changing environment

· Strong experience in working very effectively in a team environment

· Ability to work independently, consistently meet deadlines, and achieve individual objectives within larger team projects

· Strong oral and written communication skills

· Strong overall presentation skills

· Strong computer skills including applications such as the Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint

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What’s in it For You?

  • Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

  • Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

  • Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

  • Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

  • Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibil

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