Senior Attorney Editor

Senior Attorney Editor, Legal Commentary Editorial, The Rutter Group Editorial Team

Do you want to be a part of the team that produces the go-to resource for practicing California attorneys? The Rutter Group (TRG) editorial team publishes California and Rutter Group Practice Guides that provide practical, expert guidance to the legal community in a variety of practice areas. In this position, you will perform legal research, analysis and writing to support the development and maintenance of The Rutter Group’s premier legal content as reflected in its Practice Guides.

About the Role
In this opportunity as Senior Attorney Editor, you will:

• Perform rigorous review and editing of legal content created by authors; draft original content as necessary
• Ensure that content conforms to The Rutter Group’s brand of excellence, including adherence to The Rutter Group’s writing style and organization (i.e., clear, concise, complete, accurate and properly indexed content, optimally presented for print and online versions) 
• Establish, build and maintain productive working relationships with outside authors
• Actively monitor legal developments through daily review of new case law, new and amended legislation and pertinent legal articles, as well as participation in continuing legal education activities
• Work under demanding deadlines and established publishing schedules
• Develop and maintain an excellent understanding of the legal market environment, including customers and competitors

About You
You're a fit for the role of Senior Attorney Editor if your background includes:

• J.D. degree and admission to the California Bar
• Experience practicing law in California; 6+ years preferred
• Superior legal research, writing and analytical skills
• Exceptional editorial judgment and attention to detail
• Ability to interpret, analyze, organize and communicate complex legal material in simple, concise language
• Ability to quickly read, assimilate and become familiar with new fields of law so that you can write about them as well as recognize and correct inaccurate, misleading, erroneous and incomplete statements of law written by others
• Ability to work successfully in a collaborative or team environment

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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.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistan