Job Description

Are you passionate about creating practical legal content that helps professionals navigate complex areas of law?

Would you like to contribute to the development of innovative legal research and guidance solutions used by lawyers and legal professionals across the UK?

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (http://www.relx.com), 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. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles (https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).

About the Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented Paralegal to join the Hub and contribute to the future development of Lexis+ UK, LexisNexis UK's online practical guidance and research product. This 12-month fixed-term role focuses on the practice areas of Banking & Finance, Restructuring & Insolvency, Financial Services, and Insurance. You will help create, review, and enhance practical legal guidance while supporting product and platform improvements that deliver value to legal professionals.

In this role, you will be contributing to:

Practical Guidance content, our Practical Guidance product provides legal practical guidance and market insight which a busy front-line practitioner can read and digest quickly and easily. It is presented in a range of different content types including Practice Notes, precedents, checklists, and flowcharts.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the practical guidance teams and the external commissioning team to commission and draft practical guidance
• Review new and existing content for quality and legal accuracy
• Draft practical guidance content including practice notes, checklists, and precedents
• Collaborate with external authors regarding externally written content
• Arrange and take notes at Consulting Editorial Board and other meetings and liaise with board members and authors as required
• Have input into the development of technical solutions with product teams to improve guidance and research delivery
• Assist with projects to improve the functionality of LexisNexis online materials, including testing and content updates
• Participate in internal feedback activities and support feature development for the online legal platform

Requirements

• Excellent academic qualifications and strong legal research and writing skills
• Demonstrates an interest in, and some knowledge or experience of, law and legal practice
• Customer-focused with a desire to understand and respond to customer needs and feedback
• Able to communicate knowledge and information clearly and succinctly in plain English
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines
• Proven ability to contribute positively to team objectives and outcomes
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence effectively
• Committed to continuous learning and professional development

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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