Practical Law Company, Inc. (PLC US) is a leading online provider of legal know-how. We help business lawyers practice more efficiently and deliver greater value to clients. We deliver our content to companies, law firms, and law schools.
Our sister company was founded in the UK in 1990 and our subscribers include most major international law firms and corporations, including over 90% of the top 200 law firms in the UK, over 70% of the AMLAW 100, and over 1,700 major companies worldwide. We launched our first US services in January 2009 and our Law Department service for in-house lawyers in January 2010.
PLC US currently employs approximately 200 people, including more than 75 attorney editors with significant experience in major NYC firms and legal departments. We are a dynamic and fast growing company and are always looking out for bright and passionate people who share our vision for the future of legal services. We were recognized by the American Bar Association as being one of the three US companies that represent the future of law practice. For more information about Practical Law Company, see our website at www.practicallaw.com .
Responsibilities:
All candidates must include a cover letter in addition to the resume.
PLC US is looking for a Copy Editor to work with our editorial teams to maintain a high level of quality of all published content, while ensuring that all material follows PLC's house style and excellent writing principles. Content may have been written either internally or by external contributors. Copy Editors will:
Copy edit legal know-how resources (practice notes, standard documents, standard clauses, checklists, articles, legal updates and glossary terms) for our website.
Become full knowledgable in PLC's style guide and editorial principles, and ensure that our editors apply them correctly and consistently.
Develop a solid understanding of the IT behind PLC's web publishing system.
Provide additional proofreading support to the company, such as resources for conferences and our magazine, as well as marketing materials.
Any other tasks to support the editorial teams and maintain the websites.
Qualifications:
JD degree or experience as a paralegal in a law firm, or related experience in a legal or financial publishing company.
A keen interest and basic understanding of US transactional law either from work experience or as part of an academic course.
A good academic record.
An excellent command of grammar, punctuation and plain English principles.
Meticulous attention to detail.
Superb communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Excellent organization, project management and prioritization skills.
Excellent team-working skills.
Good IT skills, specifically in using Microsoft Office 2007. Experience with using content management systems and an XML editor program desirable.
Experience with following a recognized style guide, such as Chicago, or a house style guide.
All candidates must include a cover letter in addition to the resume.
Practical Law Company - 12 months ago
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PLC is focused on the busy transactional lawyer. We're not a publisher of academic textbooks. We don't simply aggregate case reports and leg...
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