Paralegal, PSL Hub London, England
RELX
Full Time
London, England
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Paralegal- PSL Hub
(Contract until end of the year)
Do you enjoying answering and researching legal queries?
Could you provide an efficient experience to our customers?
Join us in shaping a more just world.
About Us:
LexisNexis, a part of RELX, is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information. We help customers increase productivity and improve decision-making and outcomes. Our 10,500 experts and innovative tools help us shape a better world for our customers and communities.
About the Role:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented paralegal to join the LexisPSL Hub to help contribute towards the future development of LexisPSL, LexisLibrary and Lexis+UK, LexisNexis UK's online practical guidance and research product for lawyers and legal professionals.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented paralegal to join the LexisPSL Hub to help contribute towards the future development of LexisPSL, LexisLibrary and Lexis+UK, LexisNexis UK's online practical guidance and research product for lawyers and legal professionals.
This is a fixed term contact role, and it will have a particular emphasis on the following Practice Areas: Public Law, Brexit, Local Government, Immigration, Planning, Corporate Crime and Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence.
The three main components of the LexisNexis offering which this role will contribute 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.
- Current awareness service—via our current awareness service, we provide legal updates and analysis to our core online products, LexisLibrary, LexisPSL and Lexis+ UK. We cover legal and regulatory stories and provide insight into how they could impact lawyers and their clients. Information is published online and sent to customers via a range of different email alerts.
- LexisAsk service—via LexisAsk, Practical Guidance customers can submit queries in relation to any of the 36 Practice Areas. In supporting this service, you will be expected to carry out legal research, draft answers to LexisAsk questions and contribute to the smooth running of the service.
Responsibilities:
- Reviewing new and existing content for quality and legal accuracy
- Monitoring of developments and inputting information to maintain trackers of consultations, cases and dates
- Drafting practical guidance content (eg practice notes, precedents, trackers, checklists, news and Q&As)
- Collaborating with external authors regarding externally written content
- Arranging and taking notes at Consulting Editorial Board and other meetings and liaising with CEB members and authors when required
- Having input into the development of technical solutions with our product teams, to ensure that we are delivering guidance research, current awareness and LexisAsk in the most efficient way possible
- Assist with project to improve functionality of LexisNexis online materials
- Conduct testing of the online platform and assist in amending online legal content, as required
- Participate in internal feedback activities regarding functionality of the online platform
- Support work on feature development for the online legal platform
Requirements:
- Have a Law degree /GDL/LPC/BTC and demonstrate experience working in a legal environment
- Passionate about a career in the practice areas mentioned above
- Show a good understanding of legal issues, procedures and content types, eg precedents.
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across the business
- Show experience supporting legal practitioners by providing excellent legal research skills and knowledge
- Have a keen eye for detail and accuracy
- Have a clear and succinct writing style and the ability to learn our house style
- Be able to demonstrate good technology and analytical skills
- Have great organizational skills and be able to adapt and flex to deliver multiple priorities
- Demonstrate an understanding of, and willingness to use, social media and new technology
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees
Working with Us
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Working for you
We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Comprehensive health plan benefits
- Disability insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Retirement benefits (salary investment plan/employer stock purchase plan)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
About our Team
LexisNexis is a data and analytics company with 10,500 colleagues serving customers in more than 150 countries. We’re one of the largest information and analytics companies on the planet. We design solutions that help our customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and be more successful.
LexisNexis, a division of RELX Group, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. If a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact [email protected] or if you are based in the US you may also contact us on 1.855.833.5120.
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RELX
www.relx.com
London, United Kingdom
Erik Engstrom
$10+ billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Information Technology Support Services
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