Schedule:

• Flexible during client business hours, AEST

Overview:

Our client is seeking a Legal Editor (Quality Assurance) to collaborate closely with their Case Management team, ensuring that expert witness reports are clear, well-structured, and court-ready. In this role, you’ll also partner with our Marketing team to create compelling blogs, case studies, and articles that showcase the breadth and impact of the cases we handle.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure expert witness reports are polished, professional, and ready for legal submission by reviewing for accuracy, coherence, and responsiveness to lawyer instructions.
• Create relationships with experts to guide them through writing reports.
• Strengthen the quality of expert reasoning and communication by providing targeted editorial guidance.
• Assist in expert profiling, compiling key details, dot points, and links to judgments for database maintenance.
• Elevate written communication across teams through editorial support, training, and feedback.
• Support team efficiency and smooth operations by assisting with essential administrative duties.
• Create insightful blogs, case studies, and contents that highlight the diversity of cases.
• Contribute to internal and external newsletters, ensuring content aligns with company messaging.
• Support the delivery of consistent brand messaging by collaborating with the Marketing team on weekly and ad-hoc content.
• Conduct legal and value-adding research using resources such as Jade, AustLII, and Mondaq, identifying insights that support expert reports and content initiatives.
• Monitor legal news alerts and suggest timely LinkedIn articles or blurbs based on these updates.
• Draft high-quality articles and posts for publication, subject to review and approval. 

Skills & Attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Law, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3–5 years’ editing or proofreading experience, ideally in legal, academic, or technical fields.
• Strong command of English with excellent writing, editing, and comprehension skills.
• Experience writing or editing legal content (e.g., articles, blogs, case notes on Jade, AustLII, or Mondaq) is an advantage.
• Skilled communicator with the ability to build strong relationships with experts and colleagues.
• Strong attention to detail with sound editorial judgment in grammar and syntax, and the ability to identify and escalate concerns.
• Proficient in MS Office and comfortable with digital tools.
• Legal background preferred but not required; adaptable and willing to take on additional responsibilities when needed.

Independent Contractor Perks:

• Health Insurance Coverage for eligible locations
• Permanent work-from-home
• Immediate hiring