About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, 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.
About the Role
Legal Content Specialist reviews stories in a combination of genres (e.g., news, business/finance/economics, features/documentaries, sports and/or entertainment) and ensures that content and quality meet industry and organization standards. Works with a team of journalists and other staff reporting for a unit/bureau/region. Edits scripts for broadcast by condensing or expanding material gathered from sources and/or reporters.
Responsibilities:
Play a pivotal role in curating, analyzing, and structuring legal content to ensure clarity, relevance, and AI-readiness across multiple jurisdictions.
Collaborate with product managers to identify gaps in global primary law collections and define and prioritize the project backlog for new AI caselaw initiatives.
Research, synthesize, and structure case law, statutes, and regulations to optimize content for advanced LLM (Large Language Model) applications, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability across digital platforms and global content sets.
Conduct comprehensive legal and editorial analysis to support the development of AI-enhanced content features, ensuring that results align with user intent and product strategy.
Translate research findings and editorial insights into detailed user stories, structured data models, and content specifications that enable effective collaboration between editorial, AI, and engineering teams.
Experiment with and evaluate AI tools for summarization, classification, enrichment, and quality improvement of legal content, providing feedback to guide product development.
Troubleshoot complex customer and content challenges, leveraging AI-assisted analysis and expert judgment to improve user outcomes and satisfaction.
Qualifications:
A minimum of 5 years of experience in legal research, editorial roles, or related positions within the legal technology or publishing industry.
Extensive experience in legal research and editorial processes, with a strong understanding of caselaw and legal content.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across disciplines—particularly with AI engineers, data scientists, and product managers—to create intelligent, scalable legal content solutions.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear and actionable requirements and user stories.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to document and present findings effectively.
Working knowledge of or interest in AI technologies, LLMs, and prompt engineering (e.g., ChatGPT, Co-Pilot, Claude, Console. Gemini, etc.).
Detail-oriented and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience in working within an agile development environment is a plus.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave and study assistance, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
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.
Base Pay Range for primary location in Ontario is $60,700-$101,300(CAD).We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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