About LexisNexis Practical Guidance teamLexisNexis Practical Guidance is an online solution offering practically focused content that lawyers need to conduct a matter. Guidance, practice tips, legislation, cases, checklists, tools, precedents and news are all in one place and in the context of a lawyer's workflow.
About the Role We are seeking a driven and enthusiastic paralegal to provide legal research, project and administrative support to our team of legal writers.
We have a large team of legal writers who are responsible for developing premium content, including guidance notes, precedents and current awareness, for our 25 practice area modules. The legal writers are continually adding new content and updating our existing content to ensure that it is accurate, current and tailored to the needs of our subscribers. We are looking for a proactive and motivated paralegal to support our legal writers.
Responsibilities:Some examples of tasks that paralegals may undertake include:
- monitoring practice area developments and conducting legal research
- drafting news alerts
- content review
- reformatting content into new templates
- maintaining marketing and training materials
- liaising with external authors
Guidelines, training, peer review and expected outcomes for each piece of work will be provided. However, paralegals will need to work independently to achieve these outcomes.
Location and nature of roleWe are looking for time commitment of approx. 3 days (21 hours) per week. Preference will be given to candidates who are able to work from our Melbourne or Sydney office, to maximise training and collaboration.
Requirements:- Law student preferably due to complete in 2028 or later
- Practical experience in a legal / legal services organisation essential
- Experience or interest in Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Property and/or Construction law desirable
- Exposure to LexisNexis products preferred
- Competencies/skills
- Legal research
- Understanding of Australian legislative process
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
- Ability to complete work to a high standard and to schedule
- Ability to follow processes and instructions accurately and thoroughly
- Ability to prioritise
- Willingness to learn
Work in a way that works for youWe promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.
Working for youWe know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Discounted Health plan rate and Optical Assistance
- Life assurance and income protection
- Option to buy additional Annual Leave days
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Benefits for you and your family
- Access to learning and development resources
- Retail discounts and cashback offers
- Global discounts and free wellbeing & learning classes
- Electric Vehicle Novated Leasing
About the BusinessLexisNexis 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.
To learn more about opportunities with LexisNexis or RELX Global, join us here: https://www.lexisnexis.com.au/enhttps://www.relx.com/careers/join-us Thank you for your interest. 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.
