Paralegal, Ireland

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented paralegal to join LexisNexis to help contribute towards the development of Irish practical guidance across a range of practice areas, namely Dispute Resolution, Property, Banking & Finance, Financial Services Regulation, Commercial, Corporate law, Employment and Construction for Lexis+ UK, LexisNexis UK's online practical guidance and research product for lawyers and legal professionals. There are two main components of the LexisNexis offering which this role will contribute to:

• Core content in Practical Guidance -Practical Guidance 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, 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.

Duties and responsibilities:
Core content

Working closely with the Practical Guidance teams and the Content Acquisition team to commission and draft practical guidance.

This work will include:

• 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 Panel of Expert and other meetings and liaising with panel 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 and current awareness in the most efficient way possible

Current awareness

Helping to deliver our current awareness offering by:

• ensuring all news items are written to a high standard and edited and checked for accuracy, grammar, punctuation, clarity, flow, style, and news value


• applying taxonomy to news items consistently and accurately


• checking and proofing of content before publication, addressing and resolving publishing issues and making recommendations for process improvements


• supporting the development and implementation of initiatives to grow and improve the current awareness offering of LexisNexis

Key competencies, Effectively manages own time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Achieves through prioritising, managing and leveraging resources, scheduling and maintaining focus.

• Contributes to team success


Actively contributes to the success of the PSL Hub and the Practical Guidance teams and the overall objectives for the practice areas.

• Collaboration & influencing


Works effectively and co-operatively with others; establishes and maintains good working relationships. Builds trust, works diplomatically, demonstrates sensitivity to others whilst when necessary persuading or presenting compelling arguments for change or improvement.

• Continuous learning


Takes responsibility for developing own knowledge and skill, putting new knowledge and understanding to practical use on the job. Willing to take on uncomfortable or unfamiliar situations in order to learn.


• Academic qualifications and skills


Excellent academic qualifications and legal research and writing skills. Demonstrates an interest for, and some knowledge/experience of law and practice

• Customer focus


Keen to understand customer needs and implement customer feedback

• Compelling communication


Clearly and succinctly conveys knowledge and information. Writes in plain English in an accurate and focused way that is appropriate for online content and the audience.

• Manages work and prioritises, Law degree/PPC/GDL/LPC/BTC


• Excellent academic qualifications and legal research and writing skills


• Passionate about a career in the practice areas mentioned above


• Good understanding of legal issues, procedures, and content types


• Experience working in a legal environment, e.g. private practice/in-house or at the Bar working within Irish Law(desirable)


• Experience supporting legal practitioners with research in Irish Law (desirable)


• Ability to prioritise work to ensure deadlines are met and stakeholder expectations are managed


• Clear succinct writing style and ability to adapt to LexisNexis house style


• Excellent organisational and time management skills


• Attention to detail


• Concern for high standards


• Flexibility


• Self-motivated and team player


• Understanding of, and willingness to use, social media and new technology


• Ability to be creative, innovative and to spot opportunities


• Ability to deal with stakeholders at every level, including lawyers, contributors, sales teams etc.
  
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