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About The Lawyer...
We have trained some of the finest business journalists in the UK: could you be next? The Lawyer is the multi-award-winning title for news, analysis and business intelligence to the influential commercial legal sector and has become a global digital brand with numerous events every year. It is recognised for its forward-looking content and senior audience and has regularly won trophies for its market-leading journalism, insight and data.
We report breaking news and pick out emerging trends in one of the most powerful and influential business sectors in the world. Our readers work at major global law firms, top barristers’ chambers and in-house departments in businesses across the UK and beyond.
The Lawyer is recognised as one of the best places to start a journalistic career, with unparalleled hands-on training. Our alumni are at major news organisations around the globe, but we also offer plenty of progression to grow within The Lawyer into more senior positions.
How You'll Help Us Grow...
The writer will be responsible for sourcing stories on the powerful City legal sector and in particular tech. They will write news and analysis based on The Lawyer’s proprietary research and other relevant data. They will work closely with the senior editorial team and will be keen to develop a strong understanding of business trends. They will have a particular focus on litigation OR corporate deals – fast-moving areas with plenty of scope for exclusives.
The tech beat involves covering tech-focused practices at major firms, in-house teams at start-up, growth businesses and venture capital providers as well as developments in legal tech and AI. The reporter will contribute to The Lawyer’s annual Growth List and the fortnightly newsletter Curve.
The role would suit an ambitious reporter – either at entry level or wishing to move up in their career – who wants the freedom to sniff out stories and cultivate industry contacts. The job involves working to daily, weekly and monthly deadlines and representing The Lawyer at industry events. Knowledge of professional services or related sectors is an advantage but not required; most of all, we want curiosity and flair, and there is plenty of on-the-job training. There’s plenty of variety: news, analysis, features, social media content production and even the chance to appear on The Lawyer’s podcast.
You’ll hone your reporting skills in order to understand and shape the news agenda
You’ll make a name for yourself in the market through insightful commentary
You’ll come up with ideas for investigative projects, using The Lawyer’s proprietary research and other data sources
You’ll lead and collaborate on team projects, from financial reporting to live blogs
You’ll contribute to The Lawyer Horizon, our daily must-read 7am analysis
You’ll be proactive and have no problem turning copy round and meeting deadlines
You’ll be a natural at networking, building relationships and confident when interviewing industry contacts
You’ll be on the phone, making and maintaining contacts and standing up leads
You’ll craft fantastic features that get people talking
You’ll be able to spot stories in data and work with the research team to create stories and insight, and be proactive in building contacts with external data providers
You’ll enjoy asking challenging questions of influential figures in the law
You’ll get involved with The Lawyer’s social media feeds, creating content for relevant platforms
You’ll work with The Lawyer’s wider team on events-based content where relevant
You’ll be happy working collaboratively and sharing information
What We Need You To Have...
Curiosity and a desire to learn
You’ll have a clear, elegant writing style that needs minimal editing
A willingness to get to know the dynamics of the legal market and read around the topic
Familiarity with producing multi-media content for website and social media
Strong accuracy in analysing trends and data
Ability to produce accurate copy within deadline.
Intermediate numeracy skills in order to analyse numeric date
Familiarity with Excel
The ability to manage competing deadlines
Strong news sense
An understanding of ethics and confidentiality
A knowledge of the legal industry would be desirable but is not essential (but see curiosity, above)
Our teams will say you’re...
Confident when communicating both internally and externally
Full of ideas and always sharing your knowledge
A stickler for detail
Super organised and are always one step ahead
A fantastic team player
Interested? We'd love to hear from you.