Senior Legal Writer

Overview

This role involves turning complex legal and regulatory developments into clear, timely intelligence for professionals working in financial crime prevention.

As a Senior Legal Writer, you will analyze statutes, regulations, enforcement actions, and related legal developments involving anti-money laundering, counterterrorist financing, and financial regulation. You will translate that material into accurate, accessible editorial briefs and other content in an authoritative, neutral voice, avoiding unnecessary legalese. You will also provide senior editorial judgment over daily coverage and publication priorities.

You will work closely with the editor-in-chief, Senior Legal Editor, and other legal writers to support day-to-day editorial operations, including final edits and continuity of final editing and publication functions when the Senior Legal Editor is unavailable.

Responsibilities

Legal and Regulatory Analysis

• Research and analyze statutes, regulations, enforcement actions, guidance, and related developments to identify key facts, legal issues, and practical implications most relevant to readers.
• Use senior editorial judgment to determine whether developments warrant coverage and to prioritize daily publications based on significance, timeliness, and reader value.
• Fact-check anti-money laundering, counterterrorist financing, and financial-regulation content to ensure accuracy, completeness, and source faithfulness.
• Translate complex legal concepts into plain English so a professional audience can understand practical significance without unnecessary legalese.

Authoritative Editorial Content

• Produce timely briefs and other editorial materials in a clear, authoritative, neutral tone.
• Conduct final substantive and copy edits of content produced by the legal team, resolving issues related to accuracy, clarity, structure, sourcing, style, headlines, and publication readiness.
• Collaborate with the editor-in-chief, Senior Legal Editor, and other legal writers to develop topics, sharpen story angles, and maintain consistent editorial standards.
• Write and edit independently under tight deadlines, providing clear direction and constructive editorial feedback to other writers.
• Assume responsibility for final editing and publication functions during periods when the Senior Legal Editor is unavailable or required to attend to other priorities, ensuring continuity of daily legal-content operations.
• Respond promptly and authoritatively to colleagues’ questions and requests related to content, prior coverage, and prospective coverage.

Editorial Operations and Technology

• Use content management systems and digital publishing tools to manage stories from assignment and research through final review and publication.
• Coordinate the daily legal-content workflow with the Senior Legal Editor, including coverage selection, assignment sequencing, publication timing, and handoffs.
• Publish or oversee publication of completed content and confirm that final copy, headlines, links, categorization, and presentation meet editorial standards.
• Apply AI-enabled research or editorial tools responsibly by verifying outputs against authoritative sources and protecting confidential or sensitive information.
• Help implement editorial technologies and workflow improvements that streamline production, preserve editorial continuity, and support timely reporting of regulatory developments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited four-year institution in law, journalism, English, history, communications, or a related field.
• Substantial professional writing and editing experience, including responsibility for final edits or publication-ready copy, with the ability to provide samples demonstrating clear, accurate, and accessible work.
• Legal training or experience sufficient to read statutes, identify legal issues, evaluate the significance of legal and regulatory developments, and explain complex requirements in plain English; law school attendance, a J.D. degree, or experience as a lawyer is preferred.
• Demonstrated editorial judgment in selecting, prioritizing, and shaping time-sensitive legal, regulatory, or financial-crime coverage.
• Strong research, fact-checking, organizational, and communication skills, with exceptional writing ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to make sound, independent decisions under deadline pressure, manage multiple assignments, and maintain publication continuity while collaborating effectively across the editorial team.
• Ability to edit colleagues’ work constructively and consistently, resolve substantive and stylistic issues, and enforce editorial standards.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, and ability to use Excel, content management systems, and online publishing tools to support efficient production.
• Ability to research or work in a language other than English is preferred.
• Ability to use AI-enabled tools thoughtfully in research and editorial workflows, including independently validating facts, citations, and conclusions before publication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Law school attendance, a J.D. degree, or experience as a lawyer.
• Ability to research or work in a language other than English.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

• Remote (as indicated by #LI-remote).

Equal Opportunity

• EEO employer M/F/D/V.