Paralegal

LexisNexis Risk SolutionsJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

3 days ago

Job description

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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

As a Paralegal you will provide specialist support for LexisPSL’s Scottish practical guidance, focusing on the priority practice areas (PPAs) : Property, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Crime, Restructuring & Insolvency (R&I), and Private Client. You will relieve PSLs of routine maintenance and administrative tasks, enabling them to focus on content development and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

Overseeing annual and ongoing legal maintenance reviews for Scottish guidance documents, ensuring they are current and compliant, and perform XML quality assurance on all content items.

Reviewing new and updated content for accuracy and completeness, handle PSL (Professional Support Lawyer) requests, and coordinate with PSLs and external experts for validation and publication.

Monitoring Scottish legal news sources daily, draft and publish news items, and maintain trackers for news analysis and journals.

Circulating Scottish case digests, ensure proper treatment of cases, and verify that cited pre-devolution legislation is available for research.

Maintaining and enhancing the Scotland Collection, conducting quarterly audits to ensure all content is properly linked and indexed.

Managing commissioning tasks by identifying and supporting authors, tracking progress, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality content.

Assisting with administrative tasks, metrics reporting, and support the organization of internal meetings and panel sessions.

Continuously seek improvements and efficiencies in content and processes, adapt content from other jurisdictions where possible, and support scalable drafting through AI and precedent development.

Requirements

Have a Legal qualification or paralegal experience, ideally with exposure to Scots law (Scottish law graduate preferred but not essential).

Have impeccable attention to detail and ability to manage large volumes of documents and trackers.

Have experience in legal editorial work, XML QA, and toolkit maintenance.

Be able to monitor and synthesise legal news and developments from multiple sources.

Have excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with PSLs, authors, and external experts.

Be familiar with Lexis+, and related legal research platforms is desirable

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work / life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer :

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)

Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy

Study Leave

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. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our or please contact .

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Please read our .We are an equal opportunity employer : qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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.()(blob : / 3 : 41RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.

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