About LexisNexis Practical Guidance team
LexisNexis 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 role
We 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 graduate preferred; law student (fourth/fifth year) considered
Practical experience in a legal / legal services organisation essential
Experience or interest in in Commercial, Competition, Consumer or Intellectual Property law desirable
Exposure to LexisNexis products preferred
Competencies/skills
Legal research
Understanding of Australian legislative process
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
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.
Working for you
We 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 Business
LexisNexis 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/en
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Please note: Our office will be closed for the Christmas shutdown from 20 December 2025 to 4 January 2026. Applications are still welcome during this time, and we’ll resume reviewing them once we’re back in January 2026.
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