Knowledge Development Lawyer – Intellectual Property

Department: Content Editorial & Research

Employment Type: Part Time

Location: London

Description

Law Business Research is an award-winning global provider of legal content and business intelligence. We create essential and unique information for our subscribers, the world’s leading law firms and companies – and are committed to supporting a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace, where we can all be ourselves and succeed. With a strong platform for international growth, and a reputation for creating outstanding content, we can offer individuals an intellectually stimulating work environment that puts global legal issues at the heart of our business.
We are looking for a part-time (three days a week, flexible working available) IP knowledge development lawyer to join our team in order to develop and produce practical legal resources focused on the creation and management of intellectual property (IP).
In IP, LBR has a suite of products which each are used daily by the world’s leading corporate IP teams and law firms. They include IAM, a platform that focuses on the business of IP globally; Docket Navigator, a US-based analytics platform which mines litigation data in IP and other fields to bring transparency to the litigation process; WTR, which hones in on the creation, protection and monetisation of world class brands; and Lexology PRO, a legal research platform offering a range of practical resources designed to support in-house counsel and private practice lawyers globally.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and contribute to the production of practical resources– a range of how-to guides, checklists and summaries that provide practical support for carrying out core legal and business tasks and which are designed to support in-house counsel and private practice lawyers globally in their legal research and daily practice.
Reporting to the lead knowledge development lawyer, you will support the delivery and ongoing development of the practical resources offering by researching, producing and maintaining high-quality, technical content and supporting external suppliers in the delivery of materials.
The successful candidate will be an experienced, practicing lawyer with a deep understanding of private practice and/or in-house counsel workflows and a demonstrable awareness of, and interest in, global legal developments, who can produce essential guidance to help lawyers practise more efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

Produce practical resources such as how-to guides, checklists, summaries and other legal content, to a high technical and editorial standard
Act as contact point for suppliers of legal content, briefing on content set and guidelines, reviewing and editing content and providing feedback, to ensure materials are delivered to a high standard and to deadline
Working with the wider team to refine and publish the resources
Maintain existing practical resources
Research and draw up frameworks for new content sets
Monitor relevant legal and/or major market developments in IP
Provide additional legal research and support to the wider team as required
Develop and contribute to ideas for new legal content and tools aimed at creating efficiencies in practitioners’ workflows, in alignment with our clients’ needs
Liaise with sales and marketing teams to showcase new content offerings and receive feedback on customer experience and requirements

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

UK or European qualified lawyer (dual qualified a bonus) with 3-5 years of legal industry experience (in private practice and/or in-house)
Up-to-date knowledge of the law and market practice in IP
Deep understanding of legal workflows and the practical needs of (in particular) in-house lawyers, as well as private practice and the IP legal market generally
Interest in a legal career outside of the traditional legal advisory space
PSL Experience is desirable (not essential)
Clear succinct writing style
Excellent written English
Demonstrable analytical and data skills, and ability to identify key relevant information from a range of sources
Familiarity with online legal research tools preferred
Self-motivated and driven
Ability to effectively manage own time to ensure work completed efficiently
A team player who actively participates in the success of the team and willing to place higher priority on team/organisational goals rather than own goals at times
Responsibility for continually developing own areas of expertise and skills
Keen eye for detail and concern for high standards

Why LBR?

An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.

Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees

We are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.

We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school’s costs.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

Start of employment:

Eye care
Employee Assistance Programme
A day off for your birthday

After 3 months employment:

Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)

After 4 months employment:

Life assurance

After probation:

Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
£350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
Puregym access
Perks at work platform access

After 1 year service:

Private healthcare

Additional Perks:

Company socials
Access to Employee Affinity Networks
Mentoring scheme
Volunteering Day
Mortgage Advice
Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
Generous parental leave

We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.

Key Responsibilities

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Benefits

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