Case Law Editor at LexisNexis South Africa

About the Role

• As a Case Law Editor, you will be directly responsible for the editorial production of the All South African Law Reports (All SA) and Butterworths Constitutional Law Reports (BCLR) and produce quarterly online law reports for Competition and Pension Law. Your core function includes drafting, formatting, and ensuring all content meets LexisNexis editorial standards. You will manage the end-to-end publishing workflow for both print and digital formats, ensuring timely delivery of volumes and supplements in line with the agreed publishing schedule.

Responsibilities

• Manage Production Schedules: Planning and maintaining detailed content timelines for both print and digital formats, identifying potential bottlenecks, mitigating risks, and communicating deadlines to stakeholders.
• Ensure Editorial Quality: Reviewing, copyediting, and styling legal manuscripts to align with house style; conducting spot checks, coordinating quality assurance reviews, and monitoring case law updates for accuracy.
• Prepare and Maintain Content: Overseeing the creation of consolidated indexes, tables of cases, and statutory material; uploading and organizing content in relevant systems, and preparing annual or biannual supplements and cumulative volume
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Liaising with authors, freelancers, offshore production teams, and other internal collaborators to address editorial queries and keep publications on schedule.
• Drive Operational Efficiencies: Identifying areas for workflow improvement, recommending solutions, and implementing best practices to enhance editorial processes.
• When required, perform any of the above or other related functions in respect with the works/products of other departments

Requirements

• LLB or equivalent experience in legal publishing
• Strong grasp of South African case law and legal terminology and proven editorial skills with high attention to detail and structure
• Self-driven with capacity to meet daily content targets independently with ability to manage multiple tasks and meet publishing deadlines
• Competence in MS Office, especially MS Word
• A keen interest or experience in artificial intelligence (AI) using AI tools to enhance legal research and editorial workflows
• Please note: Applicants will be required to take a test