Senior Editor - SCOTUSblog Professional Subsription [Remote]

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Editor – SCOTUSblog Professional Subscription based in United States.

This role sits at the intersection of law, journalism, and real-time legal analysis, focused on producing a high-impact daily briefing for appellate practitioners and corporate legal professionals. The Senior Editor will curate and synthesize complex federal appellate activity into a clear, concise, and authoritative newsletter published on a strict daily schedule. You will track developments across circuit courts and the Supreme Court, identifying legally significant movements such as en banc decisions, relists, denials, and emerging circuit splits. The role requires exceptional precision, speed, and editorial judgment to ensure accuracy and relevance for a highly specialized legal audience. You will translate dense judicial opinions into accessible insights for non-specialist readers without losing legal nuance. This is a remote, deadline-driven editorial role with significant visibility within the legal community, combining rigorous legal reasoning with fast-paced publishing execution.

Accountabilities:

• Triage and analyze federal appellate opinions and orders daily, identifying cases with business and legal significance across areas such as securities, antitrust, labor and employment, intellectual property, arbitration, class actions, and bankruptcy.
• Track and synthesize Supreme Court activity, including relists, cert denials, en banc grants, dissents, and emerging circuit splits relevant to commercial litigation and appellate practice.
• Produce and publish a daily newsletter by 11am ET on weekdays, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and adherence to editorial standards.
• Conduct rigorous fact-checking and citation verification to maintain newsroom-quality legal reporting, while handling corrections transparently and promptly.
• Develop and refine editorial workflows, including alert systems, research processes, and automation tools to ensure comprehensive and efficient daily coverage.
• Collaborate on improving content structure, templates, and distribution methods to enhance readability and audience engagement.
• Ensure consistent prioritization of legally and commercially relevant developments for a specialized legal readership.

Requirements:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) required; active bar membership preferred.
• 1–4+ years of experience in commercial litigation, appellate practice, or a federal judicial clerkship.
• Strong ability to rapidly read, interpret, and synthesize complex legal decisions into clear, accurate summaries for non-legal or cross-disciplinary audiences.
• Excellent written communication skills with a strong editorial instinct for clarity, precision, and tone.
• Proven ability to work independently in a remote, deadline-driven environment with strong time management and reliability.
• Familiarity with federal appellate systems and legal research tools is highly desirable.
• Strong interest or background in areas such as securities, antitrust, labor and employment, intellectual property, arbitration, class actions, or bankruptcy.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation aligned with legal editorial and early-career legal market benchmarks
• Fully remote work environment with structured daily publishing cadence
• High-impact editorial role with visibility among leading appellate practitioners and legal professionals
• Opportunity to develop expertise in Supreme Court and federal appellate litigation trends
• Exposure to cutting-edge legal research tools and newsroom-style editorial workflows
• Fast-paced, intellectually rigorous environment combining law and journalism
• Consistent weekday schedule with defined publication timelines

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