Legal Journalist

Job Description

Legal Journalist

University of California Los Angeles

Budgeted Pay Scale: $72,000/Yr - $80,000/Yr

Full Salary Range: USD $70,900.00/Yr. - USD $145,200.00/Yr.

Department Summary
At Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), we are dedicated to empowering California attorneys with innovative resources and practice-oriented tools that enhance their ability to serve clients effectively. Since our founding in 1947, we have remained committed to providing accessible, high-quality legal information, driven by the needs of the California legal community. As a not-for-profit program of the University of California, we prioritize delivering the best California-focused legal tools, all created in-state and in-house.

Position Summary
CEB's staff legal journalist will be at the center of a dynamic and growing legal newsroom, providing key coverage of the legal issues, court cases, and professional trends that matter most to the California legal community. Successful candidates will be committed to quality journalism for a demanding and sophisticated legal audience, in the form of both short-form news stories and long-form enterprise reporting. We are seeking a writer who loves developing and talking to sources, understands legal materials and the legal profession, and can make legal content and complex analysis readable and engaging.

Salary & Compensation
*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html to discover benefits that start on day one, and https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/total-compensation-calculator.html to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.

Qualifications

• Journalism 2 years Journalism experience (Required)
• Superb research and writing skills (Required)
• Ability to maintain an ethical, honest, and objective standard in writing and reporting (Required)
• Disciplined, with strong time management skills; flexible, creative, adaptable, and self-driven (Required)
• Ability to write clearly, engagingly, and authoritatively on a deadline. (Required)
• Ability to establish and nurture relationships with lawyers, judges, and lawmakers (Required)
• Ability to comprehend and analyze legal documents and content (Required)
• Ability to juggle a stream of daily stories, while simultaneously writing and developing more in-depth and complex stories with sophisticated analysis (Required)
• Excellent copyediting skills (Required)
• Superb interpersonal communication skills; a team player and strong collaborator (Required)
• Strong understanding of the California legal industry (Required)
• 2-3 years' news experience, with legal and/or business journalism experience (Preferred)
• Minimum 2-3 years' experience with the California legal industry (Preferred)

Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations

• Bachelor's Degree in journalism, communication, English, or other related field or equivalent combination of education, experience / training (Required)

Special Conditions for Employment

• Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
• Age Requirement: Candidate(s) must be 18 years or older to be eligible to be hired.

Schedule
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT

Union/Policy Covered
99-Policy Covered

To apply, please visit: https://apptrkr.com/7156951

Application Deadline: 8:50 p.m. on

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