Summary
Our client seeks a legal proofreader with a minimum of five years legal experience.
Shifts
Monday – Friday 12:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m (45 minute break). With proper home setup, opportunity to work fully remote.
Responsibilities
Our client provides competitive compensation and benefits to its employees. The expected base salary for this role ranges from $75,500 – $77,000. The base salary offer is based on a variety of factors which includes, but is not limited to, qualifications, education and experience.
Job Type: Full-time, Hybrid, Remote
Salary: $75,500 – $77,000
Date Active: 4.11.2024
Exempt/Not Exempt: Not Exempt
Our client seeks a legal proofreader with a minimum of five years legal experience.
Shifts
Monday – Friday 12:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m (45 minute break). With proper home setup, opportunity to work fully remote.
Responsibilities
- Cold reads.
- Full reads.
- Ability to read handwritten, word-processed or printed documents against a mark-up or new master for accuracy of transcription, grammar, sense and typos.
- Financial printer proofs.
- Defined terms index checks.
- Cross-references checks.
- Manual redlining and blacklining.
- Familiarity with Adobe’s annotating tool for marking PDFs
- Creating PDFs using E-copy of proofreading mark-ups.
- Assisting when needed in handling and monitoring incoming e-mail requests.
- Following up with Proofreader Workflow Coordinator’s as well as requestor on additional proofreading questions or requests.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio).
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of five years of proofreading experience at a law firm.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Team player mentality.
- Ability to work alone and in teams in a remote and/or office setting environment
- Resourcefulness.
- Thorough knowledge of proofreading procedures.
- Ability to work under time constraints.
- Proficiency in the use of the Black’s Law Dictionary and Citation books.
- Familiarity with current Bluebook formatting guidelines.
- Knowledge of blacklining and cumulative blacklining.
Our client provides competitive compensation and benefits to its employees. The expected base salary for this role ranges from $75,500 – $77,000. The base salary offer is based on a variety of factors which includes, but is not limited to, qualifications, education and experience.
Job Type: Full-time, Hybrid, Remote
Salary: $75,500 – $77,000
Date Active: 4.11.2024
Exempt/Not Exempt: Not Exempt
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior level -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
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Industries
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