Senior Legal Industry Reporter - California

RELX • San Francisco, CA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Law360 is seeking a senior reporter to cover the legal industry in California and the wider adoption of legal technology and artificial intelligence across law firms, courts and regulators. This role can be performed in San Francisco or Los Angeles. We are looking for an ambitious journalist who thrives on breaking news, spotting emerging trends, and delivering insightful coverage that explains how the technology is reshaping the business and practice of law. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable filing quick-turn stories on major developments in the legal industry and producing deeply reported features and enterprise pieces that put those developments into context. This reporter will cover one of the most consequential shifts facing the legal industry: the rise of generative AI and the broader transformation of legal services through technology. They should be curious about how AI tools are being adopted, how the technology works, the successes and failures, and what these changes mean for lawyers, clients, courts, regulators, and the economics of the legal profession. The reporter is expected to cultivate a network of sources across the legal tech ecosystem, including law firm leaders, startup founders, investors, consultants, academics, and regulators. Candidates should have strong news judgment, a proven ability to generate scoops, familiarity with technology and the confidence to chase exclusive reporting in a competitive environment. The successful candidate will also be able to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling journalism for a sophisticated legal audience. They should have strong writing skills and a demonstrated ability to move seamlessly between breaking news, analysis, and longer-form feature stories.

Requirements

• At least five years of full-time, paid reporting experience
• Demonstrated reporting and writing skills
• Comprehensive understanding of the tech landscape, AI, SaaS and related topics
• Ability to generate own story ideas that are relevant and timely
• Experience working a beat
• Collaborative approach and desire to follow the news
• Ability to juggle daily news and longer-term features and enterprise reporting

Nice To Haves

• Experience covering the legal industry, including in-house legal departments, law firms, legal associations and regulators, legal technology and artificial intelligence.
• Experience reporting for a professional audience.
• Ability to generate scoops, write breaking news stories and deeper analytic pieces
• Ability and openness to regularly meeting with tech, law firm and other sources

Responsibilities

• Cover the legal industry in California and the wider adoption of legal technology and artificial intelligence across law firms, courts and regulators.
• Break news on the technologies transforming the legal industry.
• Uncover stories, identify emerging trends, and deliver insightful journalism on artificial intelligence and legal innovation.
• File quick-turn stories on major developments in the legal industry.
• Produce deeply reported features and enterprise pieces that put developments into context.
• Cultivate a network of sources across the legal tech ecosystem, including law firm leaders, startup founders, investors, consultants, academics, and regulators.
• Generate scoops.
• Chase exclusive reporting in a competitive environment.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling journalism for a sophisticated legal audience.
• Move seamlessly between breaking news, analysis, and longer-form feature stories.

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice
• Shared parental leave
• Study assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed