Senior Legal Editor

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POLITICO is hiring a Senior Legal Editor to lead a tight-knit team of relentless, high-performing reporters covering the intersection of law, politics and power.

You’ll steer coverage of the courts, the Department of Justice, policy regulation and the broader legal world, helping reporters turn complex issues into a thoughtful, competitive and indispensable report.

We’re looking for a leader with impeccable news judgment, a drive for insightful enterprise and illuminating exclusives, and a talent for compelling reporters to think big and write with authority.

You don’t need to be a lawyer — although subject matter expertise is preferred. You must have a deep understanding of Washington, experience handling fast-moving coverage and exceptional editing abilities to explore how the Trump administration is pushing legal boundaries and upending power structures.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and coach a team of expert legal reporters.
• Shape and expand coverage of the Supreme Court and lower courts, DOJ, and the legal community.
• Drive standout journalism that connects law and politics.
• Collaborate with POLITICO’s Politics, Congress, White House, National Security and policy teams.
• Help develop new products and events around our legal coverage.

What You’ll Bring:

• Confident editing and leadership experience in a fast-paced newsroom.
• A knack for translating complex legal issues into compelling stories.
• Collaborative energy and a passion for the craft.

Join POLITICO and help shape how we cover the people and institutions defining the rule of law — and the politics that shape it. This role is based in our Arlington, VA HQ.

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About Us.

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals—Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York—form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media company headquartered in Berlin and New York. Axel Springer is dedicated to shaping the future of journalism in the free world, believing that a free and informed society is essential to democracy. Learn more about Axel Springer.

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