Court Reporter (Business Law)

Location: New Jersey, United States; periodic travel between courthouses is required, including transportation arrangements or use of a personal vehicle.

Salary: $77,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global is an online legal newswire owned by LexisNexis Legal & Professional and part of RELX, covering litigation, transactions, regulatory issues, and business law for legal and business audiences.

What you will do

• Cover business law developments in New Jersey courts, including trial, appellate, Third Circuit, and occasional bankruptcy matters.
• Track cases in assigned courts and attend selected events.
• File daily news stories from court.
• Communicate with editors in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Travel between courthouses and cover hearings or developments outside standard business hours as needed.

Requirements

• At least one year of full-time, paid reporting experience, plus some court reporting or similar experience.
• Solid reporting, writing, and analytical skills.
• Experience writing under deadline pressure.
• Ability to travel based on business needs and flexibility to cover court hearings and developments outside standard business hours.

Nice to have

• Experience reporting for a legal audience.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) with company match and spending accounts for health care, dependent care, and commuting.
• Paid time off, family and bonding leave, wellness programs, and employee assistance.
• Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Shared parental leave, study assistance, and paid time for employee resource group participation and volunteering.
• Focus on work-life balance and employee wellbeing.