Description:
Job Overview:As a Law Clerk, you'll help attorneys move legal matters forward through careful research, clear writing, and organized case support. You'll review documents, prepare drafts, manage files, and communicate with clients and other parties while protecting confidential information. The work may involve litigation and a range of practice areas, depending on the matters assigned. This is a paid position.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct legal research using LexisNexis and Westlaw; summarize findings and relevant procedural law.
- Draft, proofread, and organize legal documents, correspondence, filings, and case materials.
- Support litigation, Trust and Estate Litigation, Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, General Civil Litigation, and Employment Litigation and assist with document review and case preparation.
- Maintain case files and deadlines using Clio Manage; complete filing and data entry.
- Assist with client interviewing and communication, phone coverage, and executive administrative support as needed. Your impact: Accurate research and well-managed case files help attorneys serve clients with timely, reliable legal support.
Skills:
- Essential: Legal research and writing; legal drafting; proofreading; document review; organizational and project management skills; confidentiality; client communication; phone etiquette; Microsoft Office and word processing.
- Relevant experience: Legal support, legal administrative, law office, or paralegal experience; civil litigation support and personal injury case experience are useful.
- Additional knowledge: Procedural law, litigation, filing, and document management systems.
- Preferred practice-area familiarity: Trust and Estate Litigation, Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, General Civil Litigation, and Employment Litigation.
