Paralegal Office Manager
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Description: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is in need of Paralegal Office Manager right now, this vacancy will be placed in Missouri. More details about this vacancy opportunity kindly read the description below. Full-Time Paralegal Office Manager
Housing Law Program
JOB SUMMARY:
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc., a non-profit law firm providing free civil legal assistance to low income/low opportunity individuals in 21 easte rn Missouri counties, is seeking a Paralegal Office Manager for its Housing Law Program. The Paralegal Office Manager position shall assist attorneys with case management, litigation support, communicating with clients, internal reporting requirements, administrative and clerical tasks, and other duties as needed by the attorneys.
Responsibilities:
The Paralegal Office Manager is assigned to support a team of attorneys in the Housing Law Program. Responsibilities of this position may include:
- Extensive client contact on the phone and in person.
- Performing factual research and investigative work to obtain information and documents relevant to a client’s legal issue.
- Under attorney supervision, relaying counsel and advice to clients over the telephone and drafting counsel and advice letters to clients.
- Drafting general correspondence.
- Entering necessary information and data into Legal services’ case management system.
- Attending administrative hearings.
- Participating in community education and information fairs.
- Coordinating with staff for appropriate case referrals.
- Legal research.
- Providing litigation support for attorneys, including drafting pleadings and discovery requests, digesting depositions, and trial preparation.
- Attending and assisting attorneys with legal workshops and disseminating information regarding workshops to various audiences.
- Performing administrative and clerical duties, including opening and closing files, creating and maintaining physical case files, organizing and boxing closed files, collaborating with other office managers to maintain office supplies and coordinate mail distribution, and other clerical/administrative tasks as requested.
- Training and assisting interns, externs, and volunteers when needed.
- Performing other duties as requested by Housing program staf f.
- Must have ability to work collaboratively with others; be energetic and committed to Legal Services’ mission; be organized and accountable; take initiative / self-starter; have sound judgment; and have good writing and communications skills.
- A legal studies certificate, paralegal certificate, other relevant studies and/or legal secretary experience is required.
- Notary public or willing to obtain notary certificate/license.
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook), with e-discovery and e-discovery databases, such as Concordance, Attenex and LiveNote and with legal research databases (such as Westlaw).
Salary commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, a generous time off policy, 403(b) and profit sharing plans, long-term disability and life insurance, employee ass istance plan, flexible spending account, and paid CLE.
Application Information:
Please send a cover letter and resume to: https://careers.jobscore.com/careers/legalservicesofeasternmissouri
Submission Deadline: June 7, 2018 or until position is filled.
Equal access to Legal Services’ office is available. Those applicants requiring accommodation to the interview/application process should contact the Human Resources Director at the e-mail address listed above. Legal Services of Eastern Missouri is an equal opportunity employer.
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