Eastridge Workforce Solutions is collaborating with a full-service law firm with over 200 attorneys who represent both private and public sector clients, with a focus on employment, labor, construction, education, and real estate, among other areas, in its search for a Paralegal.

Essential Job Duties

• Proactively works with your assigned attorneys to seek out additional work, when necessary
• Manages and assists attorneys with document production; prepares and reviews case files
• Prepares and revises legal documents, correspondence, memoranda, and e-mails from written form as well as from transcription
• Schedules appointments and meetings for attorneys
• Manages and maintains calendar for deadlines; ensures important dates are recorded on the master calendar
• Drafts simple pleadings and declarations; assists in filing pleadings with OAH and/or the court
• Proofreads prepared materials to ensure documents are free from typographical and grammatical errors and formatted according to Firm standards
• Assembles documents and exhibits for hearings, mediations, and or other engagements
• Reads and sorts incoming mail, and prints e-mails and distributes throughout the day
  

Other Duties:

• Arranges for travel for attorneys including hotel, airline and transportation
• Interacts with other support departments as needed to coordinate and complete various assignments
• Operates personal computer, transcription equipment to produce legal documents, correspondence, memoranda and e-mails, and other office machines such as photocopier, fax machine and postage meter
  

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Must meet California Business & Professional Code
• Bachelor’s Degree, preferred
• Ability to type 60 wpm
• Prior paralegal experience in Education or Administrative Law preferred but not required
• Knowledge and ability to calendar due dates for due process hearings; i.e. complaints, mediations, and pre-hearing conferences in a timely manner
• Knowledge and ability to calendar due dates for court actions, i.e. complaints, responses, discovery, motions, appeals, conferences, etc., in a timely manner.
• Knowledge of e-discovery case management
• Ability to research and analyze large amounts of data
• Ability to type, read, and write in order to proofread and perform initial input and revisions to legal documents, correspondence, memoranda and e-mail
• Must have knowledge of MS Office Suite which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint; and Adobe
• Knowledge of document management systems such as iManage
  

Benefits: Use this link bit.ly/2023-Benefits to learn more about benefits available to Eastridge’s temporary employees.From time to time Eastridge’s clients may offer additional benefits to Eastridge employees while on assignment.Information about those benefits will be communicated when applicable.

Eastridge Workforce Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Please note that Eastridge is unable to provide visa sponsorship to applicants.

We value diverse experiences, including prior contact with the criminal legal system, and applicants with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.Certain clients require Eastridge to perform background checks and Eastridge will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Philadelphia Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance (a copy of the notice of rights under the Philadelphia Ordinance is available by using this link bit.ly/3WgYFX7).

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