Job Description

JOB SUMMARYSupport lawyers by maintaining, drafting documents, and organizing files, calling on legal witnesses, maintaining a legal library and more.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparing briefs, wills, contracts, real estate closing statements, pleadings, appeals, and other legal documents.
• Preparing affidavits, legal correspondence and other documents for attorneys.
• Organizing and maintaining documents in a paper or electronic filing system.
• Meeting with clients, attorneys, and other professionals to talk about case details.
• Helping prepare for trial by organizing exhibits and assisting with other tasks as needed.
• Investigating facts and laws of cases and searching public records and other resources to prepare cases and determine causes of action.
• Directing and coordinating law office activity, including delivery of subpoenas.
• Gathering and analyzing statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, documents and other data.
• Calling on witnesses to testify at hearings.
• Keeping the law library up-to-date by monitoring legal volumes.
• Keeps cases organized by establishing and organizing files; monitoring calendars; meeting deadlines; documenting actions; inputting information into file databases and case management software; confirming case status with attorneys.
• Helps develop cases by maintaining contact with people involved in the case; scheduling depositions; preparing and forwarding summonses and subpoenas; drafting complaints; preparing and filing discovery requests; preparing responses to opposing counsel; generating status reports.
• Keeps clients informed by maintaining contact; communicating case progress.
• Supports case preparation by preparing case summaries and materials for mediation conferences; preparing pleadings; monitoring and obtaining discovery responses; organizing materials for team case review.
• Enhances trial proceedings by organizing evidence; preparing exhibits; scheduling witnesses; ensuring that witnesses are ready when needed; taking courtroom notes.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
• Accomplishes organizational goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIESLeadership

• Coaching

• Delegation

• Build relationships

• Team Leadership

• Communication

• Decision-Making

• Results-Oriented

• Developing and Tracking Budgets

• Coaching

• Supervision

• Staffing

• Process Improvement

• Planning

• Performance Management

Business

• Highly Trustworthy and integrity

• Excellent Communication Skills

• Good Listening and Comprehension Skills

• Good in Building Rapport

• Analytical Thinking Skills

• Good Problem Solving Skills

• Results-oriented & strong sense of discipline

• Decision making (diskarte)

• Documentation and Records Keeping

EXPERIENCE

• At least 3-5 years experience as Legal Assistant
• A legal assistant is expected to possess excellent communication skills as the candidate has to communicate with various people such as clients, court staff, attorneys etc.

Job Type: Full-timeSchedule:

• 8 hour shift

Education:

• Elementary/ Primary school (Preferred)

Experience:

• Legal Assistant: 3 years (Preferred)
• Real Estate or Construction Company: 1 year (Preferred)