Environmental Legal Assistant (Paralegal)

Min 3 yrs required

Full-time

No

##Environmental Legal Assistant (Paralegal)

Law firm Arnold & Porter is looking for a highly qualified Environmental Legal Assistant (Paralegal) to join their Practice Support Services Department. This position is available in the Los Angeles, New York or Washington, DC office.

**Essential Responsibilities:**

- Research and write summaries of new judicial, administrative, legislative, and regulatory developments
- Work with Environment Practice Group attorneys to prepare and edit materials for business development projects
- Assist attorneys in the Environmental Practice Group with the preparation of client alerts, presentations, articles, books, and book chapters
- Track legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments
- Arrange for case logistics, copy requests, and document organization
- Research and monitor current and developing cases
- Research case authorities and background material for attorney review
- Provide attorneys with general organizational support and other administrative duties
- Establish and maintain case files, document collections and chronologies
- Conduct computer searches, research and case management functions on client databases or firm resources such as Trial Director, Opus 2 Magnum, Relativity, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, the Internet
- Assist with assembly of exhibits and appendices for court papers, depositions, and trials
- Organize paper and electronic documents for use in depositions or trials
- Maintain indexes and organizing case files and workrooms
- Index and organize files for off-site storage
- Assist with document collection, review, and production
- Prepare for and attend depositions, hearings, trials, and arbitrations as directed
- File and obtain documents at various courts and agencies
- Utilize legal research software
- Conduct research using various resources including databases and the internet

**Qualifications:**

- Four-year college degree strongly preferred
- Excellent academic record
- Minimum of three years of legal assistant experience
- Strong writing skills
- Superior organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage a large workload efficiently and effectively
- Highly detail-oriented with a strategic focus
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, a commitment to professionalism, integrity, and collegiality
- Proven ability to multi-task and set priorities while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, critical thinking abilities and the ability to work well under pressure
- Flexibility to work overtime as necessary, including nights, weekends, and travel, as necessary

Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, school transcript and a short writing sample for consideration. The anticipated base salary for this position is $56,000 to $75,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

##Environmental Legal Assistant (Paralegal)

Law firm Arnold & Porter is searching for a qualified Environmental Legal Assistant (Paralegal) to join their Practice Support Services Department. This position is available in the Los Angeles, New York or Washington, DC office.

The successful candidate will assist attorneys in the Environmental Practice Group with the preparation of client alerts, presentations, articles, books, and book chapters, research and write summaries of new judicial, administrative, legislative, and regulatory developments, and provide attorneys with general organizational support and other administrative duties.

**Qualifications:**

- Four-year college degree strongly preferred
- Excellent academic record
- Minimum of three years of legal assistant experience
- Strong writing skills
- Superior organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage a large workload efficiently and effectively
- Highly detail-oriented with a strategic focus
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, a commitment to professionalism, integrity, and collegiality
- Proven ability to multi-task and set priorities while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, critical thinking abilities and the ability to work well under pressure
- Flexibility to work overtime as necessary, including nights, weekends, and travel, as necessary

**Essential Responsibilities:**

- Research and write summaries of new judicial, administrative, legislative, and regulatory developments
- Work with Environment Practice Group attorneys to prepare and edit materials for business development projects
- Assist attorneys in the Environmental Practice Group with the preparation of client alerts, presentations, articles, books, and book chapters
- Track legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments
- Arrange for case logistics, copy requests, and document organization
- Research and monitor current and developing cases
- Research case authorities and background material for attorney review
- Provide attorneys with general organizational support and other administrative duties
- Establish and maintain case files, document collections and chronologies
- Conduct computer searches, research and case management functions on client databases or firm resources such as Trial Director, Opus 2 Magnum, Relativity, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, the Internet
- Assist with assembly of exhibits and appendices for court papers, depositions, and trials
- Organize paper and electronic documents for use in depositions or trials
- Maintain indexes and organizing case files and workrooms
- Index and organize files for off-site storage

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Researching, writing, editing, client alerts, presentations, articles, books, book chapters, case logistics, copy requests, document organization, computer searches, research, case management, document collection, review and production, legal research software, databases and internet research

4-year college degree

Submit a cover letter, resume, school transcript and a short writing sample for consideration.

Qualification and Experience Four-year college degree strongly preferred, excellent academic record, minimum of three years of legal assistant experience, strong writing skills, superior organizational skills, highly detail-oriented, exceptional interpersonal skills, commitment to professionalism, integrity, and collegiality, proven ability to multi-task, exceptional problem-solving skills, critical thinking abilities

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