The University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco is seeking a Legal Program Associate for their Center for Gender and Refugee Studies. The role involves providing paralegal and administrative support to attorneys in asylum litigation and assisting with various program needs.
Responsibilities
- Provide paralegal support to CGRS attorneys litigating individual asylum cases as well as systemic challenges brought in federal court, including research, proofreading, and production
- Provide holistic support to CGRS direct representation clients and individual named plaintiffs in impact litigation
- Provide administrative, technological, and logistical support to the litigation team, including monitoring case activity and FOIA requests and reviewing documents
- Share in frontline technical assistance duties with fellow support staff including asylum case data maintenance and analysis
- Provide translation and interpretation support to CGRS attorneys on an as-needed basis
- Liaise between legal program staff and development staff, including providing information to comply with grant reporting
- Provide other general program support on an as-needed basis
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Fluency or advanced proficiency in Spanish required
- Valid work authorization in The U.S
- Ability to write in a clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive manner
- Experience conducting research on a wide range of topics and synthesizing findings
- Commitment to maintain compassionate and supportive relationships with CGRS's clients and individual named plaintiffs
- Attention to detail
- Strong proofreading skills
- Proficiency with relevant software programs, e.g., MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Openness to learning how to support CGRS's website and online databases
- Enthusiasm to learn and grow in collaborative staff environment
- Solid organizational and time-management skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- High level of productivity
- Demonstrated commitment to refugee, human rights, and social justice issues
- Willingness to travel
- Familiarity with asylum and refugee law a plus, enthusiasm to learn required
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts for transportation-related, healthcare and dependent care expenses
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Legal Insurance
- University of California Retirement Plan (a defined benefit plan)
- Deferred Compensation Plans/Pre-tax Retirement Savings Programs
- Fifteen paid holidays per year
- Generous vacation and sick leave
- Commuter Benefits Program
Company Overview
Established in 1878 as the first law school of the UC system. It was founded in 1878, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, US, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.uclawsf.edu/.