Bet Tzedek Legal Services has been providing free legal services to vulnerable residents in Los Angeles for 50 years. They are seeking a paralegal to support their Homeowner Protection team, focusing on assisting wildfire impacted homeowners with legal administrative tasks and outreach efforts.
Responsibilities
- Conduct client intake, including screening potential clients for program eligibility, gathering substantive facts, collect and organize client evidence for analysis of merits of case, and participating in case review under the supervision of an attorney
- Provide advice and counsel and/or limited services under the supervision of an attorney
- Clearly and professionally communicate with clients, and, if necessary, opposing counsel, courts, government agencies, and financial institutions for purposes of helping to resolve client matters, under the supervision of an attorney
- Support attorneys with case administration, including calendaring deadlines, client coordination, drafting and serving correspondence, basic discovery requests, discovery responses, and court pleadings and forms
- Coordinate filing and service of appropriate documents
- Prepare administrative agency and court forms and coordinate filing and service under the supervision of an attorney
- Assist with outreach and education efforts, including delivering “Know Your Rights” presentations and supporting legal clinics alongside attorneys
- Maintain well-organized legal files and enter timely and accurate case and client information in case management database
- Assist with the administrative aspects of opening and closing files
- Coordinating volunteers’ and pro bono attorneys’ participation in legal clinics and on cases
- Other duties might be assigned
Skills
- A paralegal certificate/degree in paralegal studies from an ABA-approved institution OR bachelor's degree and at least 1 year of law-related experience under the supervision of an attorney who has been an active member of the California bar for the preceding 3 years
- Thorough knowledge of legal terminology, court rules, and procedures
- Clearly demonstrated competency with the Internet and Web-based applications and MS Office
- Clearly demonstrated competency with case management systems
- Exceptionally organized, self-motivated, and goal-oriented
- Demonstrated commitment to Bet Tzedek's mission to provide free legal services to those who need them most
- Demonstrated commitment to applying principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in performance of job duties
- California Notary Certificate
- Experience in state court systems, including state court e-filing systems
- At least 2 years of experience of working in a law firm, nonprofit, or in-house law office supporting multiple attorneys
- Bilingual and biliterate in both English and Spanish
- Clearly demonstrated competency with legal database (Lexis/Nexis and/or Westlaw)
Benefits
- A generous number of paid holidays, vacation, and sick days annually.
- Personal and floating holidays
- Compensatory time for exempt employees.
- Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and acupuncture coverage for employees and dependents, with office visit co-pay reimbursement for HMO enrollees.
- Life/accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.
- Voluntary (employee-contributed) life/AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital confinement, and pet insurance.
- Employee-contributed 403(b) plan.
- Employer-contributed Pension plan.
- Healthcare and childcare flexible spending accounts.
- Commuter transit and/or parking benefits.
Company Overview
Founded in 1974, Bet Tzedek pursues equal justice for all by providing high-quality, free legal services to the unhoused, undocumented immigrants, LGBTQIA+ community, low-wage workers, tenants, the elderly, Holocaust survivors, small business owners, and more. It was founded in 1974, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.bettzedek.org.