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About the Role

Asian Law Caucus (ALC) seeks a full-time paralegal to support attorneys of the Housing Rights Program, providing representation and other legal services to low-income tenants, many of whom are Limited English Proficient (LEP) and immigrants. This position plays a key role in advocating for and providing robust and impactful legal services to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Providing litigation support, including preparing briefs, discovery, forms and correspondence
• Filing documents with the courts, maintaining case documents and updating data for grant reporting
• Conducting legal research
• Interviewing clients and potential witnesses
• Identifying and assessing legal issues
• Providing interpretation support
• Preparing responsive pleadings, stay of execution requests, other ex parte applications, noticed motions, and other necessary legal briefs
• Drafting correspondence to clients, witnesses, opposing counsel
• Filing documents, primarily through e-filing, with local California Superior Courts and federal courts, and arranging service of process
• Assisting attorneys with responding to and propounding discovery, document review, organizing exhibits, and summarizing depositions and other evidence produced in discovery
• Providing hearing and trial support, including assembling binders, organizing exhibits, and assisting attorneys during hearings and trial
• Conducting initial client interviews and other factual investigations, gathering case facts, and coordinating witness schedules
• Performing legal research including on relevant California statutes, case law, and court rules
• Maintaining electronic case notes, court and other deadlines, and files using legal management software (e.g., Clio) and other databases
• Preparing retainers and other forms, and organizing documents in Sharepoint
• Assisting with administrative and clerical duties such as entering client and case data to support program evaluation, outcome tracking and grant reporting, copying and filing
• Processing invoices, and documenting financial transactions
• Helping secure interpreters and translators or providing interpretation among clients, attorneys, and volunteers (if bilingual)
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required

Requirements

• Five or more years of experience working as a paralegal, including in tenant defense
• Strong understanding of California Rules of Court, local court rules, and legal terminology
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and/or immigrant communities, preferably with knowledge of tenant legal issues
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills
• Well-organized, highly motivated, attentive to detail, and creative problem-solver
• Able to work with high level of independence and demonstrated ability in steering cases and projects on own initiative as well as in a team-oriented environment
• Able to work on several projects simultaneously, and handle high volume and pace activity while staying calm under pressure and flexible
• Familiarity with case management systems is a plus, such as Clio
• The position requires working with individuals during moments of extreme stress and instability
• The position also requires the provision of culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, and empathetic services

Skills

• Litigation support
• Preparing briefs, discovery, forms and correspondence
• Filing documents
• Maintaining case documents
• Updating data for grant reporting
• Legal research
• Interviewing clients
• Interviewing potential witnesses
• Identifying legal issues
• Assessing legal issues
• Interpretation support
• Preparing responsive pleadings
• Preparing stay of execution requests
• Preparing ex parte applications
• Preparing noticed motions
• Drafting correspondence
• E-filing
• Arranging service of process
• Responding to discovery
• Propounding discovery
• Document review
• Organizing exhibits
• Summarizing depositions
• Summarizing evidence
• Hearing support
• Trial support
• Assembling binders
• Factual investigations
• Gathering case facts
• Coordinating witness schedules
• Legal research on California statutes
• Legal research on case law
• Legal research on court rules
• Maintaining electronic case notes
• Maintaining court deadlines
• Maintaining other deadlines
• Maintaining files using legal management software
• Preparing retainers
• Preparing other forms
• Organizing documents in Sharepoint
• Administrative duties
• Clerical duties
• Entering client data
• Entering case data
• Program evaluation support
• Outcome tracking support
• Grant reporting support
• Copying
• Filing
• Processing invoices
• Documenting financial transactions
• Securing interpreters
• Securing translators
• Providing interpretation
• Cantonese fluency
• Mandarin fluency
• Spanish fluency
• Working with individuals whose primary language is not English
• Working with individuals with disabilities
• Working with individuals experiencing a crisis
• Working with individuals living in poverty
• Working in a non-profit legal service environment
• Working in a direct service environment

Location

• San Francisco, CA

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• Five or more years of experience working as a paralegal

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Paralegal certificate from a program approved by the American Bar Association preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $90,270.72 - $101,599.92
• $1,500 language premium for oral proficiency
• $1,500 language premium for written proficiency

Benefits

• Generous vacation and paid holidays
• Medical insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• Disability insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• ALC pays 100% of employee premiums for medical, dental, disability, and life insurance
• ALC pays 75% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, disability, and life insurance
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• 401K retirement plan
• Employer non-elective contribution to 401K
• Employer match to 401K

About the Company

• Asian Law Caucus (ALC) is the nation’s first legal organization focusing on advancing and defending the civil rights of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities.
• Since 1972, ALC has fought for access to affordable housing in San Francisco’s Chinatown, litigated high-profile civil rights cases, advocated for the passage of landmark policy changes, and provided an array of services including community education, advocacy, and direct client representation to further the rights of low-income immigrants and communities of color, across our Housing Rights, Workers’ Rights, Immigrant Justice, and National Democracy Initiative programs, and other emerging areas of law.

Equal Opportunity

• Asian Law Caucus is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply, regardless of race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including HIV, cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital or domestic partner status, reproductive health decision-making, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions) gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act or the California Family Rights Act), domestic violence victim and survivor status, political affiliation, height, weight, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.