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About the Role
Shepherd is seeking a Founding Paralegal to help build and operationalize the legal engine behind the firm. This role supports attorneys while designing systems for faster, more scalable legal delivery for startups, working directly with founding legal and product teams to execute core legal workflows, improve processes, and ensure efficient client service. It's a unique opportunity to define how legal work is done in an AI-powered, attorney-guided model for startups.
Responsibilities
- Support attorneys across a wide range of startup legal matters, including contracting, employment, and fundraising
- Draft, review, and manage standard legal documents (NDAs, MSAs, employment agreements, SAFEs, etc.)
- Coordinate and manage end-to-end legal workflows, ensuring timely delivery and clear client communication
- Conduct legal research and assist in preparing client-facing materials and guidance
- Maintain organized document management systems and client records
- Interface directly with clients to collect information, track requests, and provide status updates
- Help implement and improve internal processes to increase speed, consistency, and quality of legal work
- Work closely with the product team to inform how legal workflows are translated into software
- Assist in building playbooks and templates that standardize and scale legal service delivery
- Support compliance and corporate governance processes across multiple client accounts
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience as a paralegal, preferably in a law firm or startup environment
- Strong experience with legal documentation, drafting, and workflow management
- Familiarity with corporate, employment, and commercial contract processes
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
- Experience working with startups, venture-backed companies, or emerging companies
- Familiarity with fundraising processes (SAFEs, convertible notes, priced rounds)
- Exposure to legal tech tools or workflow automation platforms
- Experience supporting high-volume legal operations or alternative legal service models
- Interest in AI and how it can transform legal service delivery
- Operator mindset- You bring structure and efficiency to complex workflows
- Builder mentality- You’re excited to help design systems, not just execute tasks
- Detail-oriented- You take pride in producing high-quality, accurate work
- Client-focused- You understand the importance of responsiveness and clarity
- Adaptable- You thrive in an evolving, early-stage environment
- Mission-aligned- You’re excited to improve how legal services are delivered to startups
Skills
- Legal documentation
- Drafting
- Workflow management
- Corporate law
- Employment law
- Commercial contracts
- Legal research
- Document management
- Client communication
- Process improvement
- Software translation of legal workflows
- Playbook and template creation
- Compliance
- Corporate governance
- Startup legal matters
- Fundraising processes
- Legal tech tools
- Workflow automation
- High-volume legal operations
- Alternative legal service models
- AI in legal services
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-5 years experience as a paralegal
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000–$100,000 base salary
Benefits
- Meaningful equity: Early-stage equity with significant upside potential
- Direct impact: Help build the operational foundation of a new legal model
- Founder collaboration: Work directly with the founding team and legal leadership
- Mission-driven work: Help modern startups access faster, more transparent legal services
About the Company
- Shepherd is an AI-native, hybrid law firm built specifically for startups.
- We’re on a mission to democratize access to world-class legal services by combining AI with the judgement of great attorneys.
- We’re reimagining the traditional law firm- replacing slow, opaque, billable-hour legal services with speed, transparency and fairness- without sacrificing quality or integrity.
- Join us in building the first intelligent, accessible, modern law firm of the future.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.