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About the Role
The Paralegal assists attorneys with legal and other research, drafts, prepares, and files documents in federal and state legislative bodies and offices, administrative agencies, and courts. This role works within coalitions and with clients to advance Lambda Legal’s cutting-edge policy advocacy, impact litigation, and educational work, supporting multiple attorneys on a wide array of issues within Lambda Legal’s mission.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal and administrative support to attorneys, including motion production, legal pleadings, and briefs (proofreading and cite-checking).
- Prepare legal advocacy materials such as administrative comments, substantive advocacy letters, and other legal filings.
- Perform legal and non-legal research, track legislation, monitor Federal Register activity, and search the Congressional Record.
- Ensure compliance with current applicable court rules, maintain case files, legal department databases, and organizational systems.
- Attend case meetings and assist with note-taking during client interviews.
- Assist with case discovery, including document collection and review.
- Assist with expense reports and other legal administrative tasks.
- Draft correspondence.
- Contact court personnel, other attorneys, advocates, and relevant parties.
- Assist in maintaining client relationships.
- Collaborate with other paralegals.
- Provide general administrative support to the Legal Department.
- Prepare presentations and educational materials.
- Support coalition-building and partnership activities, including coordinating meetings, preparing agendas and materials, taking notes, and tracking follow-up items.
- Communicate regularly with coalition members, community-based organizations, advocates, legal partners, and other stakeholders.
- Participate in coalition and partner meetings and represent the organization professionally.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- 1-2 years prior paralegal experience required.
- Willingness to develop specialized knowledge about the legal system and legal documents.
- Prior legal support work, including support for federal legislative and policy advocacy, is highly desired.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Highly motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized, and dependable.
- Strong collaborative team player with ability to work well under pressure.
- Knowledge of issues facing transgender and nonbinary people and/or prior experience working with transgender and nonbinary people preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.
- Experience with electronic court filing systems, including Federal Judiciary’s Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system.
- Proficiency with Westlaw preferred (experience with LexisNexis is acceptable).
- Experience with iManage preferred (or other law-firm storage applications).
- Welcome the opportunity to work in a racially- and gender-diverse environment and contribute to a positive and inclusive atmosphere.
- Demonstrated awareness of and commitment to the concerns of the communities Lambda Legal serves.
- Prior work on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community and/or people living with HIV is highly desirable.
- Experience working with other historically marginalized communities (professional or volunteer) is desirable.
- Adhere to ethical conduct in all interactions and tasks, ensuring a positive and respectful workplace environment.
- Embrace and champion Lambda Legal’s Organizational Values and DEIB Philosophy Statement.
- Commitment to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and supportive workplace.
- Thrive in a diverse environment, actively contributing to a culture that respects and uplifts the full spectrum of communities Lambda Legal serves.
Skills
- Legal research
- Document drafting
- Document filing
- Policy advocacy
- Impact litigation
- Educational work
- Proofreading
- Cite-checking
- Legal advocacy material preparation
- Administrative comments
- Substantive advocacy letters
- Legal filings
- Non-legal research
- Legislation tracking
- Federal Register monitoring
- Congressional Record searching
- Court rules compliance
- Case file maintenance
- Database management
- Note-taking
- Client interviews
- Case discovery
- Document collection
- Document review
- Expense reports
- Correspondence drafting
- Client relationship maintenance
- Collaboration
- Presentation preparation
- Educational material preparation
- Coalition building
- Partnership activities
- Meeting coordination
- Agenda preparation
- Material preparation
- Follow-up tracking
- Stakeholder communication
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Adobe Acrobat
- Electronic court filing systems (CM/ECF)
- Westlaw
- LexisNexis
- iManage
- Law-firm storage applications
Location
- New York (HDQ)
- Dallas, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Washington, D.C.
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-2 years prior paralegal experience
- 30+ years of experience (salary scale)
Salary/Compensations
- $59,053 - $86,723
Benefits
- Medical benefits that begin on your start date
- Dental, Vision, and Life insurance (effective 30 days from your start date)
- Short & Long-Term Disability plans (effective 30 days from your start date)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan (employer contribution and matching program begins after 90 days of employment)
- Paid Vacation (15 Days)
- Sick Leave (12 Days)
- Personal Leave (3 Days)
- Religious Observance Leave (3 Days)
- Bereavement and Bereavement Anniversary Leave
- Floating Holiday (1 Day)
- 12 paid holidays and 5 early office closures
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA/DC FSA)
- Commuter Benefits
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Annual professional development funds
- $50 monthly mobile phone reimbursement
- Summer Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day
- Premium subscription to the Calm App
- Paid sabbatical after 7 years of service (4 weeks for non-exempt positions)
About the Company
- Lambda Legal is a national advocacy organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights for the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
- Since 1973, Lambda Legal has used impact litigation and other advocacy tools to decriminalize same-sex relationships; challenge discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV in the workplace, in the home, in schools, in health care, and in the military; and protect LGBTQ+ families, including by winning and defending marriage equality.
- Clients are not charged for legal representation or advocacy, and Lambda Legal receives no government funding.
- Headquartered in New York City, Lambda Legal also has regional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, and Washington, DC.
- Believes that serving the full breadth of the LGBTQ+ and HIV communities requires cultural competency and enthusiasm for diversity of all kinds.
- Recognizes the intersectional nature of discrimination, specifically including biases based on race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, education, and class.
- Prioritizes a proactive commitment to counteracting biases and their compounding effects in the work done and in how the organization works together.
Equal Opportunity
- Lambda Legal is committed to further building and maintaining a staff that reflects the full range of LGBTQ+, HIV-affected and allied communities, and is an equal opportunity employer.
- Values a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture.
- Encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship or immigration status, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- Black people, Indigenous people, people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender and gender-diverse people, women, people with abilities in multiple languages, immigrants, people living with disabilities, protected veterans, and formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals living with HIV are all encouraged to apply.