Entry Level Paralegal
LOCATION: Chicago, IL
THE ORGANIZATION: Elite Top Law Firm
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: Competitive base salary commensurate with experience plus well-paid overtime; Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits; Life Insurance; 401K plus match; PTO off, Holidays, and sick days; FSA; Transit program; plus all firm amenities.
SUMMARY: As part of the Legal Support Services team, the entry level Paralegal provides high-quality administrative support to the firm's clients, attorneys, and professional staff in the Chicago office of a major law firm. Must have the confidence and technical skills to provide support in a fast-paced corporate environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide executive-level administrative support to the firm’s attorneys and their clients: time entry, calendaring, document management, and conference services
- Interface with visiting attorneys and clients by providing high-quality services including travel arrangements, dining services, car services, courier, and document support
- Maintains accurate billing for time spent working on administrative tasks and firm assigned duties
- Prepare draft communications for a supervising lawyer/paralegal
- Schedule and coordinate meetings
- Communicate effectively on busy, multiple telephone lines
- Responds to emails and routes messages to the appropriate personnel
- Orientation support including maintenance of brochures, creating new-hire schedules, escorting new hires to orientation, providing office tours
- Follows the “Model Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility” set by the National Federation of Paralegals Association
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's Degree or Paralegal Certificate
- 1+ years of reception, administrative, or customer service experience in a fast-paced law firm or corporate environment
- Strong desire to work within the law industry
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Professional demeanor and appearance at all times
- Ability to remain calm and diplomatic in fast-paced, stressful situations
- Microsoft Office proficiency (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Strong customer service skills
