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Job ID50251
LocationChicago, Illinois
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Department: Law Legal Clinic
Salary/Grade: NEX/11
Job Summary:
The Legal Assistant 2 will assist faculty with preparation and court filing of various applications and legal documents for government agencies.This position is responsible for the day-to-day operation and coordination of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Bluhm Legal Clinic and will interact with a variety of international agencies and outside community service organizations; conduct legal and other research, coordinate administrative processes, and prioritize, direct, and respond to business matters involving administrative functions associated with education and grant related financial activities. This position also assists with coordinating court filings, client databases, meetings, special events, etc. and alerts supervisor of criticalissues.
This position would primarily support the Center for International Human Rights as well as the LGBTQI+ center.
Northwestern Pritzker Law prides itself on its active and diverse community, which brings together a passionate and talented group of students, staff, and faculty. The Law School endeavors to take principled action towards ensuring that we live up to our responsibility-and our institutional values-to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community for all constituents. Law School leadership commits to working tirelessly to ensure every member feels valued, all students can study and train to be successful in their careers, all staff members can develop personally and professionally, and where our faculty can both teach and support our students and produce top quality research and scholarship.
Target hiring range for this position will be between $19.31 to $24.86 per hour. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Specific Responsibilities:
Faculty Support
Prepare and edit legal documents, correspondence, scholarly articles, and confidential reports.
Draft routine motions; arrange for filing and service; format briefs (including pagination, table of authorities, cite checking, appendices).
Prepare and maintain accurate account of meeting minutes.
Obtain and scan records on appeal; prepare necessary paperwork for court reporters and courts for fee reimbursement.
Collect and monitor attorney feedback and other evaluations for clinic classes.
Maintain course management system for assigned attorneys.
Update course packs for clinic classes.
Schedule meetings and maintain Faculty calendars with the ability to independently decide scheduling based upon priorities.
Maintain and manage faculty calendars; discern appropriate action and prioritizations of events.
Communicates with faculty, clients and other relevant parties on active matters as necessary for case related matters.
Accounting
Create and maintain financial records for Center operations and grant related expenses.
Verify appropriateness and accuracy of charges.
Process and reconcile expenses, accounting transfers, and/or appropriation changes for domestic and international business.
Update financial transaction spreadsheets and databases.
Generate summary reports and statistics.
Prepare and process all travel and other expense reimbursements for faculty, fellows and students including foreign and domestic travel.
Purchase books and other supplies as needed.
Student Support
Assist students with their client casework that includes training and advising new students each semester on creating and preparing legal documents (e.g. briefs, exhibits, discovery materials, notices, certificates of service, tables of authority, affidavits, researching/understanding court rules, etc.).
Provide students with administrative support in preparing correspondence, mailings, court filings, prison visits, and legal phone calls.
Assist students in making equipment reservations, room reservations, travel reservations, and car rental reservations.
Provide students with limited IT support, translation services when appropriate, and serve as intermediary in communications between the faculty and students for all course and client related matters.
Collect work from students and integrate it with that of their supervising attorney(s). This includes reconciling various document versions from multiple students, faculty members and external co-counsel.
Coordination
Coordinate travel arrangements (domestic and international) and prepare itineraries with the ability to... For full info follow application link.
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.
