Paralegal

TRBank, Inc. (A Rural Bank); Pasig; On-site; PHP 223,200 - 334,800; Full time

Job summary

A rural banking institution located in Metro Manila is seeking a Paralegal to assist with legal correspondence, drafting documents, and providing legal advice. Fresh graduates with a Juris Doctor degree are encouraged to apply. The role includes setting team strategies, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders, and managing legal risks. This position offers a great opportunity for recent graduates to start their legal careers.

Qualifications

• Fresh Graduates of Juris Doctor degree are welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Prepare affidavits and legal correspondence.
• Provide legal advice on business and company strategies.
• Draft pleadings and contracts.
• Set strategy and goals for the paralegal team.
• Ensure stakeholder queries are addressed.
• Conduct Performance Evaluation.
• Monitor and report monthly case updates.
• Participate in strategic and operational planning.
• Manage internal governance policies and legal risks.
• Assist with trial preparation.
• Coordinate law department activity.

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Job description

Management

• Prepares affidavits, legal correspondence, and other documents for attorneys.
• Provides the Management with practical legal advice on business issues and company strategies in various legal topics.
• Draft pleading, memos, contracts, and affidavits.
• Set the strategy and goals for the paralegal team, which should be aligned with the organizational goals.
• Ensures all the needs and queries of the stakeholders and Board of Directors are effectively and adequately addressed.
• Conducts Performance Evaluation.
• Monitor and report monthly case updates on all cases involving the Bank.
• Participates in strategic and operational planning activities of the company.
• Performs other related tasks that may be assigned by immediate superiors occasionally.

Operation

• Sets internal governance policies, manages external factors' impact, anticipates issues, and estimates legal risks strategically by Identifying proactive solutions that will eliminate or mitigate the legal risks.
• Attends promptly and efficiently to internal and external clients needs, requests, inquiries, or complaints and takes appropriate action.
• Meet with clients, attorneys, and other professionals to discuss case details.
• Filing of pleadings with the court clerk.
• Helps in preparation for trial by organizing exhibits and assisting with other tasks as needed.
• Direct and coordinate law department activity, including delivery of subpoenas.
• Gather and analyze statutes, decisions, legal articles, codes, documents, and other data.
• Calls on witnesses to testify at hearings.
• Keep the law library up to date by monitoring legal volumes.
• Organizing and maintaining documents in a paper or electronic filing system
• Ensures targets and goals of the Legal Department are achieved.

Qualifications:

• Fresh Graduates of Juris Doctor degree are welcome to apply.