Junior Legal Assistant — Global Litigation Support (Onsite LA)

White & Case LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement savings

Job summary

White & Case LLP in Los Angeles is seeking a Junior Legal Assistant to support the Commercial Litigation Practice. You will review, track, and implement established strategy for new cases, and prepare weekly/monthly summaries of developments.

The role involves maintaining matter databases, producing short matter summaries, and contributing to the development of technology and processes for managing global litigation. A Bachelor’s degree is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive support to the legal team with non-routine tasks such as document preparation and analysis.
• Assists in handling more complex tasks and matters for the practice group.
• Collaborates with team members to complete assigned tasks and projects for delivery of legal services.
• Supports preparation and distribution of matter materials.
• Reviews new matters daily and prepares short summaries for each matter.
• Develops expert-level knowledge of matter flow and tracks matter files.
• Creates/maintains databases, charts, graphs, and tables for data analysis.
• Utilizes litigation support software and spreadsheet/database tools for client projects.
• Prepares daily time entries for services performed.
• Maintains understanding of matter principles and stays updated in the field.
• No supervisory responsibilities but may help train new team members as a resource.

Skills

Legal support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

White & Case LLP in Los Angeles is seeking a Junior Legal Assistant to support the Commercial Litigation Practice. You will review, track, and implement established strategy for new cases, and prepare weekly/monthly summaries of developments.

The role involves maintaining matter databases, producing short matter summaries, and contributing to the development of technology and processes for managing global litigation. A Bachelor’s degree is required.