Legal Assistant: In-House Counsel & Legislative Support

Tennessee Department of Human Services; Tennessee; On-site; USD 49,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of General Counsel is seeking a Legal Assistant to support in-house attorneys, manage administrative tasks, and assist with legislative analysis and rulemaking.

The role involves drafting and proofreading legal documents, maintaining case files, and providing litigation support while ensuring confidentiality and excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Education requirements include an associate/bachelor/paralegal certificate or one year of graduate law study.

Responsibilities

• Draft routine contracts, organize documents, track routing and execution.
• Conduct legislative analysis and assist with rulemaking scheduling.
• Process public records requests, media requests, subpoenas, translations, and litigation holds.
• Draft and proofread legal documents including pleadings, discovery, subpoenas, and proposed legislation.
• Perform legal research and summarize findings of statutes and case law.
• Manage case files and provide litigation support.
• Handle administrative tasks such as mail, calls, notarization.
• Learn DHS programs to obtain working knowledge.

Skills

Legal research

Case pleadings drafting

Microsoft Office

Virtual meeting platforms

Confidentiality

Westlaw

Education

Associate's Degree in Paralegal or Legal Assistant studies

Bachelor's Degree in Paralegal or Legal Assistant studies

Paralegal Certificate

Graduate law study

High school diploma + 2 years legal research experience

Tools

Westlaw

Cisco WebEx

Microsoft Teams

Word

Outlook

Excel

Job description

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of General Counsel is seeking a Legal Assistant to support in-house attorneys, manage administrative tasks, and assist with legislative analysis and rulemaking.

The role involves drafting and proofreading legal documents, maintaining case files, and providing litigation support while ensuring confidentiality and excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders.