Legal Clerical Associate: Document Docketing & Data Entry

Law Department; New York (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The Law Department in New York City is seeking a Clerical Associate to support attorneys and staff by handling legal papers, data entry, filing, scheduling, and serving documents across boroughs.

The role emphasizes maintaining thorough automated logs, potential supervision of a small clerical unit, and accurate document processing while adhering to time-sensitive workflows. NYC residency requirements may apply with commitment to the department's guidelines.

Qualifications

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
• Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes per minute.

Responsibilities

• Intake, logging, routing, and docketing of diverse legal documents and requests.
• Process requests received electronically, verbally, and written.
• Maintain extensive and detailed automated logs.
• Assist in daily processing of critical time sensitive documents.
• May supervise a small unit engaged in clerical activities as required.

Skills

Data entry

Typing 100 wpm

Multitasking

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Law Department in New York City is seeking a Clerical Associate to support attorneys and staff by handling legal papers, data entry, filing, scheduling, and serving documents across boroughs.

The role emphasizes maintaining thorough automated logs, potential supervision of a small clerical unit, and accurate document processing while adhering to time-sensitive workflows. NYC residency requirements may apply with commitment to the department's guidelines.