Paralegal Clerk Trainee

Lawyer's Aid Service; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 28,929 - 30,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance

Two weeks paid time off

Training in law-related skills

Cash bonuses for referring new employees

Job summary

Lawyer's Aid Service in Austin, Texas, is looking for a dedicated on-site assistant to support attorneys in setting up new businesses and handling legal documents. The role includes varied administrative tasks, requiring excellent spoken and written English and attention to detail.

Full-time pay is $22 per hour, and part-time is $21 per hour. Benefits include employer-paid health insurance for full-time employees, paid time off, and extensive training. If you enjoy helping others in a positive, collaborative atmosphere, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Academic achievements such as grades, test scores, and honors are important.
• Interest in writing ability is valued.
• Work achievements are considered significant.

Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys with setting up new businesses and legal documents.
• Handle tasks like filing, light bookkeeping, and copying.
• Answer questions and process orders for law firms.

Skills

Excellent spoken and written English

Adept with people and details

Education

Four-year degree or some college

Tools

Mac FileMaker Pro

MS Word

Job description

Pay is $22 per hour for full-time. Part-time position is $21 per hour.

Description

You will be helping attorneys all over Texas set up new businesses for their clients. We help draft, file, and retrieve legal documents such as company formation certificates for them.

Working in our office on-site, you'll be trained in creating and handling legal documents with Mac FileMaker Pro and MS Word as well as in liaison work with state agencies.

You'll receive training based on detailed orientation guides, starting with the basics and moving up at your own pace. Other staff members will coach you and answer questions. Though Lawyer's Aid Service works for attorneys, we are not a placement firm or law firm. This is not a sales position.

• Helping law firm folks who contact us
• Answering questions
• Writing up and processing orders
• Filing
• Light bookkeeping
• Copying
• Emailing
• Faxing
• Scanning
• Writing and editing reference manual entries

If you enjoy helping people, solving problems, and delivering accurate work product in a team environment and want to learn skills useful in administrative work or a legal career, we're eager to receive your application!

Schedule

Your schedule will need to include all or nearly all hours during 12:30 to 5:30 Monday through Friday, 22-40 hours total.

The workplace

Lawyer's Aid Service has about fifteen employees. Of the one-third who are part-time, most are students, and some go on to law school. Half have been here five years or more. It's an educated, friendly workforce.

Our workplace is a ground floor of eight offices with large windows. You'll be sharing an office with only 1-2 other people, but our staff moves between offices throughout the day, dependent upon tasks. We follow pandemic procedures when there’s a Covid alert. The atmosphere is positive and collaborative. An associated law office is six blocks away in West Campus.

Required

We are looking for a bright person who is glad to pitch in and assist where needed, is adept with people and details, and has excellent spoken and written English. A four-year degree or some college is preferred. Academic achievements (grades, test scores, honors), writing ability and interest, and work achievements are important to us. This job is on-site.

Central location close to UT and ACC

505 West 15th Street, between Nueces and San Antonio, convenient to UT and ACC Rio Grande.

Lawyer’s Aid Service values diversity and welcomes everyone to apply.

Benefits

• PPO type, employer-paid health insurance if at least 32 hours. Dental, vision, and life also available.
• Two weeks paid time off
• Training in law-related and professional skills
• Location near UT and ACC, with a CapMetro stop for seven bus routes two blocks away (a 5-minute ride to UT) and ACC Rio Grande two and a half blocks away.
• Business casual dress
• Ultra-filtered AC system
• Mac work computer
• Nearby restaurants, shops, museums, fast food, Target, and Starbucks next door
• Support of the City’s Green Choice Renewable Energy Program
• Cash bonuses for referring new employees