PT Law Clerk

Houston Community College; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston City College seeks a Legal Affairs Coordinator to review and analyze General Counsel matters, draft and negotiate terms, and ensure compliance with laws. You will gather documents, respond to inquiries, and coordinate with external counsel.

The role requires a bachelor’s in law or contracts and at least one year in a legal setting. Responsibilities include policy reviews, training, and producing written reports for higher‑level issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in law or contracts required.
• Post-graduate work in law or contracts preferred.
• 1 year in legal field experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide initial review of legal issues and prepare documentation.
• Draft, review and negotiate terms to ensure compliance with laws.
• Investigate and gather documents for lawsuits or complaints.
• Review policies for compliance with local/state/federal law.
• Provide training on legal issues as needed.
• Coordinate with administrative staff and external counsel.
• Analyze administrator/employee queries and determine research needs.
• Prepare written reports to mitigate legal liability and ensure compliance.
• Produce reports for General Counsel and handle complex issues.
• Communicate responses after initial analysis and review with GC.
• Prioritize workload and coordinate external counsel projects.

Skills

Westlaw/Lexis-Nexis

Legal research

Regulatory research

Higher education law

Written and oral communication

Analytical problem solving

Judgment and initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree in law or contracts

Post-graduate work in law or contracts

1 year legal experience

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Coordinates the review of General Counsel legal issues for HCC. Responsible for the initial analysis, preparation, verification, and documentation of legal issues. Responsible for the initial legal response. Serves as the resources person for the colleges’ personnel, particularly administrators and officers. Coordinates activities of external counsel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following (Other duties may be assigned:)

1. Provide initial review of HCC contacts Draft, review, revise, and negotiate, as necessary, the terms and conditions to ensure compliance with local, state and federal
2. Interpret and answer questions about HCC political
3. Conduct investigations and gather necessary documents from various departments to prepare for lawsuits and student or employee complaints/grievances/incidents
4. Review HCC policies and procedures to determine compliance with current local, state, or federal law Responsible for review of new/revised laws impacting higher education
5. Provide training as needed on legal issues
6. Provide direction to legal secretary on scheduling requests or other issues to be brought to the attention of General Counsel
7. Analyze questions/actions brought forth by administrators/employees/board and determine research requirements
8. Research proposed actions to determine compliance with policy, law
9. Provide written reports on proper steps to void legal liability and compliance issues
10. Provide reports to and reviews with General Counsel, issues of higher-level complexity
11. Communicate responses to question/actions after initial analysis and/or review with General Counsel
12. Prioritize and handle a varied workload of projects, correspondence, and project/report tracking, including coordination or external counsel projects

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. The qualifications listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree and post-graduate work in law or contracts required

EXPERIENCE

1 year in legal field, preferably in post-secondary education institution

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis and other legal research databases required.
• Able to research governmental regulations, laws and legislation.
• High level of analytical ability flexibility, self-motivation, dependability and human relations skills required.
• Extensive knowledge of laws applying to higher education preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively both in writing and orally.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, ability to work as part of a team, excellent organization and problem solving skills, ability to assume initiative required.
• Solid judgment in decision –making, ability to act with little or no supervision.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

This job description may be revised upon development of other duties and changes in responsibilities.