Paralegal

Job Position: Paralegal

Location: Flint, MI 48503

Pay Rate: $30.00/hr

Description: Paralegal

Paralegal – P/T position assisting General Counsel – 20-30 hours per week

• Coordinates the collection, review and production of documents, whether in paper or electronic form, in response to Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for public records, Litigation Discovery, Subpoenas and other requests for information.

• Performs legal research, analyzes legal issues, and prepares various legal documents.

• Coordinates with the General Counsel in the intake of claims and complaints received, response deadlines, notifications needed, preparation and distribution of materials and evidence in support of litigation and claims process, and preparation of meeting agendas and/or takes notes during meetings .

• Serves as a knowledge manager for data, correspondence, matter files, reports, and all documentation associated with legal matters.

• Assists/coordinates with the process of developing college wide administrative policies and procedures, and develops and administers the college’s administrative policy and procedures library.

• Drafts, reviews, and edits position statements, legal documents and transaction and research memos for form and legality; Summarizes lengthy documents or groups of documents and; Compiles information and prepares statistics, charts, graphs, presentations or summaries.

• Creates and maintains confidential records, including the use of all software platforms utilized by the college.

• Assists in the preparation of documents and other materials to support representatives of the college in the presentation of matters in arbitration, mediation or any other legal, quasi-legal or administrative proceedings.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Paralegal/Legal Assistant certificate from an ABA accredited program; or, an Associate Degree in paralegal/legal assistant studies.

• 3 years of experience as a paralegal/legal assistant in a law office or in-house legal counsel setting

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and all Google Suite products

• Demonstrated successful work experience with confidential material

• Ability to draft high-quality legal documents, including but not limited to: contracts, pleadings, legal memoranda, affidavits, and correspondence

• Ability to analyze, abstract, and summarize facts and information, including complex contracts and other documents

• Excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills, both written and oral

• Demonstrated knowledge of filing and record tracking systems, both paper and electronic

• Strong skills to research and problem-solve to obtain information or data from various sources and materials and organize with excellent attention to detail into a comprehensive package