Open Door Legal · 9 hours ago
Family Law Paralegal/Legal Assistant
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$72K/yr - $88K/yrOpen Door Legal is pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil legal representation to dramatically reduce poverty. As the Family Law Paralegal, you will provide critical support to the family law team, ensuring clients receive excellent legal services in various family law matters.
Information ServicesInformation TechnologyLegalLegal Tech
No H1B
Responsibilities
Embrace and embody our mission of universal access to civil legal aid and ensure that everyone in our service area with a viable family law issue gets appropriate help, including legal advice and representation
Be responsible for your own caseload of clients, with attorney supervision
Support our growing Family Law team (currently one managing attorney and three staff attorneys) and interns/fellows/volunteers
Execute timely filings (including drafting and compiling forms to file in court, such as fee waivers, proofs of service, and other standard filings) and mailings, ensuring they are high-quality and within the deadline. Communicate with the clerks about scheduling or filing issues. E-file and physically go to SF Superior Court (400 McAllister St.) 1-3 times a week to file, deliver courtesy copies, and/or pick up orders
Oversee service of process (personal, substitute, and mail). Understand the civil procedure behind service. Use creative methods to locate and serve evasive defendants. Coordinate with the sheriffs or private process servers to ensure personal service is completed by the deadline
Work with the attorney and client to assist with discovery requests, fact-gathering for the client’s case using information technologies, calling possible witnesses, or business or government agencies
Review documents with clients and obtain their informed signatures
Provide clients’ rights counseling and case management, including maintaining and providing necessary follow-up with clients
Commit to leading the office in representing our mission and values externally to potential clients, clients, and others as well as internally to all teammates and volunteers. Our values are passion, grit, teamwork, caring, and dynamism
Provide services and support to our low-income clients with humility and awareness of cultural, socio-economic, and disability differences
Qualification
Required
At least an associate's degree or equivalent work experience
A paralegal certificate or declaration is required for a paralegal designation
Strong time management skills and the ability to handle quick timelines, manage diverse activities, and meet critical deadlines with minimal supervision
Must actively demonstrate cultural humility and sensitivity to barriers low-income residents face when attempting to access the justice system
Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
Demonstrated understanding of how to effectively provide trauma-informed advocacy for clients in crisis, including those experiencing domestic violence
Hybrid position: minimum of three days in-office in one or more of our Open Door Legal office locations
Have a high level of comfort learning and using technology and cloud-based case management systems. We use Salesforce, Dropbox, and Google Suite
Preferred
Comfortable translating and interpreting from English to Spanish and vice versa legal information without assistance
Previous experience working with family law issues (custody and visitation, dissolution, domestic violence)
Previous experience as a paralegal, legal assistant, legal secretary, or client advocate
Experience with filing and interacting within the San Francisco Superior Court
Experience working with low-income and vulnerable populations
Experience working in a high-volume direct services legal aid or similar environment
Having lived a significant period of your life in San Francisco proper
Benefits
Loan Repayment Assistance - for staff pursuing 10-year public interest debt forgiveness, we will pay the minimum payment on all qualifying loans so that you don’t need to worry about student loan debt (this is a conditional benefit).
Medical/Dental/Vision Plan offerings at 100% coverage
Paid mental health benefit
Generous paid time off (four weeks vacation and two weeks sick/care)
Flexible work hours
Generous paid parental leave
401K/Retirement Account
We believe everyone is always learning. We financially invest in individual professional development for each staff member and provide many internal and external mentorships, coaching, and learning opportunities (conferences, workshops, etc.).
We are a fun and hard-working office with best-in-class technology solutions for anyone who’s passionate about making a meaningful and measurable difference.
Company
Open Door Legal
Open Door Legal introduces the first system of universal access to legal help.
Founded in 2013
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
unknown2016-01-01Seed
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