39 Ofertas de Baker Mckenzie en Colombia

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Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role for a Legal Assistant, located in Barranquilla. The Legal Assistant will be responsible for preparing legal documents, assisting with legal research, managing communication, and providing administrative assistance. Day-to-day tasks include maintaining and organizing files, scheduling appointments, and supporting legal professionals with various tasks.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in Law and Legal Assistants skills
• Experience in Legal Document Preparation and Administrative Assistance
• Excellent Communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Previous experience in a legal setting is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Administration, or a related fiel.

250 USD Weekly from Monday to Friday

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM or 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Contractor (type of contract)

Are you an experienced bilingual (English and Spanish) legal assistant looking for new challenges with a U.S. law firm? We have immediate openings for talented individuals.

We seek passionate and detail-oriented bilingual legal assistants committed to supporting legal teams and helping clients. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.

Please note: This position is for independent contractors. You will be responsible for your own taxes and insurance.

Responsibilities:

• Assess new cases and provide preliminary evaluations to the legal team.
• Assist in developing and executing case strategies.
• Manage and maintain case files with precision.
• Communicate with clients to provide updates on their cases.
• Serve as a liaison between clients and the legal team.
• Coordinate with external experts and vendors as necessary.
• Provide comprehensive support to the legal team.
• Conduct legal research and assist in drafting legal documents.

Requirements:

• At least 1 year of experience as a Legal Assistant.
• Thorough knowledge of legal procedures, terminology, and practices.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks.
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other relevant software.

What We Offer:

• Salary paid bi-monthly (1st and 15th).
• Long-term, work-from-home positions with advancement opportunities.
• Salary increase after 6 months.
• Monthly internet subsidy.
• Insurance subsidy after 6 months.
• Monthly performance and attendance incentives.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Scale Up Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and encourage qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

U.S.-based law firm Political Asylum Lawyers is hiring a REMOTE Legal Assistant:

• Want to be part of an outstanding team that’s changing lives by helping immigrants secure their future in the United States through asylum?
• Are you an organized, detail-oriented self-starter who is adept at handling pressure and who is passionate about advocating for people facing crisis?
• Have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills?
• Keen to find a job where your talents and efforts will be rewarded?
• Do you speak Spanish and English fluently?
• Up for a fast-paced work environment where excellence is required, but quality of life is prioritized through a 40-hour work week and an outstanding compensation package?
  
  

• You will serve as a point of contact for clients, engaging them routinely - in both English and Spanish - and ensuring they have an excellent experience with the firm. This will mean sending emails and making phone calls daily to respond to client inquiries and to seek information and documents from them as we manage their cases.
• You will effectively be the main point of contact for clients with the firm. You must bring outstanding communication skills and plenty of empathy to bear in handling these important relationships.
• You will ensure that case development and the broader representation flow smoothly along predefined workflows.
• You will proactively communicate with your teammates to let them know of any issues or difficulties you are facing in a case, so that we can keep things moving forward.
• You will not need substantive knowledge of U.S. immigration law, but you must master our standard operating procedures for servicing cases and dealing with clients.
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Legal Services

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Legal Assistant Boston DC

Job ID: 20212

General Summary: The Legal Assistant supports the legal practice of firms attorneys in our Boston and DC offices and the management team in all aspects of complex commercial affordable housing transactions, including drafting real estate documents based on templates or previously drafted documents, drafting transaction and closing documents based on templates or previously created documents, drafting routine correspondence, and filing documents with appropriate local, state or federal government entities. This position requires a hybrid physical presence on-site in BOSTON or DC a minimum of 2-3 days per week. The position supports attorneys, paralegals, and Firm management. Position assists with preparing and organizing documents, including notarizing them, coordinating client visits and other duties as may be assigned to fulfill the mission of the Firm and its clients.

Essential Job Functions:
Legal support duties:
• Collaborate with paralegals and attorneys in preparing affordable real estate development corporate and transaction documents.
• Prepare professional, error-free letters, memoranda, and email correspondence, for internal or external circulation in hard/soft copy.
• Greet and interact with clients with the utmost professionalism, ensuring that they feel comfortable and welcomed, both in person in the office and over the telephone.
• Support the practice of attorneys by learning how they prefer to interact and communicate internally and externally, their preferred work style and their methods of organization.
• File documents in the firm’s document management system, maintaining completeness and organization by complying with internal document naming conventions and filing policies and procedures.
• Maintain attorney calendars, noting deadlines and due dates on incoming correspondence, and advising attorney well in advance of pending deadlines.
• Make travel arrangements, schedule appointments, answer telephones, and perform other similar administrative duties.
• Process attorney expense reports in a timely manner.
• Maintain attorney files on bar memberships, dues, and CLE requirements.
• Assist and collaborate with attorneys in drafting, proofreading, and executing legal documents including real estate documents and corporate formation documents, including:
• Order and file organizational documents with various government offices.
• Create business entities with state government offices.
• Compare documents using Litera or other document comparison software.
• Under the direction of an attorney, prepare and organize closing documents and assist in the execution of the documents, including:
• Draft and maintain closing checklists.
• Create binders and CDs of closing transcriptions/documents.
• Organize and maintain client files, filing relevant documents in the electronic database system within 24 hours of receipt.
• Draft necessary correspondence with clients keeping them informed about the latest developments regarding their matter, and sending across necessary documents via e-mail, fax or post.
• Review invoices to assure they are appropriate and work with the accounting clerk to assist in prompt payments and prompt recording of client expenses.
• Maintain good working relationships with all members of the office team, assisting others as necessary in support of the goals of the whole firm.
• Interface and maintain good working relationships with outside vendors, including IT support.
• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Administrative management support duties:
• Participate in performing administrative tasks shared by the entire staff including answering the main telephone lines and serving as back-up Legal Assistant for other staff members.
• When needed, assist management team with administrative requests, for example serving as a notary to the firm and other ad hoc administrative tasks in recruiting, operations, professional development, marketing, and human resources.
• At all times interact with colleagues, clients and other third-parties with a high degree of professionalism and a can-do attitude; foster collegial, productive working relationships with staff and third parties.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills: Word (including advanced expertise in Table of Contents, Formatting Codes, and Styles), Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient Adobe Professional skills: Editing, redacting, indexing, converting PDF to/from Word)
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, including the ability to handle multiple, competing priorities in an often fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• A team player with excellent communication skills.
• Professionalism, discretion and outstanding judgment in handling confidential client and firm-related information.
• Process-oriented with an ability to utilize technology to add efficiency to processes.

Preferred Qualification:
• Commitment to the Firm’s public service mission of preserving and developing affordable housing and empowering communities. The Firm offers a culture of work flexibility, and benefits from working in a dynamic, collegial, and respectful professional services environment while taking pride in providing top-flight customer service to all stakeholders.

Personal Qualities:
• Effective teambuilding and time management skills to meet deadlines and deliverables proficiently.
• Reliable, respectful, and transparent to perform with integrity and exemplary quality standards.
• Proactive, quick learner who takes responsibility, uses initiative, and anticipates issues.
• Committed to the Firm’s mission while pursuing continued personal and professional growth.
• Demonstrates productive self-management and composure when dealing with conflicts and/or difficult situations.

Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Business Administration, Communications, or related field is preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 2-3 years’ office work experience, preferably in a law Firm environment.
• Must enjoy and have proven ability to provide top-flight administrative support services.
• Familiarity with law firm time and billing processes (e.g., LMS/SurePoint) and expense tracking applications (e.g., CentreSuite) or similar client data bases and reporting is a plus.

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Firm Mission Statement

Our mission is to change as many lives as possible by offering immigration solutions even in the most difficult cases. We look at all possible options to keep our clients in the United States with their families where they belong. We stand ready to fight even when success seems unsure because we understand how much better life can be with the dignity and peace of mind that comes with having documents.

Position Purpose

We are a fast-growing immigration law firm looking for a legal assistant to help review FOIA and court records to help our clients identify what potential immigration paths might be available to them. This position will work closely with our attorney and record collection teams. The ideal candidate will be skilled at creating focused summaries from large amounts of information and creating thoughtful strategies based on that information for attorney review. The ideal candidate will be excited to learn more about immigration law, be goal-oriented, be able to follow detailed instructions and be motivated to help our clients obtain documents and stay united with their families. There is an opportunity for career growth with our legal team and additional responsibilities with strong performance.

Schedule: Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 6:00pm EST (40 hours per week)

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities

1. Perform legal, factual research and analyze case documents
2. Coordinate with the record collection team to identify and obtain relevant records
3. Analyze and summarize FBI background check requests, USCIS, OBIM, CPB, EOIR, and other similar records, as well as court documents
4. Draft summaries of key records received and proposal for the path forward based on records for attorney review
5. Perform legal and factual research
6. Background in legal assistance or immigration law is a plus
7. Familiarity with Immigration FOIA requests and U.S. court records preferred
8. Experience working in law-related roles in the past is a plus!
9. Experience in using legal database software
10. Excellent communication and organization skills

Minimum Qualifications

1. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software; Computer skills (Typing - MS Word and MS Excel, Document Management - DropBox, Email - MS Outlook).
2. Associate's degree or paralegal certification preferred. Substantive experience working in courts, government agencies, a law firm, or the field of immigration law may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Legal, Research, and Strategy/Planning

Law Practice and Legal Services

Legal Assistant Boston DC

Job ID: 20212

General Summary: The Legal Assistant supports the legal practice of firms attorneys in our Boston and DC offices and the management team in all aspects of complex commercial affordable housing transactions, including drafting real estate documents based on templates or previously drafted documents, drafting transaction and closing documents based on templates or previously created documents, drafting routine correspondence, and filing documents with appropriate local, state or federal government entities. This position requires a hybrid physical presence on-site in BOSTON or DC a minimum of 2-3 days per week. The position supports attorneys, paralegals, and Firm management. Position assists with preparing and organizing documents, including notarizing them, coordinating client visits and other duties as may be assigned to fulfill the mission of the Firm and its clients.

Essential Job Functions:
Legal support duties:
• Collaborate with paralegals and attorneys in preparing affordable real estate development corporate and transaction documents.
• Prepare professional, error-free letters, memoranda, and email correspondence, for internal or external circulation in hard/soft copy.
• Greet and interact with clients with the utmost professionalism, ensuring that they feel comfortable and welcomed, both in person in the office and over the telephone.
• Support the practice of attorneys by learning how they prefer to interact and communicate internally and externally, their preferred work style and their methods of organization.
• File documents in the firm’s document management system, maintaining completeness and organization by complying with internal document naming conventions and filing policies and procedures.
• Maintain attorney calendars, noting deadlines and due dates on incoming correspondence, and advising attorney well in advance of pending deadlines.
• Make travel arrangements, schedule appointments, answer telephones, and perform other similar administrative duties.
• Process attorney expense reports in a timely manner.
• Maintain attorney files on bar memberships, dues, and CLE requirements.
• Assist and collaborate with attorneys in drafting, proofreading, and executing legal documents including real estate documents and corporate formation documents, including:
• Order and file organizational documents with various government offices.
• Create business entities with state government offices.
• Compare documents using Litera or other document comparison software.
• Under the direction of an attorney, prepare and organize closing documents and assist in the execution of the documents, including:
• Draft and maintain closing checklists.
• Create binders and CDs of closing transcriptions/documents.
• Organize and maintain client files, filing relevant documents in the electronic database system within 24 hours of receipt.
• Draft necessary correspondence with clients keeping them informed about the latest developments regarding their matter, and sending across necessary documents via e-mail, fax or post.
• Review invoices to assure they are appropriate and work with the accounting clerk to assist in prompt payments and prompt recording of client expenses.
• Maintain good working relationships with all members of the office team, assisting others as necessary in support of the goals of the whole firm.
• Interface and maintain good working relationships with outside vendors, including IT support.
• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Administrative management support duties:
• Participate in performing administrative tasks shared by the entire staff including answering the main telephone lines and serving as back-up Legal Assistant for other staff members.
• When needed, assist management team with administrative requests, for example serving as a notary to the firm and other ad hoc administrative tasks in recruiting, operations, professional development, marketing, and human resources.
• At all times interact with colleagues, clients and other third-parties with a high degree of professionalism and a can-do attitude; foster collegial, productive working relationships with staff and third parties.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills: Word (including advanced expertise in Table of Contents, Formatting Codes, and Styles), Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient Adobe Professional skills: Editing, redacting, indexing, converting PDF to/from Word)
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills, including the ability to handle multiple, competing priorities in an often fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• A team player with excellent communication skills.
• Professionalism, discretion and outstanding judgment in handling confidential client and firm-related information.
• Process-oriented with an ability to utilize technology to add efficiency to processes.

Preferred Qualification:
• Commitment to the Firm’s public service mission of preserving and developing affordable housing and empowering communities. The Firm offers a culture of work flexibility, and benefits from working in a dynamic, collegial, and respectful professional services environment while taking pride in providing top-flight customer service to all stakeholders.

Personal Qualities:
• Effective teambuilding and time management skills to meet deadlines and deliverables proficiently.
• Reliable, respectful, and transparent to perform with integrity and exemplary quality standards.
• Proactive, quick learner who takes responsibility, uses initiative, and anticipates issues.
• Committed to the Firm’s mission while pursuing continued personal and professional growth.
• Demonstrates productive self-management and composure when dealing with conflicts and/or difficult situations.

Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in English, Business Administration, Communications, or related field is preferred.
• Must have a minimum of 2-3 years’ office work experience, preferably in a law Firm environment.
• Must enjoy and have proven ability to provide top-flight administrative support services.
• Familiarity with law firm time and billing processes (e.g., LMS/SurePoint) and expense tracking applications (e.g., CentreSuite) or similar client data bases and reporting is a plus.

Tagged as: Legal Assistant