Paralegal

February 26

🐊 Florida – Remote

Although this job is listed in Florida, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $54k - $81k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💼 Paralegal

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Center for Biological Diversity

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Center for Biological Diversity is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places. The organization works on various programs including conserving carnivores, addressing climate change, and advocating for environmental health and justice. They also engage with international efforts concerning the oceans and sustainable population and urban development. The Center actively campaigns for legal protections for species and habitats, aiming to reduce threats such as habitat destruction and pesticide use, while raising public awareness and encouraging action to save life on Earth.

Science • Law • Litigation • Policy • Communications

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1989

🤝 Non-profit

🤲 Charity

📋 Description

• Preparation of legal documents, including checking citations, completing tables of contents and authorities for briefs, proofreading, formatting, filing, and ensuring compliance with court rules in a variety of federal and state jurisdictions. • Filing and serving legal documents and maintenance of legal dockets, including e-filing, serving documents by certified mail, making courtesy/chambers copies, corresponding with vendors and clerks' offices, and related tasks. • Assistance with maintenance of the Center’s and program’s litigation-tracking databases and calendar management of administrative actions, internal deadlines, and court filings. • Preparation and indexing of administrative records and appendices/excerpts of record in litigation. • Preparation of billing spreadsheets. • Conducting some factual and legal research or document review, such as working with attorneys to review, organize, and summarize discovery documents, and pulling documents from PACER and other court databases. • Finalizing and submitting comment letters, including retrieval of online references. • Maintenance of legal library, including updating of court rules and reference material. • Ability to handle and track payments for incurred expenses, which may include filing fees, bar dues, CLE registration, and submit monthly expense reports to Accounting. • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• A minimum of three years paralegal/litigation experience. • Ability and willingness to complete legal secretarial tasks. • Willingness to complete general administrative and clerical tasks. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Pro, and willingness to learn new software and other programs as needed. • Experience with Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and Zoom preferred. • Experience with legal case management software (e.g., Rocket Matter, MyCase, Clio, Practice Panther) preferred. • Experience with LexisNexis and/or Westlaw preferred. • Experience with PACER/ECF or other e-filing portals preferred. • Strong understanding of court and administrative dockets, rules, and regulations. • Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills; strong attention to detail and organizational skills; knowledge of Bluebook and/or ALWD; familiarity with Redbook or similar legal style manual preferred. • Experience multi-tasking efficiently and effectively working on a diverse team. • Strong work ethic, problem-solving skills, and ability to learn new tasks quickly. • Demonstrated competency and interest in working with people with different social identities than themselves (including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, and disability), and commitment to the Center’s JEDAI principles. • Demonstrated commitment to environmental protection preferred. • Paralegal certification preferred. • Ability to work 40+ hours per week.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully paid medical premiums for staff, and greatly discounted for families. • Fully paid dental and vision premiums for staff and their families. • Generous employer contribution to HSA and HRA’s. • Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) provided for reimbursement of eligible wellness expenses. • Center paid premiums for Short Term and Long-Term Disability provided for all staff. • Center paid premiums for Basic Life Insurance for all staff. • Discounted premiums for pet discount program. • 403(b) plan with employer match and increasing employer paid contributions. • Generous time off policies, including 13 paid holidays per year and 5 “personal” days awarded each year. • Vacation accrual starts at a rate of 15 days annually, but it may be higher commensurate with experience, and paid sick days accrue at a rate of 10 days per year. • Center Paid Time Off for parental leave, personal leave, caretaker leave and even pet caretaker leave. • After 5 years of service, all employees receive a 12-week paid sabbatical. • Relaxed work atmosphere and dress code.