Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for Paralegals and Legal Assistants for our client in New York, NY
Job Title: Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Job Location: New York, NY
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
Pay Range: $21hr - $25hr
- Review FOIL requests for access to CUNY Central Office public records and ascertain the existence of requested public records.
- Review records for responsiveness.
- Perform legal research.
- Propose redactions of confidential information in records.
- Draft responses for FOIL requests.
- Monitor and update GovQA as needed;
- Work collaboratively with University staff concerning FOIL requests and matters related to the retention and disposition of records.
- Liaise with The Office of Strategy and Policy Implementation, The Office of the General Counsel, and college Legal Affairs Designees as needed.
- Perform administrative duties, including, but not limited to scheduling meetings and conferences.
Qualifications Minimum:
- Bachelor’s Degree and four years’ related experience required.
Preferred:
- Four years of paralegal or legal assistant work experience supporting FOIL or document review in a college, in-house legal department, law firm, government agency, or non-profit organization.
- Paralegal Certification.
- Ability to organize and analyze large volumes of information and documents.
- Strong organizational and project management skills to effectively coordinate and execute complex legal processes and activities, adapt to changing priorities, manage competing demands, and meet deadlines.
- Accurate, detail and solution-oriented with strong legal research, writing, analytical and problem solving skills.
- Proactive, flexible and collaborative work style with strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills to foster successful relationships with diverse campus and University staff, as well as external constituents.
- Commitment to public service, service excellence and professional integrity to manage sensitive information, perform confidential work and exercise sound judgement with ability to thrive in a demanding time-sensitive office.
- Computer proficiency using online legal research, administrative, and financial systems, databases, and programs, plus Microsoft Office programs, and virtual meeting/conferencing and collaboration tools.
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