Legal Assistant

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Legal Assistant

The candidate will be answering the telephone, greeting clients and applicants, making appointments, handling the tickler system, handling incoming mail and faxes, handling outgoing mail, faxes and hand deliveries. Will be serving in legal work and litigation support for attorneys, including managing filing and service of court documents, proofreading documents, finalizing briefs drafted by attorneys, including Table of Citations, Table of Contents and Appendix, drafting correspondence, discovery requests and other documents, organizing case files, scheduling appointments and meetings, maintaining attorneys’ court calendars. Entering data into case management system, opening and closing case files. May include conducting applicant screening and intake, both in-office and off-site. Traveling to and assisting at outreach and community education events. Conducting intake and other client communications in second language. Interpretation at client interviews, settlement conferences. Translation of correspondence and legal documents.

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Legal Services of New Jersey.
198 West State St.,
Trenton
New Jersey
United States 08608-1103
Website : http://www.lsnj.org