Legal Support Specialist

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Legal Support Specialist

Duties: Provides legal support to attorneys and paralegals. Acts as liaison between university clients and OGC attorneys and paralegals. Carries out a wide range of analytical and administrative tasks. Drafts and edits for review by attorneys and paralegals various legal documents. Prepares and files legal documents with appropriate entities. Provides direct administrative assistance support to the Senior Campus Counsel and Associate Campus Counsel, with support to the Chief Campus Counsel as needed. Provides administrative support for the Paralegal, which involves complex, detailed and confidential, privileged matters. In support of Office of Campus Counsel staff, will receive general instructions from their supervisor and attorneys or paralegals, exercises judgment and applies skills to fully analyze issues and problems, gather data and information, find and evaluate alternatives and make sound recommendations. Drafts and edits, correspondence, reports and presentations, forms and other legal documents, pleadings, legal responses, notices, affidavits, correspondence, claims and complaints, and reports and presentations using thorough knowledge of legal terminology, practices, forms and the legal system, and provides expert-level document production services. Uses skills to resolve a diverse range of legal related assignments. Serves as a knowledge manager for data, correspondence, matter files, reports, and other documentation associated with legal matters handled by attorneys and paralegals. Works on moderate legal projects of diverse scope. Manage calendar for two attorneys, provide additional administrative support, including travel, expense reimbursement and other support functions as they arise. A successful candidate will carry out these functions with appreciation for the mission and responsibility of a university serving a diverse region and state and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Drafting and negotiating agreements; providing advice, counsel, and interpretation of laws, regulations and policies; and assisting with development of effective compliance and risk mitigation strategies to facilitate the University's complex operations.

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Job Number: 2009385

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University of California Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz
California
United States 95064
Website : http://www.ucsc.edu