Liberty Justice Center is seeking a paralegal with three or more years of litigation experience to join our team of lawyers who fight to advance liberty and protect constitutional rights.
The Liberty Justice Center brings cutting-edge litigation to challenge the latest and greatest threats to liberty across the country. Our cases take on issues ranging from free speech to federal government overreach to educational freedom, among others.
Paralegals are responsible for:
- Knowing and understanding federal, state, and local rules and ensuring they are followed for each case.
- Preparing trial notebooks and exhibits.
- Organizing, indexing, and summarizing discovery materials; document numbering (“Bates” stamping).
- Monitoring the status of legislation and administrative rules at the state and federal level.
- Monitoring case status via PACER and keeping an up-to-date internal case calendar.
- Performing legal research using Lexis.
- Checking citations in briefs and other legal documents to determine the accuracy of quoted material and ensuring compliance with the Bluebook or other citation guidelines.
- Maintaining case file information.
- Assisting with special projects as needed.
Paralegals must have excellent writing and communication skills and must be dedicated to the Liberty Justice Center’s mission to advance liberty by protecting individual rights and enforcing limits on government power through litigation.
The culture of Liberty Justice Center is highly entrepreneurial, and paralegals are expected to embrace, embody, and promote that culture. Candidates must understand and be committed to the Liberty Justice Center’s mission and litigation approach.
Liberty Justice Center offers its employees competitive salaries, performance-based bonuses, health and dental insurance, and a retirement savings plan with employer matching. This position is fully remote, and candidates can work from anywhere in the U.S. To apply, please email a cover letter, resume, transcripts, and writing sample to Morgan Bowles at [email protected].