Investigative Paralegal
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $64,000 - $81,089.37
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is one of the nation’s leading national racial justice legal organizations. Formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy, the Lawyers’ Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real.
About the Role:
The Investigative Paralegal will perform a variety of investigative tasks and provide support to Lawyers’ Committee attorneys during all stages of litigation, and on programmatic initiatives, advocacy and policy projects, and other activities. This position will work with the Criminal Justice Project and one or more substantive project area(s), based on need, and will work closely with the project teams.
What You’ll be Doing:
Responsibilities of the Investigative Paralegal include but are not limited to:
- Prepare interview questions and conduct client outreach and interviews.
- Serve as liaison between The Lawyers’ Committee, clients and witnesses.
- Conduct factual research, including public records requests using various public and private databases.
- Compose public education materials, including reports, brochures, and social media pages.
- Manage and organize case files, case dockets, litigation calendars and ECF and PACER accounts.
- Review and edit filings and exhibits, including formatting, proofreading, cite-checking, and creating tables of authorities and tables of contents.
- Organize discovery requests and responses, coordinate depositions, schedule meetings, and other related tasks.
- Review and draft legal documents, such as pleadings, motions, briefs, affidavits, extension requests, and correspondence according to judicial procedures.
- Adhere to court and local rules, and internal court operating procedures, including deadlines.
- Provide administrative and other support to attorneys for hearings, trials, expert interviews, depositions, oral arguments, coalitions, and speaking engagements.
- Prepare internal reports, including weekly updates, board books, grant and development, lobbying hours and project tracking.
- Assist attorneys with processing bar/court memberships.
- Maintain team calendar and update organization calendar.
- Coordinate travel arrangements for attorneys and clients.
- Other duties and special projects as assigned.
