Indiana Legal Services Inc.
Job Announcement
Bilingual (SPANISH) Paralegal
AGENCY DESCRIPTION: Indiana Legal Services Inc. (ILS) is a statewide not-for-profit organization that provides free legal services to eligible clients in civil cases through eight regional offices. ILS is funded by the Legal Services Corporation Indiana Civil Legal Aid Fund United Ways Area Agencies on Aging and approximately 60 other funding sources.
OUR COMMITMENT: ILS is committed to being an equal opportunity employer which allows us to serve our staff and client community in a meaningful impactful way. We engage in training and conversations to discover and address injustices that affect our clients communities and staff. We recruit employ train compensate and promote without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any category protected by law.
LOCATION: This position is located in the Indianapolis Regional Office.
Position: A Full-time Bilingual (Spanish) Paralegal
START DATE: As soon as reasonably possible.
JOB SUMMARY: The Bilingual Paralegal will work as part of the Central Indiana Medical-Legal Partnership Project. The primary role of the Bilingual Paralegal is to interview potential clients for legal services. Intake interviews are conducted by telephone and at on-site outreach locations. The Bilingual Paralegal will also provide paralegal support to the MLP project attorneys and if ILS certified will provide interpretation and/or translation services. The Bilingual Paralegal will assist MLP project attorneys in a variety of civil cases including family law public benefits landlord-tenant and consumer law cases by drafting pleadings correspondence other paralegal tasks and other clerical tasks.
Qualifications:
- Fluent in Spanish and must pass the ILS bilingual certification test.
- Dedicated to the mission of Indiana Legal Services and the medical-legal partnership.
- Interested in helping low-income individuals and families with their legal needs.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience drafting legal correspondence and legal pleadings preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint Teams and Outlook and able to quickly learn new software.
- Excellent typing skills are required.
- Sensitivity to applicants and clients from many different backgrounds and experiences including clients with health conditions.
- Ability to maintain client confidentiality.
- Have excellent case task and time management skills.
- College degree paralegal certification and/or experience working in a law office is preferred.
- Experience with intake or outreach preferred but not required.
- Have reliable transportation.
Compensation: Starting salary is $39722 with a range up to a maximum of $52724 depending on experience. ILS offers an excellent fringe benefits package including health insurance (medical dental vision Rx) disability insurance life insurance a 401(k) plan a flex benefit plan and generous vacation and sick leave.
TO APPLY: Please apply online and submit a resume and a list of 3 references (with email addresses and telephone numbers). To apply by email or for questions regarding your application contact
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Bilingual Paralegal
