Bilingual English & Spanish Paralegal
Bilingual English & Spanish Paralegal
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Job Description
Bilingual English & Spanish Paralegal
The Center for Disability & Elder Law (CDEL) provides free legal services to low-income Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities. CDELs clients individuals often marginalized by age disability and poverty may have difficulty accessing the legal system. CDEL strives to provide access to the legal system to assist our clients in asserting their legal rights and live better lives.
CDEL seeks a Bilingual English and Spanish Paralegal to support its legal services. The position will primarily support CDELs Adult Guardianship programming. CDEL provides limited representation services with its Adult Guardianship Help Desk and also provides full representation to over 100 families and caregivers each year. CDEL also provides representation in the areas of end-of-life planning consumer law and housing law. This position is currently hybrid with two days per week expected in CDELs office.
Responsibilities
- Conduct intakes and follow-up with clients on CDELs full range of legal services with an emphasis on guardianship
- Draft court documents for attorney review
- Translate documents from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English
- Assist with preparing clients for court
- Support CDEL attorneys document review and client correspondence
- Track case progress in CDELs case management system
- Assist with community outreach presentations and workshops
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Ability to speak interpret and write English and Spanish fluently
- Experience with direct client services preferred
- Experience with adult guardianship not required but preferred
- Experience working in a legal setting preferred
- Demonstrated commitment to CDELs target population and social justice preferred
- Comfortable with CDELs client base including working with older adults and people with disabilities
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple cases and deadlines
- Adaptable and detail-oriented
- Team player
Salary and Benefits
Salary range: $42-$50K depending on experience. Full-time position. CDEL offers a comprehensive benefits package including health/dental/vision insurance flexible spending accounts 401k life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance. CDEL also has a generous personal time off policy.
About the organization
The Center for Disability and Elder Law (CDEL) provides high-quality pro bono legal assistance to persons marginalized by poverty age and/or disability. CDELs organizational structure consists of a modest in-house staff which supports a network of hundreds of volunteer attorneys students and paralegals. CDEL volunteers provide legal representation in a wide range of civil practice areas including: guardianship simple estate planning landlord/tenant consumer debt and fraud elder abuse and real estate. CDEL has also developed a number of limited engagement opportunities for those volunteers that are unable to handle cases that require long-term client commitments.
CDEL is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming community that engages encourages and empowers those who are members of underrepresented communities. We are a dedicated advocate for our clients who hold many diverse identities and experiences across race color sex age religion class disability national origin ancestry sexual orientation marital status parental status military discharge source of income housing status and gender identity. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence we encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized and underrepresented communities to apply for this position. We also encourage you to read our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement available on our website.
Position is open immediately closed when filled. Applications received by July 31 2025 will be given preference.
Employment Type
Full-Time
