Legal Administrative Assistant
Legal Administrative Assistant
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Job Description
The Legal Administrative Assistant will have substantial administrative responsibilities in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment involving competing priorities and deadlines. The selected candidate will provide overall administrative support to the schools clinic attorneys and numerous law students who represent the clinics clients. The selected candidate will assist clinic faculty and students with litigation responsibilities including the preparation and collation of documents for filings proofreading legal documents research calendar management and maintaining client files. The position presents the exciting opportunity to work with and directly support clinic faculty and students as the School of Law continues to expand and welcome its second incoming class this fall.
Qualifications:
Education:
Associates or bachelors degree is preferred.
Experience and Training:
- Three or more years of relevant professional experience is required.
- Prior experience in a law office or legal non-profit environment is preferred.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Willingness to contribute actively to the mission vision goals and objectives of the School of Law and University.
- Strong organizational and time management skills and keen attention to detail.
- Proven ability to independently exercise sound judgment maintain confidentiality take initiative and be flexible and professional at all times.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills that enable candidate to communicate with friendliness enthusiasm patience and respect.
- Proactive work style and history of collaborative teamwork.
- Excellent interpersonal and listening skills sufficient to work effectively with School of Law faculty staff students and clinic clients.
- Ability to multitask effectively.
- Proficiency in computer applications and a good understanding of databases (systems used: Word PowerPoint ExcelGoogle Docs and Zoom).
Essential Functions:
- Provide a full range of legal administrative support to assigned School of Law clinics including processing forms copying and printing documents processing expert or clinic expenditures and preparing and distributing teaching materials including on the universitys online course-management system.
- Help manage the clinics litigation calendars as well as coordinate and manage attorney schedules and activities including all logistics.
- Perform administrative duties associated with taking on new clients for representation including assisting with legal intakes and the creation of hard and electronic files and other office systems.
- Coordinate travel arrangements for attorneys students and guest speakers.
- Assist in supporting and providing guidance to law student involvement in office procedures including the use of fax copiers and other office equipment.
- Help set up client files and establish index system for quick reference close completed cases help notify parties and prepare for file storage.
- Help manage client/case information in case management database
- Screen prioritize and route legal mail received by clients. Triage phone calls emails and fax transmissions. Process and distribute time-sensitive communications effectively.
- Prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously and independently often under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
- Plan and organize clinic-specific and/or departmental special events and activities.
- Assist with other projects as assigned including administrative tasks for all clinical programs.
Accountability:
- Reports to the Director of Clinical Programs and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Application Instructions
Applicants must submit a cover letter expressing their interest in the position and a resume with a complete professional history.
For more information regarding this position please contact Jennifer L. Martin Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Programs at .
Additional Information on High Point University
At High Point University the faculty and staff are devoted to ensuring that every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people. High Point University is a God family and country institution and these values are infused throughout its educational model and environment.
High Point University is located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. Together the cities of High Point Greensboro and Winston-Salem form the Piedmont Triad a metropolitan area with a population of 1.9 million. The Piedmont Triad is a dynamic market that is poised for tremendous growth. Contributing factors are its temperate climate centralized location affording quick access to major metros relatively low population density high quality of life high education index and the development of markets to leverage its manufacturing experience.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked HPU the No. 1 Best Regional College in the South for 13 consecutive years and the No. 1 Most Innovative Regional College in the South for 10 consecutive years. The Princeton Review ranked HPU the No. 1 Best-Run College in the nation in The Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition. HPU was also recognized among the Top 20 in the nation for Best College Dorms Best Career Services Most Active Student Government Best Campus Food and Most Beautiful Campus. For 14 years in a row HPU has been named a College of Distinction with special recognition for career development business and education programs. The university has 69 undergraduate majors 74 undergraduate minors and 18 graduate degree programs. It is a member of the NCAA Division I and the Big South Conference.
High Point University does not sponsor H1-B Visas. High Point University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses. High Point University School of Law necessarily adheres to the theme of the University to which it is a constituent part to the extent these policies are protected by the United States Constitution.
Employment Type
Full-Time
