LITIGATION ASSISTANT, IMMIGRANT AND RACIAL JUSTICE

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) seeks a detail-oriented person who works well with people, is passionate about immigrant and racial justice and has strong organizational skills, to serve a critical administrative role at our dynamic civil rights nonprofit.

Position Summary

The Litigation Assistant will provide legal assistant and administrative and research support for the Racial Justice and Immigrant Justice teams that handle large-scale civil rights cases.

About LCCRSF

As one of the West Coast’s longest-standing civil rights organizations, LCCRSF stands with historically vulnerable communities, immigrants, and refugees—advancing their rights through litigation, advocacy, and direct legal support. We work alongside legal fellows, 1,000+ pro bono attorneys, and committed volunteers. Learn more at lccrsf.org.

Your Role

This position will serve a critical support role for two teams that handle high-intensity, large-scale litigation matters. The position will require someone who is a self-starter, has exacting attention to detail, and who can remain nimble, flexible, and responsive to competing deadlines and tasks requested to support our litigators, pro bono partners, and clients.

Immigrant and Racial Justice litigators primarily maintain separate dockets with separate cases, goals, and timelines. A successful Litigation Assistant will be able to balance competing demands on their time, anticipate and communicate where deadlines and demands overlap and plan accordingly, and “manage up” by proactively communicating potential issues and key developments between both teams.

Key functions of the Litigation Assistant are:

Legal Assistant Functions (70%)

• Cite-checking, formatting proofreading, filing, and serving pleadings and papers consistent with local court rules;
• Active participation in discovery including review of document disclosures and responses;
• Deposition and trial support, including managing deposition, trial, and pretrial calendars and gathering, organizing, and preparing exhibits;
• Data management, file system organization, and agenda-setting and follow-up task management;
• Client interviewing, such as client intakes, and preparation of memoranda, draft declarations, and other client-related materials.

Administrative Support (30%)

Assist attorneys with various administrative tasks as needed, including:

• Note taking and preparation of meeting minutes;
• Correspondence with law firms, clients, pro bono partners, etc.;
• Maintaining and organizing client, program, and case files;
• Data entry;
• Grant reporting; and Scheduling and coordinating meetings.

And other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications or Equivalent Experience

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail;
• At least one year experience in a legal assistant or similar role for a provider of legal services;
• Excellent written communication skills;
• Experience with court filings, discovery and/or document review strongly preferred;
• Experience with Westlaw and case management databases, especially Salesforce or LegalServer, preferred;
• Desire to work with clients;
• Ability to take initiative on projects and meet deadlines with minimal supervision;
• Demonstrated commitment to LCCRSF’s mission;
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications;
• Proficiency in Spanish strongly preferred but not required.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package including 100% paid premiums plus generous paid time off/holidays (total of 6 weeks off/year not including sick time).

LCCRSF is Latinaled, with about 30 staff. We are flexible, family-friendly, and value health, wellness and balance.

Working Environment and Conditions

The working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this position, the employee must be able to remain in a stationary position, constantly operate a computer, and be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

To Apply

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Position open until filled. Applicants should submit: 1) a cover letter; 2) a resume; and 3) contact information for three references. Please use this link to apply: https://lccrsf.bamboohr.com/careers/33

LCCRSF thrives as an inclusive/equal opportunity employer. People of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.