Paralegal/Legal Assistant

*Full Job Description:* Immediate opening for a part-time paralegal at private practice family law firm.
Seeking three days/week for a total of 24 hours/week.
Days of week negotiable.
Office located in Clayton.
*Responsibilities:* * Preparing legal documents, including briefs, pleadings, discovery and appeals * Organizing and preparing documents for trials * Preparing affidavits or other documents, such as legal correspondence, and organizing and maintaining documents in our electronic filing system * Communicating with clients and following client standards for work product * Scheduling appointments and docketing court hearings *Requirements:* * Knowledge of statutes, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules.
* Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
* Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
* Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to set up functions, enter data, or process information.
* Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources.
This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
* Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
* Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
* Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
* Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
* Job requires being reliable, responsible, dependable, and fulfilling obligations * Minimum 2 years experience but prefer 3 or more.
* *Skills:* * Excellent oral and written communication * Must be proficient in Word/Word Perfect, Excel and Outlook and Clio * Detail oriented, highly organized, self-starter, with the ability to multi-task.
Job Type: Part-time Pay: $20.
00 - $26.
00 per hour Schedule: * 8 hour shift Travel requirement: * No travel Ability to commute/relocate: * St.
Louis, MO 63117: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required) Experience: * paralegal or legal assistant: 1 year (Required) Work Location: In person