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The legal team at PDA engages in direct representation, impact litigation, and policy advocacy. The legal team represents individuals in a broad spectrum of substantive areas and supports the work of other projects housed at PDA.  \nOrganization Description  \nPDA advocates for justice system reform and develops alternatives that shift from a punishment paradigm to a system that supports individual and community health. Grounding reform in a public health and safety framework, PDA develops new strategies and implements models that improve on conventional responses to crime and public order issues. In collaboration with community and government partners, PDA uses policy advocacy, organizing, litigation, and public education to achieve its goals.  \nThe paralegal would principally work with the Policy & Legal Department, one of PDA’s four primary project areas:  \n• Civil Survival: Civil Survival organizes people who have been directly impacted by the criminal justice system to build connections, gain knowledge, increase political participation, and provide legal advice and services to individuals post-conviction.  \n• Collective Justice: Collective Justice aims to reduce harm caused by violence and mass incarceration by building effective, trauma-informed healing responses that reflect healing justice principles.  \n• Let Everyone Advance with Dignity/Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): PDA houses the project management team for the LEAD program. LEAD is a community-based diversion approach with the goals of improving public safety and public order and reducing unnecessary criminal legal system involvement of people who participate in the program.  \n• Policy & Legal Department: PDA’s policy and legal department promotes responses to public health and safety challenges that address the needs and goals of communities most disproportionately impacted by the criminal legal system. Current focus areas include police accountability, drug user health, and ending criminal-legal monetary sanctions.  \nJob Description  \nThe paralegal hired will work under the direction of the attorney assigned to the case, but will  \ngenerally be supervised by the Legal Director. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to Supporting all aspects of litigation by:  \n• Providing paralegal support for a wide range of federal, state, and administrative litigation, including impact litigation, appeals, and amicus briefs;  \n• Assisting in case management, including maintenance of electronic files, physical files, court records, and litigation calendars; anticipating and identifying potential litigation tasks and preparing accordingly;  \n• Formatting, preparing and proofreading correspondence, legal pleadings, briefs,  \nmemoranda, declarations, routine filings, and other documents independently and consistent with attorney instructions;  \n• Assisting in proper formatting of citations in legal filings;  \n• Filing documents with courts and ensuring proper service to all parties is conducted. This will involve research into the jurisdictional rules and processes with respect to filing and service;  \n• Assisting with the discovery process, including scheduling depositions, assisting with discovery requests and responses, organizing discovery, and preparing /filing pleadingsand privilege logs;  \n• Assisting with management of the legal services intake process, including support withintake review, conflicts check searches, and data entry in legal services case management system;  \n• Communicating with clients and other parties, as necessary, whether in-person, through email, or via phone/zoom, to assess legal needs, conduct intakes, and otherwise gather information to assist in representation;  \n• Coordinating with clients and their other community supports to collect case documents,","cbCaibHLGWrjDmer","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibHLGWrjDmer","pdf",135461,"English","# LEAD – Racial Disparity Project Paralegal Position Summary\n## Organization Description\n## Job Description\n## Qualifications","[{\"question\":\"What legal work areas does the paralegal support at the Public Defender Association?\",\"answer\":\"The paralegal assists the legal team with direct representation, impact litigation, and policy advocacy. 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