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The Legal Assistant will be expected to perform a broad range of substantive and administrative tasks, and needs to be proficient in utilizing technology to carry out those tasks.  \nThe duties of the Legal Assistant include the following:  \n􀁸 Providing factual and basic legal research with minimal instruction;  \n􀁸 Providing substantive and stylistic editing for a range of internal and external documents; formatting and preparing legal documents for filing;  \n􀁸 Monitoring legal publications and news media for coverage of issues affecting the work of the projects and drafting, editing, and posting commentary on news items;  \n􀁸 Maintaining project websites including drafting, editing, formatting, and posting content;  \n􀁸 Working with others on staff to promote work of core projects and major campaigns; assisting with management of social media platforms;  \n􀁸 Providing desktop publishing services, using Adobe Creative Suite, to design posters, flyers, brochures, reports, and handouts;  \n􀁸 Using supporter management databases to send out email blasts, create signup and event registration pages, and manage listservs;  \n􀁸 Planning and managing technical aspects of organizational events, including live streaming, production of print materials, and social media engagement.  \n􀁸 Providing logistical support for Election Protection, the nation’s largest voter protection coalition;  \n􀁸 Maintaining files of litigation and non-litigation matters;  \n􀁸 Managing coalition email groups, collaborative documents, and meeting agendas and minutes;  \n􀁸 Hiring and supervising undergraduate interns with other legal assistants;  \n􀁸 Coordinating intake requests, interviews, and responses; summarizing and analyzing intake substance, and presenting recommendations for future action or referral;  \n􀁸 Attending educational webinars, conference calls, and in-person events on issues that affect the work of the projects, and providing substantive reports to staff not in attendance; and  \n􀁸 Providing general administrative support, including mail retrieval, photocopying and scanning, scheduling conference calls, reserving conference rooms, etc.  \n􀁸 Demonstrating advanced knowledge and ability to use computer software such as Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and databases, to support the work of the projects;  \n􀁸 Training and assisting members of the staff in learning and using new software as well as general office technologies; and  \n􀁸 Conducting research in support of litigation using Westlaw and PACER.  \nA qualified candidate will have a bachelor’s degree, paralegal certificate, or two or more years of work experience as a legal assistant. 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