Paralegal Job Description - Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) - Administrative, Legal, and Research Support

Sep 13, 2026

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Paralegal position with the Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC), a nonprofit cross-disability rights advocacy organization, supporting the litigation team under the Director of Litigation. The role provides legal and administrative assistance across document management, drafting and formatting legal filings and correspondence, case file organization, discovery response coordination, research and written legal analysis, and trial preparation support including witness binders and exhibit organization. It also includes billing and grant reporting, SharePoint document organization, database and calendar maintenance, and general administrative duties. Salary is $50,000–$60,000 plus comprehensive benefits.

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Job Responsibilities

Legal Support

Administrative Support

Preferred Knowledge & Skills

Education & Experience

Salary and Benefits

ORGANIZATION Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that will celebrate its 49th year in 2024 as the nation’s oldest cross-disability rights advocacy organization. Our mission is to champion the rights of people with disabilities through education, advocacy, and litigation. The DRLC strives to bring high-impact cases in administrative, state, and federal court. These cases impact the lives and conditions for many similarly situated people. Under the supervision of the Director of Litigation the Paralegal will assist DRLC’s litigation team by providing administrative, legal, and research support including document management, interviewing clients, interviewing witnesses, research, investigations, fact checking, and trial preparation. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES • Legal Support o Provide the litigation team with administrative and litigation support with exceptional attention to detail. o Draft and format legal documents including routine pleadings, motions, affidavits, subpoenas, discovery, proposed orders, and interrogatories. o Able to create table of authorities and table of contents. o Draft and format day-to-day correspondence, such as releases of information, demand letters, and emails. o Responsible for meticulously maintaining case files and ensuring best practices, clearly organizing files, and ensuring easily accessible files. o Prepare, organize, store, and retrieve case files, which may include evidence, exhibits, depositions, pleadings, exhibits, and other items. o Responsible for properly filing and serving court and legal documents within State and Federal Court and upon opposing counsel, including motions, pleadings, and other legal filings. Able to research rules and processes to ensure compliance with all legal and judicial requirements. o Coordinate, review, analyze, and synthesize documents and respond to discovery requests. o Research and analyze statutes, regulations, legal articles, judicial decisions, and other legal sources; provide written analysis to attorneys. o Summarize deposition, trial transcripts, documents, and exhibits. o Meet with attorneys, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases and projects. o Independently and with attorney assistance, interview clients and witnesses and prepare statement summaries. o Assist attorneys with trial preparation including organizing exhibits, witness binders, and appendices for depositions and court filings. Help attorneys during trials and hearings. o Work with law clerks and volunteers. • Administrative Support o Develop and maintain records regarding billable hours spent on specific cases. o Create and run attorney productivity billing reports and other case related reports. o Create and run grant related reports in collaboration with the Director of Development. o Organize and manage documents in SharePoint. This includes creating spreadsheets. o Maintain case management database and case calendar for litigation team. o Calendar events between attorneys, staff, co-counsel, opposing counsel, and others. o Help maintain a database of clerk and volunteer activities and assignments. o Other administrative tasks such as interpretation, copying, and printing. o Perform other related duties as assigned. PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. • Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. • Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, flexibility, and good humor. • Strong work ethic & resourceful. • Understand legal language and principles, research methods, court pleadings and processes, and other related matters. • Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment. • Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discreti

FAQs

What legal support tasks will the paralegal perform?

The paralegal will draft and format routine pleadings, motions, affidavits, subpoenas, discovery materials, proposed orders, and interrogatories. They will also maintain case files, assist with filing and serving documents, coordinate and synthesize discovery responses, and summarize depositions, transcripts, and exhibits.

What administrative responsibilities are included in the role?

The role includes tracking billable hours and preparing attorney productivity billing reports, creating grant-related reports with the Director of Development, organizing documents in SharePoint, and maintaining the case management database and litigation calendar. It also covers scheduling and general administrative tasks such as copying and printing.

What qualifications and experience are preferred?

A bachelor’s degree and/or a paralegal certificate from an ABA-accredited program are preferred. The position also prefers 2–3 years of substantive litigation experience in a legal services or nonprofit setting, along with experience drafting and cite-checking legal briefs and managing document productions.

Sep 13, 2026

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