These 4 Legal Jobs Are Available Now

If you’re looking for a job in the legal department in Downtown Austin, here are four postings that are currently open in the area. If you don’t see what you’re interested in, check out the Patch jobs page here.

Legal Assistant

Ultimate

• Preparing affidavits or other documents such as legal correspondence, and organizing and maintaining documents in paper or electronic filing system
• Preparing legal documents
• Filing pleadings with court clerk
• Data entry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Well organized
• Keep case files organized

Legal Writing Teacher

University of Texas Law

UT Law seeks a full-time legal-writing teacher for 2016–17, to teach two sections (approx. 20-25 students each) of the required legal-writing courses each semester. The job includes these duties: teaching classes, holding student conferences, training and supervising teaching assistants, creating writing problems, commenting on student papers, judging oral arguments, and serving on faculty committees. The position is at the University status of Lecturer, with a 9-month contract (September–May) at $80,000 plus insurance and retirement benefits. The contract may be renewed and can lead to rolling three-year contracts.

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Family Law Paralegal

Putoni Law Firm

Job duties include managing 40-60 family cases, maintaining attorney schedule and digital calendar; preparing pleadings and motions; preparing discovery requests, responses, exhibits and inventories; preparing correspondence to opposing counsel, courts and the clients; organizing legal files; preparing trial, mediation and deposition notebooks; ensuring all billable work performed has been billed to the client.

Legal Secretary

GEICO

• Preparing pleadings, discovery, motions and reports, and transcribing legal dictation.
• Filing court documents and monitoring case dockets.
• Office administration duties, such as scheduling, maintaining the office calendar, file
• organization, diary entries, and gathering case-related records.
• Communicating with GEICO clients, customers and the Claims department.