Job Posting: Virtual Legal Assistant at Cambridge Immigration Law

April 9, 2021
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Job Posting: Virtual Legal Assistant at Cambridge Immigration Law (formerly Law Office of Ellen Sullivan, P.C.)

 

Requirements:

  1. Available for monthly in-person meetings in Cambridge, MA; otherwise available to work remotely with own laptop and with own high-speed internet. During remote shift, must be fully working—there will never be nothing to do!
  2. Excellent writing skills for client communications
  3. Excellent skills in using and/or learning to use online legal platforms (Clio; Docketwise)
  4. Excellent organizational skills
  5. Kind, understanding, patient nature with clients in phone and written communications
  6. Fluency (written and spoken) in English with a strong preference for fluency (written and spoken) in Spanish, Portuguese and/or other languages

 

Schedule:

  1. 20 hour per week, remote. One shift per month in person in Cambridge
  2. Schedule will be a fixed 4-hour daily shift during workday (9am to 5pm) on Monday through Friday
  3. Fixed schedule, remotely, but completely available during the fixed schedule. The hours will be “shift” hours so that the attorneys know which hours they can expect you to be fully available to work with them

 

Job Duties:

  1. Project management (Clio)
    1. Know the status of all “pending” cases
    2. Know the status of all “open” cases
    3. Communicate with attorneys to move cases forward when the “ball is in our court”
    4. Communicate with client to move cases forward when the “ball is in client’s court”
  2. Case Preparation (Docketwise)
    1. Create Contacts and Matters
    2. Create Forms, Questionnaires, and Document Requests
    3. Create/manage Client Portals
    4. Communicate with client to teach client to use Portal
    5. Communicate with client to follow-up on Portal requests
  3. Write Office Operations Manual

 

Compensation: $20/hour

 

To Apply: Email to Peter@CambridgeImmigrationLaw.com. Use subject “VLA Job Application.” In email, explain why you’d be a great candidate for this job and please attach a resume and two professional and one personal reference.