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Legal Assistant, Mills Legal Clinic

Duties: Support the Criminal Defense Clinic and the Associate Director with administrative and operational support. Provide paralegal support for CDC with preparation, serving, and filing of legal pleadings (including preparation of exhibits and materials); Manage the CDC litigation calendar; Efficiently prioritize tasks and independently resolve administrative problems; Organize, operate and oversee conferences, seminars, and events, including vendor arrangements, development and circulation of materials, and supervision of logistics and event budget; Draft and proofread presentations, course handouts, grants, brochures, reports, website, and social media; Manage travel planning, reservations and calendaring; Create reports and spreadsheets using specialized software and systems; Process a variety of financial transactions and produce, monitor, reconcile, and research budget statements; Coordinate routine office maintenance service requests; plan and coordinate office moves and/or minor renovation projects; May supervise day-to-day work of student and/or temporary workers, including managing workflow and deadlines, ensuring quality, and providing performance review input; Provide a full range of administrative and secretarial support including occasional management of MLC front desk, fielding telephone inquiries, serving on administrative and project teams, and processing California state bar forms; Assist clinic students with office procedures and orienting them to MLC operations and policies; respond to CDC student questions relating to court filing procedures; Read, analyze, and organize case-related documents and records, manage client database and client files, screen MLC client database for potential conflicts, assist students and instructors with CLIO practice management system; and Other duties and special projects as assigned.

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