Job Title: Temporary Legal Administrative Professional - Litigation Document Project
Location: On-site in San Francisco, CA
Duration: Temporary, 2+ months (potential for extension)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (40 hours/week)
Compensation: $25-$32/hour DOE
About the Role:
A long-standing nonprofit legal organization-serving the San Francisco community for over 75 years-is seeking a proactive and highly organized legal administrative professional for a document clean-up and filing project. This is a short-term, in-office role focused on organizing a significant volume of litigation-related paper files.
This is not an entry-level role. The ideal candidate must have hands-on experience working with litigation documents in a legal assistant, legal secretary, or paralegal capacity.
Key Responsibilities:
Review, sort, and organize litigation-related legal documents and administrative files
Identify critical materials for retention, archiving, or shredding
Create and implement a paper-based organizational system from scratch
Work independently and take ownership of the project
Handle confidential and sensitive legal materials with care
Requirements:
Direct experience with litigation documents (case files, pleadings, discovery, etc.)
Background as a Paralegal, Legal Assistant, or Legal Secretary
Strong organizational and project management skills
Assertive, self-starter who can work with minimal supervision
Comfortable in a paper-heavy, non-digitized office environment
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county , to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.