Job Description
Macdonald & Cody, LLP, an established insurance defense litigation firm specializing in catastrophic personal injury cases, is actively recruiting a highly motivated full-time Law Clerk.
Responsibilities include:
- Prepare legal drafts by assembling and organizing information for legal forms and documents, including complaints, declarations, discovery requests, responses, and other pleadings.
- Conduct research by studying laws, statues, constitutions, regulations, court opinions, including precedents and reasoning, and trends using standard print texts and computers; preparing legal memorandum.
- Assemble case materials by collecting, organizing, and summarizing information, documents, reports, and evidence.
- Prepare initial case evaluations and advise attorney on litigation strategies.
- Communicate with clients, when necessary.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Current law student.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational, writing and analytical skills.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and ensure timely completion.
- Knowledge of local, state, and federal court rules and filing procedures.
- Works independently with minimal supervision and instruction.
- Proficients in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc. and Adobe).
- Has a team-player attitude and is reliable.
Education:
- Bachelors’ Degree.
- Current law student.
Benefits: `
Our company is offering the right person a career path – not just a job. We offer a competitive benefits package which includes health insurance, personal time off, paid holidays, 401(k), plus a variety of other voluntary benefits such as dental and vision. We also offer a friendly, family-oriented environment.
Interested candidates should submit a resume, writing sample, and list of references to resumes@macdonaldcody.com .
Please do not apply if you do not meet the above-mentioned qualifications or cannot perform the above-mentioned responsibilities.
No communications from recruiters, please.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Full time, Local area,