Overview
Bilingual Legal Assistant Jobs in Raleigh, NC at Marcilliat & Mills, PLLC
Job Overview
Immigration Law and Justice – Michigan is hiring a part-time, bilingual (Spanish) legal assistant to provide case support to two Staff Attorneys in our Dearborn, Michigan office. The legal assistant screens potential clients, schedules appointments, maintains client files, helps coordinate legal clinics and other events, prepares routine legal documents, and assists with translation as needed.
Essential Duties
Provide comprehensive administrative support to attorneys, including managing schedules, organizing files, and preparing legal documents.
Answer phones and respond to inbound communications in English and Spanish, review and respond to voicemails and emails in a timely manner, maintain phone logs, and record messages.
Schedule appointments for clinics, in-person and video appointments, and coordinate schedules with Dearborn staff and other ILJ-MI staff members.
Update client database (LawLogix) with all communications (email, phone calls, mail) for staff attorneys and update all client files (electronic and paper).
Collect and process incoming mail, process payments, and assist in preparing and making regular deposits.
Ensure that client communications are interpreted and translated, securing additional translation support if needed.
Other duties, assisgned.
Requirements
Bilingual (Spanish, English), fluency in both required
Work authorization required
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint), and Adobe PDF required
Two years of legal intake experience preferred (other relevant experience also considered)
Qualifications
Successful candidates will be highly organized, be an excellent communicator across multiple platforms, and be able to focus deeply on tasks that require accuracy and timeliness. Members of the ILJ-MI team must be comfortable working with clients and colleagues with diverse, underrepresented, and vulnerable communities. Personal experience with the U.S. immigration system is helpful in this role, but not required.
Workplace Norms
We welcome and support immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and unaccompanied refugee minors with free and low cost immigration legal services. Our offices are located inside United Methodist Churches and many of our volunteers come from these churches and other faith-based organizations. We treat our clients and their families with dignity, kindness, and confidentiality.
This role is a flexible, part-time role with hours that can be flexed based on the needs of the staff attorneys and the organization. There is minimal travel required and we anticipate that nearly all work will be completed in-office at our Dearborn location.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $20.00 – $22.00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week
Benefits:
Flexible schedule
Free parking
Paid time off
Travel reimbursement
Schedule:
Day shift
Monday to Friday
No weekends
Experience:
Intake: 2 years (Preferred)
Law office: 2 years (Preferred)
Experience:
Intake: 2 years (Preferred)
Law office: 2 years (Preferred)
Language:
Spanish (Required)
English (Required)
Language:
Spanish (Required)
English (Required)
Ability to Commute:
Dearborn, MI 48124 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Title: Bilingual Legal Assistant
Company: Marcilliat & Mills, PLLC
Location: Raleigh, NC
