Overview
Senior Corporate Paralegal-– Office of the Corporate Secretary Jobs in Philadelphia, PA at The Cigna Group
Description:
Legal Aid Chicago encourages applicants with relevant volunteer and work experience, who have experiences with our client communities or individuals who identify as a person of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrant, or otherwise having backgrounds and experiences that are underrepresented in the legal profession to apply.
For over 50 years, Legal Aid Chicago has provided free civil legal assistance to people living in poverty in metropolitan Chicago. Each year our attorneys, volunteers, and staff help resolve civil legal problems, including domestic violence, consumer fraud, and unfair evictions. Legal Aid Chicago was founded on the philosophy that all individuals are entitled to quality civil legal representation, regardless of their income. We work to ensure that poverty is not an impediment to justice by dismantling the legal barriers that perpetuate inequality. Legal Aid Chicago staff live our mission through our core values of equity, excellence, inclusion, kindness, and respect.
Legal Aid Chicago offers a hybrid work environment. Our office, located in downtown Chicago at 120 S. LaSalle Street, is ADA accessible and has convenient access to public transportation and local expressways. This position may require travel to court or other outreach events.
Position: Legal Aid Chicago seeks a full-time supervisory attorney in the Pro Bono & Community Partnerships group (PCG).
PCG manages over twenty volunteer-based projects, including adult and juvenile criminal record relief (expungements, sealing and related relief), four community-based legal clinics, several virtual legal clinics, and advance directives (such as powers of attorney and transfer on death instruments). PCG also oversees Legal Aid Chicago’s community engagement work through building and maintaining relationships with a broad spectrum of community partners to benefit our clients and the community at large.
Legal Aid Chicago partners with volunteer attorneys and community organizations to offer free community-based legal clinics throughout the city of Chicago, including locations in Woodlawn, Humboldt Park, Austin and North Lawndale as well as virtual clinics.
This position will supervise a number of community-based pro bono projects including our community legal clinics and supervise staff attorneys and paralegals in each of these projects. The supervisor will also support all aspects of several pro bono projects including providing support to volunteers, advice to clients, assisting with providing brief services and following up with clients. This position will also conduct outreach to reach our client communities. This position is ideal for someone with a passion for working with volunteers and legal experience in one or more areas of civil legal aid.
Responsibilities:
Provide legal representation with an emphasis on brief services to clients in collaboration with volunteer attorneys and other Legal Aid Chicago staff in a variety of areas including family law, eviction, home ownership preservation, criminal records relief, advance directives and others, as needed.
Supervise attorneys, paralegals, and law students including editing their written work, providing guidance on case strategy, conducting regular case reviews, providing training in substantive areas of law, completing performance evaluations, and overseeing professional development
Oversee and assist with operation of the Community Legal Clinics and other pro bono projects
Make and maintain relationships with community partners such as social service agencies, government agencies and neighborhood-based groups through engagement and outreach activities
Assist with training and supporting volunteer attorneys, law students and other professionals
Track data related to pro bono work and assist on related reporting
Assist in reporting and administering applicable grants
Maintain case files and timekeeping in electronic case management system and ensure supervised staff do as well
Other duties as assigned
Salary and Benefits:
The budgeted salary range for this position is $84,500 – $94,500, which reflects an applicant with a law school graduation date between 2020 and 2010.
Legal Aid Chicago offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, effective the first day of employment
Time Off: 21 vacation days and 18 sick days accrued within the first year of employment
19 paid holidays, including four floating holidays
Twelve weeks of Paid Parental Leave at 100% of the salary after six months of employment
401(a) retirement plan with an employer contribution after 3 months of employment
$100,000 Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, at no cost
Access to Employee Assistance Program resources, at no cost
Chicago Bar Association Membership, at no cost
Reimbursement of annual ARDC registration fees
Monthly internet reimbursement
Legal Aid Chicago is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and is an eligible employer for the federal public service loan forgiveness program
Requirements:
Applicants must have a J.D. degree and be licensed to practice law in Illinois, or be licensed in another state and able to waive into the Illinois bar
The ideal candidate will have at least four years of experience and experience supervising legal work
Experience in family law, home ownership preservation, or estate planning is preferred
Strong oral and written communication skills, highly developed organizational skills, and great client counseling skills
Experience coordinating volunteers and organizing and implementing training is preferred
Enthusiasm for working with volunteers and confidence in speaking to groups of professionals necessary
Availability to work some evenings and occasional weekend events and the ability to travel throughout Cook County
To Apply: Submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and the contact information of two primary professional references and one alternative professional reference. For applicants with previous work experience, at least one reference must be a former supervisor. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position will remain open until filled.
Legal Aid Chicago is firmly committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age religion, marital or parental status, alienage, disability, political affiliation or belief, military or military discharge status, or ex-offender status, or any other protected status.
If an accommodation is needed to complete this application, contact Human Resources at [email protected].
Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to individual inquiries regarding an application status. We will contact candidates who are selected for the next stage of the hiring process.
Title: Senior Corporate Paralegal-– Office of the Corporate Secretary
Company: The Cigna Group
Location: Philadelphia, PA
