Paralegal Manager
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Role summary
Manages, directs, or supervises a group of Paralegal staff and applies knowledge of legal concepts and processes to ensure the efficient operation of the law department. Manages some or all of the following types of work: performing legal research, conducting fact gathering interviews with clients or witnesses, drafting legal documents, maintaining and updating files, monitoring case schedules and filing deadlines, drafting correspondence and pleadings, summarizing depositions, interrogatories and testimony, performing statistical analyses and documentary research, and attending court or hearings in support of attorneys. May combine generalist legal knowledge with knowledge of one or more legal specialties such as real estate or intellectual property, amongst others. Incumbents should possess a degree from an American Bar Association approved curriculum and have a Certified Legal Assistant designation or have passed the Paralegal Advanced Competency Examination.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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