Senior Paralegal; Bilingual

Overview

National Center for Youth Law The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) is a national nonprofit that puts children — especially those pushed to society’s margins — at the center of every fight for justice. For more than 50 years, we have partnered with young people, families, and communities in efforts to dismantle racism, discrimination, and inequity wherever they appear. We recognize that harmful policies don’t affect children in isolation.

Each young person’s well-being depends on their family’s stability, their community’s resources, and the opportunities they can access. By working across all systems that shape young people’s lives in a rapidly evolving society, we advance solutions that are holistic, intersectional, and transformative.

Immigration Team NCYL’s Immigration team works to ensure that immigrant children are able to live in communities rather than in government custody and have access to the resources and opportunities they need to heal and thrive. We use a combination of federal litigation, state and federal policy advocacy, stakeholder education, and coalition building to uphold and expand the rights of detained immigrant youth as well as immigrant children in the community.

We do not represent individual children in immigration proceedings or provide immigration legal services. A description of our current cases can be found here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Senior Paralegal will assist attorney(s) by providing clerical and research support services, including document preparation and review; data analysis; interviewing clients and witnesses; legal research, investigations, and fact checking; and assistance with grant reporting. Additionally, they will assist the team in other administrative tasks.

• Conduct legal research and factual investigation, including data analysis.
• Prepare and edit legal pleadings, correspondence, reports, and other documents.
• Finalize and file court documents, including generating tables of contents and tables of authorities.
• Assist attorneys with all aspects of discovery including drafting and responding to written discovery, preparing for depositions, working with expert witnesses and discovery motion practice.
• Review and coordinate incoming and outgoing document productions using litigation support technology such as Relativity and Logikcull.
• Organize, maintain, open, and close case and project files, including building and maintaining SharePoint sites and libraries.
• Assist with administrative tasks, including copying, mailing, and data entry.
• Assist with client and witness interviews, including preparing materials for interviews and providing interpretation where appropriate.
• Translate written documents and communications from Spanish to English and vice versa, maintaining accuracy, clarity, and cultural relevance for the target audience.
• Serve as a liaison with external parties including translation services, court reporters, witnesses, experts and co-counsel.
• Prepare and edit grant applications and reports.
• Coordinate team meetings, including content management, resource distribution, and logistics.
• Assist with other duties as assigned.

• Fluency in Spanish (written and spoken), including professional writing, verbal communication, and document translation.

• Paralegal certification preferred but not required.
• At least three (3) years of work experience serving in a litigation-focused capacity at a private law firm, nonprofit, or government agency.
• Strong research and writing skills.
• Experience with online court filing systems, such as PACER and CM/ECF, preferred.
• Experience with litigation support technology, such as Relativity and Logikcull, preferred.
• Experience with data analysis in Excel or similar tools, preferred.
• Experience conducting legal interviews and/or interviews with children, preferred.
• Experience with grant applications and reports preferred.
• Ability to prepare and edit legal citations according to the Bluebook, preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to learn new technology and software systems.
• Demonstrated…