Orlando Center Justice, Inc.

Bilingual Legal Assistant (English/Spanish)

Full-time

Job Category:
Legal

Orlando Center for Justice is seeking a Legal Assistant.

• Assist attorneys in obtaining evidence and preparing applications for immigration court and USCIS.
• Create and maintain a record of each case as per the organization’s policies, including creating and maintaining a case log in the case management systems and assuring that all the documents are available and organized.
• Keep records with updated and accurate information for case progression, including documents, important transactions, dockets of pending cases and tracking of deadlines.
• Review documentation to be filed in immigration court, USCIS or ICE for accuracy and to ensure it adheres to applicable requirements.
• Communicate with clients through the span of the case to ensure clients are informed.
• Provide support in administrative tasks like mailing or arranging for delivery of legal correspondence to appropriate recipients and backing up answering calls.

Travel is primarily local during the business day. Regular travel to Tampa and/or Deltona will be expected. The employee must possess a valid state-authorized driver’s license.

Associate degree and one (1) year of experience as Legal Assistant or similar position, or professional certification as Paralegal and (2) years of experience in a similar position or four (4) years of experience as Legal Assistant.

• Must possess excellent attention to detail.
• Must be bilingual (English/Spanish).

• Temporarily hybrid due to COVID-19.

• Monday to Friday.

Associate (Preferred).

Spanish (Required).

Contact hiring with any questions or concerns.

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Work from home

• Orlando, FL 32807:
  Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)