Lawyers On Demand, a Consilio Company is hiring: Legal Writer in San Francisco
Lawyers On Demand, a Consilio Company, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94199
Job Description
An AMLaw 100 firm is currently seeking skilled applicants with strong writing skills to join their practice as a Legal Writer. The ideal candidate will have outstanding writing skills and prior law firm or legal services experience. This is a contract role lasting through 01/20/2025 with an immediate hiring need.
- 100% remote - West Coast Hours
- Contract - ASAP start date through at least 01/20/2025
- Pay starting at $30/hour (OT paid at time and a half)
- Legal Writing experience required
Duties
- Responsibilities will be to write and edit immigration petition support letters, translate technical and legal language, develop 20-40 page legal case documents, update and maintain case related documents, and more.
- Individuals in this position will work frequently with National Interest Waiver (NIW) and EB1 work.
- Duties will include drafting petitions, NIW and EB1 documents, and other legal documents as assigned by attorneys and senior staff.
- Research, analyze, and write complex business immigration cases.
- Translate complex terminology into accessible, compelling, and relevant content for petitions to government entities.
- Create case strategy and work closely with attorneys on writing projects.
- Work closely with members of the legal team to ensure the accuracy of all information.
- Work independently and manage multiple writing projects simultaneously.
- Possess strong understanding of or ability to learn immigration law and the firms' network of clients, cases, and legal teams.
- Apply excellent proofreading and editing skills to case-writing content and other materials.
- Meet assigned deadlines and communicate case progress/status/issues to supervisor.
- Proactively escalate complex client issues to stakeholders and actively contribute to issue resolution.
- Applicants must be able to achieve a high level of productivity, meet assigned deadlines and communicates case progress/status/issues to supervisor, and demonstrate flexibility and initiative regarding assignments for self and team.
- Preferred applicants will possess excellent writing and analytical skills in a legal environment as well as superior research skills.
Lawyers On Demand (LOD) offers flexible talent placement rates that range from $15 to $100 per hour depending upon experience level and specific skills requested by the client, candidate’s general skill set, applicability of candidate skill set to client need, client budget, number of hours requested, and other factors. A specific rate of pay for a project will be discussed with you if it is determined that you are a potential fit for a role.