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JOB POSTING: PARALEGAL / CASE COORDINATOR
CHIZEN LAW:
Chizen Law, Professional Corporation is a law firm focused on representing individuals against corporations and government agencies. The Firm specializes in employment disputes, civil rights matters, and some personal injuries. Based in Oakland, California with cases across the State, Chizen Law seeks to hold corporations and the government accountable. It aims to provide victims of wrongdoing with a renewed sense of dignity, justice, and respect, as well as generous financial compensation. Steven Chizen, Esq. founded the firm after working at a well-known big law firm because he wanted to help people, not corporations. He remains committed to that goal as he zealously advocates for his clients.
POSITION:
Chizen Law seeks a Paralegal / Case Coordinator to help manage cases and assist with the Firm’s operations. In this role, you will be involved in all phases of a legal case, from the initial client intake call to trial preparation. Moreover, you will create and manage processes to make Chizen Law run more effectively. Job responsibilities include, for example:
Case Management:
- Handle intake calls
- Create case chronologies
- File court documents and organize service of process
- Prepare discovery requests and response shells
- Calendar litigation case deadlines
- Investigate case facts and review documents
- Interview witnesses
- Communicate with clients about case statuses
- Help attorney prepare for initial demands, mediations, depositions, and trial
- Attend mediations, depositions, and court hearings
Law Firm Management:
- Maintain and improve electronic case management system
- Assist with software procurement and technology related issues
- Help with marketing efforts
- Draft blog posts and other law firm related content
- Help update website and other promotional materials
Hours: This is a part time role. Although somewhat flexible, Chizen Law is seeking an individual who can work 16 or 20 hours per week, Monday to Thursday, with most of the work hours set between 9am and 5pm. Fridays will be off!
Location: The position is remote, but you must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area with the expectation that in-person time will occasionally be required in Oakland, California.
Salary: $22-$28 per hour, commensurate with experience and skillset.
QUALIFICATIONS:
You are dedicated to Chizen Law’s mission of helping individuals harmed by corporations and government agencies. Prior experience at a law firm, although helpful, is not required. You are extremely organized, entrepreneurial, and excited to help a small law firm expand its reach. You enjoy communicating with clients, investigating corporate wrongdoing, and tackling writing assignments.
A college degree (or current college enrollment with a legal studies major) is required, and a paralegal certificate is a plus. There is no particular background for this position. You might be a recent college graduate interested in learning more about the law or a veteran law firm employee looking for a more flexible, mission-oriented, part-time role. All applicants are encouraged to apply.
APPLICATION:
Please send a resume and letter of interest to steven.chizen@chizenlaw.com
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Chizen Law, Professional Corporation is committed to an equal employment opportunity policy for applicants and employees. Chizen Law will not engage in or tolerate any discrimination in the workplace prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Specifically, no qualified applicant, employee, intern, volunteer, or apprenticeship trainee will be discriminated against on the basis of his, her, or their race, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, age, citizenship, veteran and/or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.
For more information, visit https://scholarships.berkeley.edu/udall/ or contact Alicia Hayes, the Udall scholarship campus representative at ourscholarships@berkeley.edu.
Position Overview:
- Start Date: Mid/Late January
- Preferably work-study eligible
- Preferably someone who is able to commit for more than two semesters
- Responsibilities include preparing invoices, assisting with event logistics, and supporting in-person event coordination.
- Assist with in-person event logistics (technology and room setup, welcome attendees, catering set up, clean up, etc.)
- Other projects assigned
- Opportunity for skill development and engagement with the Institute's intellectual community.
Successful candidates should possess:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly organized with effective prioritization abilities
- Attention to detail
- High level of professionalism and a customer service attitude
- Effective time management and ability to work independently
- Commitment to follow through on assignments
- Creative problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in MS Word/Excel/Outlook and Google Suite
Interested candidates are invited to apply by sending a resume and cover letter to both cgey@berkeley.edu and mchihuaque@berkeley.edu. Please encourage students to include information about their schedule and work availability in their applications.
Participate in a Berkeley Law JD Skills Class with the OPTION of earning 1 unit of LS 199
Individual Research Credit
In Spring 2024, undergraduates will have a unique opportunity to play the role of witnesses in a Berkeley Law JD Professional Skills Class (Depositions: Law 246.3), taught by Professor Henry Hecht.
Professor Hecht seeks six (6) students to serve as role-playing witnesses. Students selected will be expected to prepare in advance by reading a witness statement and a very limited amount of background material. Witnesses will then be expected to participate during the semester in six (6) Tuesday afternoon classes from 3:35 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., on February 6, February 13, March 5, March 12, April 2, and April 9. (Note: It is possible that events during the semester will cause a change in dates, but you will be given notice in advance of any changes.)
Professor Hecht's Depositions course is a lawyering skills course, in which Berkeley Law
students, working in small groups, simulate the process of preparing witnesses for their
depositions and then taking as well as defending their depositions. Practicing Bay Area lawyers attend these sessions, observe the law students in action, and critique their performances.
Playing the role of a witness will allow you to gain insight into the US system of civil litigation and to see it in operation. In addition, it will provide you with a chance to meet and talk with Berkeley Law students and Bay Area attorneys. Finally, witnesses will earn a $50.00 Amazon gift card for their service.
To Apply:
Please apply by e-mail to Professor Hecht at hhecht@law.berkeley.edu, by no later than
Wednesday, January 24, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Please include the words “Application to be a Witness” and your last name in the subject line of your e-mail. In your cover message, please include a brief statement about why you are interested in taking part in this class; and attach your resume.
Students' applications will be reviewed by Professor Hecht, and he will notify students of his decisions by no later than Monday, January 29, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
OPTION: Earn 1 Unit of LS 199 Course Credit for Supervised Independent Research with
Professor Perry
2 students will be required to do some additional readings on the civil litigation process and on the participant observation method, which are described below. At the end of the semester, students selecting this option must submit a paper of at least ten pages in length, exclusive of notes and bibliography. The requirements for the LS 199 course credit, offered by Professor Perry, are described below.
Requirements for LS 199 credit:
i. Attend all six (6) class role playing sessions, and prepare for the role plays;
ii. Take notes on what you did and what you observed, preferably in a small note pad,
organized by the date of the session; and submit the raw, handwritten pages along
with your final paper;
iii. Read materials, posted on bCourses, on participant observation methods; and consider how those method(s) apply to your own experience;
iv. Read two chapters, posted on bCourses, from Robert Kagan’s Adversarial Legalism:
The American Way of Law, focusing especially on Chapter 6, which mentions
depositions; and
v. Papers will be graded on a P/NP basis by Professor Perry.
If you want to pursue this option, specify that in your cover message to Professor Hecht when you apply; and he will let Professor Perry know.
Apply Now: Berkeley Global Internships
Applications for are now open for 2024 Berkeley Global Internships!
Summer 2024 Locations
- Barcelona, Spain
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- London, UK
- Paris, France
- Singapore
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Tokyo, Japan
- Toronto, Canada - Engineering
- Atlanta, USA
- Boston, USA
- SF/Bay Area, USA
- Los Angeles, USA
- New York, USA
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These opportunities are advertised at the GS-4/5 level. These positions are telework-eligible, subject to agency telework policy, and multiple selections will be made across divisions in EPA Region 9. Feel free to circulate this email to interested parties outside of EPA Region 9.
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