Paralegal, Full-Time, Hourly, 35 to 40 Hours/Week, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Now hiring an experienced paralegal to support a boutique practice focused in New Jersey real estate, land use, farm, and business law. The minimum hours are 7.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a 30-minute lunch break.  Salary is hourly and commensurate with experience and current rates. Health and dental insurances and paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave are offered as per company policies.

The paralegal will work with confidential information and directly communicate with diverse clients.  Discretion, confidentiality, kindness, and professionalism are essential to joining our team. Familiarity with real estate and business buy/sell and with land use applications is preferred.

The work is busy and subject to the ethical and diligence standards typical of a law practice.  The abilities to follow standard operating procedures, track all time spent on client files using practice software, document client files, manage a steady flow of emails, draft professional and well-proofed correspondence, track and manage deadlines using the firm system, communicate with the attorney, ask for help and clarifications as needed, and learn new skills and procedures are essential to success in the position.

The position combines in-office work located in Hunterdon County with work-from-home approximately 1 day per week.  The paralegal will need available transportation and a valid driver’s license to commute to work and assist with occasional, client-related errands.  The paralegal will notarize documents in New Jersey and maintain a notary book.  Dogs are often in the office, so comfort and the ability to be around dogs is necessary.

The law practice heavily relies upon the use of technology to work efficiently and accommodate work from home and attorney travel.  The paralegal will need to be proficient with MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Excel, MS OneDrive (file management), DropBox, Adobe Acrobat, setting up Zoom meetings,  internet research and work, saving and managing files as .pdfs, and learning the client management and billing software, Clio.  Training for Clio, DropBox, OneDrive, and Zoom is available.  AI may not be used as a substitute for employee knowledge and skills.

To apply, please provide: 1) cover letter; 2) resume; 3) three references; and 4) wage request.  Application materials should be mailed to info@nlvlegal.com.  No phone calls, please.

Alternatively, applications may be submitted through LinkedIn or Indeed.

Note that we also have an open Legal Secretary position, which can be viewed here.