Legal Assistant (International)
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Kirton McConkie, a large Salt Lake City law firm, has an exciting employment opportunity for an experienced legal assistant to work in our International Section. The primary responsibility will be to act as a project manager for a group of attorneys with a varied legal practice. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, proactive, attentive to detail, comfortable tracking numerous matters simultaneously, and have a positive "can-do" attitude.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining a centralized list of incoming matters, assignments, deadlines, and priorities, and helping prioritize competing demands.
- Following up regularly with assigned team members regarding progress and next steps.
- Identifying approaching deadlines, stalled matters, and items requiring the attorney's attention.
- Providing concise, regular status updates to attorneys and clients.
- Maintain attorney calendar.
- Help manage attorney correspondence and e-mail.
- Format and construct various correspondence, memoranda, and other legal documents.
- Organize and maintain physical and electronic files; and
- Provide proactive and advanced legal support and other tasks as needed.
Qualifications
- Project management experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with various AI platforms, such as ChatGPT, Claude, etc.
- Ability to meet required deadlines, multi-task, prioritize, organize, and work calmly under pressure.
- High attention to detail, be proactive, and self-motivated.
- Ability to both follow instructions, and to think and work independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Professional appearance and attitude.
- Two years of experience in a law firm preferred.
- Foreign language ability is a plus; and
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
Compensation is competitive, and the firm offers an excellent employee benefits package. Interested applicants should submit a resume and apply on our career page at kirtonmcconkie.com.