Criminal Appeals Legal Assistant
Core
Provide essential legal and administrative support within a criminal appeals practice, managing case documentation, tracking deadlines, and preparing legal materials.
Role type
Legal Assistant (Criminal Appeals)
Builds
Case documentation, status reports, and legal filings for U.S.-based legal practice
Domain
Legal services (Criminal Appeals)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Case documentation management, deadline tracking, legal filing, case summary preparation, client communication, independent work, time management
Preferred skills
Clio experience, legal technology familiarity (Clio Grow, Clio Manage, Cadence Consult, RingCentral, Google Workspace, LawPay)
Responsibilities
Maintain accurate case records and legal documentation, track case progress and monitor deadlines, support Office Manager and Paralegal with daily operations, organize legal files, prepare case summaries and status reports, communicate with inmates' family members, file final legal documents and representation agreements, prepare legal documents using established templates
Seniority
Junior, individual contributor