Job Description
Job Title: Law Clerk – Remote – Work from Home
Primary Areas of Practice: Landlord-Tenant; Public Agency Law – Under direct supervision of licensed attorneys, representation of tenants facing unlawful eviction through the firm’s contract for services for City of Fresno’s Eviction Protection Program; Employment Law; Education Law & Title IX
Classification: Full-Time Exempt or Part-Time Hourly
Salary Range: $25.00 – $38.00/hour DOE.
To apply, email your resume to Ashley at [email protected]
Job Overview
Essential Functions: Support attorneys and paralegals with:
- Representation of tenants with housing and landlord-tenant law through the City of Fresno’s Eviction Protection Program through the firm’s contract with the City.
- Providing legal advice to tenants in unlawful detainer cases (i.e., eviction), including in court, mediation, and settlement negotiations.
- Providing legal representation in transactional and advisory legal advice and representation to private sector business, non-profit corporations, and education institutions (K-12 through higher education both public and private).
- Conducts legal research, analysis on a wide variety of business, landlord-tenant, labor/employment, and education law compliance matters.
- Maintains positive, collaborative, and professional relationships with other attorneys and support staff, as well as the firm’s clients.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Nothing in this job description/posting restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must have excellent customer service skills.
- Must have excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively prioritize to meet deadlines.
- Must have courteous and professional demeanor.
- Must be experienced with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point and comfortable working with cloud-based platforms.
- Must be emotionally mature and able to take personal responsibility for projects with minimal supervision.
- Must be comfortable working remotely from home.
- Must have a can-do attitude and be comfortable working in an entrepreneurial business culture.
Physical & Work Environment Requirements
- Work environment is remote, home-based location. Some travel within Fresno, CA required.
- Must have appropriate workspace in home from which to work. Tools (e.g., laptop and other technology) provided by ES Legal as needed, including internet reimbursement.
- Must be able to communicate with clients and team members via telephone, text message, video conferencing and email.
- Must be able to drive or otherwise travel within Fresno County, California.
- Occasionally required to position self to operate normal office machinery including computers and printers, and to lift-up to approximately 25 lbs.
Emerzian Shankar Legal Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on any protected class under California state or federal law. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Full time, Contract work, Part time, Work at office, Remote work, Work from home,