Our client is a boutique law firm based in Potts Point (2 minutes from Kings Cross train station) that requires paralegal supportfor 1 day per week. The practice is a commercial and property practice. The practice uses LEAP as the practice management system. Training will be provided by the Principal, as required. The work is anticipated to involve: Legal research; Preparing first draft of documents including leases, business sale agreements, sale of shares agreements, completion checklists, shareholder agreements and other contracts; Preparing costs agreements; Assistance with safe custody safe and register; Drafting letters to return original documents to client; Preparation of docusign envelopes; Over time, assistance with conveyancing for tasks which have not been fully completed by the legal secretary (who works from home, 2 days a week on a Tuesday and a Thursday); The position will share log-in with the legal secretary, and email for paralegal email address, and the paralegal would need to work on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, as the legal secretary usually works on a Tuesday or a Thursday. Attendance at the office is required for efficiencies as the legal secretary works from home and cannot do some tasks which require a physical presence. Start in mid-February is preferred.
