Legal Assistant - States United Democracy Center

States United Democracy Center seeks a Legal Assistant to support the Legal team. Responsibilities include managing schedules, booking meetings, preparing materials, taking notes, serving as a point of contact, conducting research, fact-checking, copyediting, drafting correspondence, maintaining file systems, assisting with legal filings, and traveling 15%. A bachelor’s degree and up to 2 years of equivalent experience are required. Strong research, writing, and editing skills, excellent organizational skills, independence, sound judgment, and willingness to travel are preferred. Experience in election, voting, and state government issues is a plus.

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Organization Name: States United Democracy Center

Role Title: Legal Assistant

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: $58,710 per year

Location: Remote (United States, with offices in Boston, MA; Brooklyn, NY; Washington, DC)

Link to Apply: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/States-United-Democracy-Center
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Position Overview: States United Democracy Center seeks a Legal Assistant to provide high-level administrative and research support to the Legal team, reporting to the Senior Counsel. The role involves managing and coordinating schedules, booking meetings and events, preparing materials including agendas, handouts, slide decks, talking points, and briefing memos, taking notes at meetings and preparing follow-up task lists, serving as point of contact for the legal department, conducting online research using academic and legal databases, cite checking, fact checking, and copyediting legal briefs and documents, drafting correspondence and memos, maintaining file systems and work stream trackers, and assisting with production and service of legal filings. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree, up to 2 years of equivalent work experience, strong research, writing, and editing skills, excellent organizational and administrative skills, ability to work independently and under pressure, sound judgment with confidential information, and willingness to travel approximately 15%. Experience working on election, voting, and state government issues is preferred.