Bilingual Spanish Legal Assistant (Immigration)

Job Description

Job Description

Location: Las Vegas, NV (in-person)

Job type: Part-time to start (about 20 hours/week), with a clear path to more hours, more pay, and more responsibility

Pay: $17–$20/hour, depending on experience

Language: Fluent English and Spanish (reading, writing, and speaking) required

Read this part first

Most law firms want someone who already knows everything. We want the opposite. We would rather find one genuinely sharp, reliable, detail-obsessed person and train them from the ground up in exactly how we do things. No prior immigration experience is required. What matters is that you are the kind of person other people describe as "the one who never drops the ball."

This is not a coffee-and-filing job, and it is not a dead-end job. It is an apprenticeship into the real work of running immigration cases. Over time, you will be trained to handle nearly everything a non-attorney is legally permitted to do, so that the attorney is freed up to practice law. If you are ambitious, coachable, and want to build a real skill set, this role can grow into a long-term career.

About the firm

Legalique is an immigration law practice serving families and individuals through some of the most stressful moments of their lives: removal (deportation) defense, asylum, family petitions, naturalization, and delayed-case litigation. Immigration is the heart of what we do, and we also handle occasional family law and personal injury matters. The work is demanding and the standards are high, because our clients cannot afford mistakes. In return, the work genuinely matters. What you do here changes the direction of people's lives.

What you will be trained to do

You will start with the fundamentals and take on more as you prove yourself. Over time, this role includes:

• Client intake, scheduling, and being the warm, professional first point of contact for people who are often anxious and confused
• Communicating with clients in English and Spanish, gathering documents, and keeping them updated (without giving legal advice, which stays with the attorney)
• Preparing and organizing case files, exhibits, and evidence
• Drafting forms, letters, and filings from firm templates and checklists
• Tracking deadlines and hearing dates and making sure nothing slips
• Translating and summarizing documents between Spanish and English
• Keeping the firm's systems, files, and matters organized and audit-ready

To be clear: the practice of law (legal advice, legal strategy, court appearances, and final sign-off on every filing) belongs to the attorney. Your job is to make all of that run flawlessly around it.

Who we are looking for

This is the part that actually matters. We are looking for a person, not a resume. You are a strong fit if:

• You are obsessive about details and accuracy. Typos, wrong dates, and "close enough" bother you.
• You follow through. When you say something is done, it is done and it is done right.
• You learn fast and take correction well. You want feedback, not hand-holding.
• You are genuinely bilingual and can write professionally in both English and Spanish, not just speak conversationally.
• You are discreet and trustworthy with sensitive, confidential information.
• You are calm, organized, and dependable under pressure and deadlines.
• You are comfortable with computers and can learn new software quickly.
• You take ownership. You would rather solve a problem than explain why it is not your fault.

Nice to have, but not required

None of these will get you hired on their own, and their absence will not disqualify you:

• A paralegal or legal assistant certificate or degree
• Any prior experience in a law office, immigration, or customer-facing professional work
• Notary commission

We would rather train the right person than inherit someone else's bad habits.

The details

• Part-time to start, roughly 20 hours/week, with room to grow into full-time
• In-person at our Las Vegas office (this is a hands-on, training-heavy role)
• $17–$20/hour depending on experience, with pay growth as your responsibilities grow

How to apply (please read carefully)

We read every application closely, and we pay attention to how people follow instructions. To be considered, your application message must include both of the following:

1. Begin your message with the word "Detalle" so we know you read this section.
2. In one or two sentences, tell us which single quality from the "Who we are looking for" list above best describes you, and give one specific example that proves it.

Applications that skip either step will not be reviewed. This is not a trick. It is the exact kind of care and attention the job requires every day.

We look forward to meeting the right person.

Application Question(s):

• In 2–3 sentences, describe a specific time you caught a mistake that someone else missed, and what you did about it.
• Are you fully fluent in both written and spoken Spanish and English?
• En español, y en 2 o 3 oraciones, díganos por qué quiere trabajar en una firma de inmigración.

Work Location: In person