Paralegal- Temporary (part-time or full-time)

Full/Part Time Full-Time

Regular/Temporary Regular

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Students are our top priority.

We thrive on diversity.

We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; Provide specialized administrative support services to attorneys in the Office of General Counsel. We are seeking a skilled and experienced Paralegal to support our legal team.

Prepare legal materials, legal memos, documents, and correspondence under the supervision of an attorney

Draft responses to legal complaints and other documents

Respond to internal and external inquiries regarding office-related procedures and processes

Participate in special projects as needed and develop, prioritize, and monitor achievement of project goals

Conduct legal research

Bachelor's Degree

Experience supporting attorneys on complex legal, regulatory, compliance, investigative, litigation, audit, or administrative matters.

Experience conducting document collection, review, organization, and discovery for litigation, investigations, audits, subpoenas, public records requests, or government inquiries.

Experience supporting higher education legal, compliance, research administration, or government relations functions.

Experience reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing statutes, regulations, agency guidance, contracts, grants, or other legal and business records.

Experience managing large volumes of documents and maintaining matter-tracking, records management, or case management systems.

Advanced legal research skills and proficiency using legal research and document management tools.

.In-depth knowledge of legal office administration and preparation of complex legal documents

Skills in legal research; knowledge of Georgia law and requirements relating to state entities and educational institutions; Excellent research skills, able to multi-task several assignments under tight deadlines and proficient in Microsoft Office

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at policymanual/section6/C2653.

To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions.

Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

This position does not have any financial responsibilities.

This position will not travel

This position does not require security clearance.

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