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Legal Operations Assistant

Est. $85,323 - $190,475 / year
Posted Mar 30
Full Time
Hybrid
Job Details

Description

Launch Your Legal Career Inside a Corporate Legal Department

Are you highly organized, detail-driven, and looking to grow inside a corporate legal environment? This is your opportunity to join a fast-paced in-house Legal team where you’ll play a key role in contracts, compliance, litigation tracking, and executive-level legal operations.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys structure, managing legal workflows, supporting attorneys, and building efficient processes across a corporate organization.

Why This Role Stands Out

  • Work directly with corporate legal leadership
  • Exposure to contracts, litigation tracking, compliance, and board materials
  • Hybrid or remote flexibility
  • High visibility across executive stakeholders
  • Opportunity to grow into Legal Operations or Paralegal career path
  • Fast-paced corporate environment with real impact

What You’ll Do

You’ll serve as the operational backbone of the Legal Department, supporting day-to-day legal workflows and helping maintain organized systems across contracts, compliance, and litigation.

Key Responsibilities Include

  • Support contract lifecycle management (CLM) intake, tracking, and workflow coordination
  • Maintain contract repository and assist with review coordination
  • Administer legal e-billing and invoice tracking
  • Track insurance claims, litigation, and settlements
  • Monitor real estate leases and key contractual deadlines
  • Support employment-related claims documentation
  • Coordinate materials for executive compliance and board meetings
  • Maintain legal compliance calendars and trackers
  • Conduct basic audits of legal and compliance processes
  • Provide administrative and operational support to the Legal Department

Required

What We’re Looking For

  • 1–3 years in legal assistant, paralegal, or legal operations support
  • Strong organization and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
  • Independent, proactive work style
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree (Legal Studies, Paralegal, Business, or related)
  • Experience supporting in-house legal teams
  • Exposure to CLM, compliance tracking, litigation support, or e-billing
  • Experience supporting executive-level reporting

Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • SharePoint experience
  • Contract tracking and reporting tools
  • ContractWorks and SimpleLegal (preferred)

Ideal Candidate

You Are

  • Highly organized and process-driven
  • Comfortable working with confidential legal information
  • Analytical and detail-focused
  • Professional interacting with executives
  • Self-motivated in a hybrid or remote environment
  • Eager to grow within corporate legal operations

Work Environment

  • In-house corporate legal role
  • Hybrid in Aurora, Illinois OR remote depending on candidate
  • Periodic in-person meetings for executive or board activities

Ready to Grow Your Legal Career?

If you're looking for an opportunity to step into a corporate legal environment and gain exposure to contracts, compliance, litigation tracking, and executive-level operations — this is your chance.

Apply today and become a key part of a high-impact Legal team.