Legal Support Assistant

About the Role

Ballard Spahr is offering an entry-level position for a Legal Support Assistant in our Baltimore office. This is a fantastic opportunity to jumpstart your career in the legal field while providing support to our Legal Administrative Assistants (LAAs). In this role, you'll engage in various tasks, including document production and organization, accounting and billing assistance, and client services, while gaining a solid understanding of the firm's operations. You'll collaborate with a dedicated team of LAAs to help manage workload and support our attorneys. Following completion of training, this position offers a hybrid schedule of four days a week in a dynamic office environment.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Work Environment: Become part of a forward-thinking firm that enjoys substantial support and visibility from the firm's executive leadership.
• Professional Development: Take advantage of continuous learning opportunities and avenues for career growth.
• Inclusion: Join a Business Resource Group and share cultural, experiential, or job-related interests, experiences, and/or backgrounds.
• Impactful Contributions: Play a pivotal role in developing industry-leading solutions that make a significant difference in legal practice and client service.

Responsibilities

• Preparing, formatting, and editing correspondence and documents
• Assisting with preparation of closing binders
• Running reports
• Filing documents manually and electronically
• Entering time and preparing and submitting expense reports

Qualifications

Candidates considered will be self-starters; able to work well both independently and within the Legal Support team; demonstrate flexibility in responding to daily workflow demands; and maintain the confidentiality of client and firm matters. Candidates must also maintain a high-quality work product in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

• Growth Mindset: Self-motivated with a passion for continuous learning and problem-solving.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Detail-Oriented: Keen attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
• Excellent technical, interpersonal, communication and organizational skills are essential to be successful in this position.
• Comfortable working in a large professional environment
• Working knowledge of the firm's computer applications, document management system, and Microsoft Office, particularly with Word, Excel, and Outlook

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required
• College is a plus
• Prior law firm or professional services experience is preferred

Pay

The salary range for this position is from $50,000 - $55,000, which reflects the firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual pay will depend on several factors such as the candidate's experience and qualifications.

Benefits

Ballard Spahr offers an excellent benefits package. A summary of available benefits can be found here in the Careers section of the Firm's website.