Legal Support Coordinator (LSC) - Jackson, Mississippi

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Administrative support for the legal team: scheduling, filing, document management, travel arrangements, and calendar upkeep.
• Case and matter coordination: track deadlines, manage matter workflows, maintain data rooms or document repositories, and monitor progress across multiple matters.
• Drafting and document preparation: draft correspondence, memos, agreements, form templates, and discovery-related materials; proofread for accuracy and compliance.
• Communication liaison: act as a point of contact between attorneys, clients, outside counsel, and internal staff; relay status updates and coordinate requests.
• Due diligence and transaction support (where applicable): assist with data gathering, document collection, and organization for corporate transactions or litigation matters.
• Aid in drafting support, redlining, version control, markup tracking, and preparation of transactional documents, including NDAs, LOIs, purchase agreements, and related documents.
• Manage data rooms, access controls, confidential information, and document repositories.
• Data and knowledge management: maintain and organize electronic and physical files, ensure version control, and manage document management systems.
• Billing and administrative processes: assist with time entry, invoicing support, expense tracking, and vendor or outside counsel communications.
• Compliance and regulatory tasks: support with regulatory filings, conflicts checks, and maintaining records in line with firm policies or client requirements.
• Research and information gathering: perform basic legal research using databases and provide summaries to lawyers.
• Special projects: participate in firm initiatives related to workflow improvements, templates, playbooks, or process automation.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Required

• College degree preferred but not required.
• Five (5) or more years of law firm legal support, legal secretary, legal operations, paralegal, or related experience required.
• Wills & Estates, Corporate, and Mergers & Acquisitions teams experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Ability to proofread typed material for grammatical, typographical or spelling errors.
• Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate by phone and in person and follow instructions effectively with a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.