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Paralegal - Employment Law

McKinsey & Company · Atlanta, GA · 2 wk ago
LegalFull-time
Who You'll Work With You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact. In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference. When you join us, you will have: Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family. Your Impact You will be a member of an experienced legal team of ~10 attorneys and paralegals and support a wide range of global employment law matters. The Americas Employment Law team is dedicated to the broad spectrum of internal personnel issues that arise in the firm involving our People in our US, Canada, and LatAm locations. We support firm functions that relate to our People matters, including Partner Personnel, Partner Compensation, Talent Attraction, HR, Professional Development, and Ethics & Compliance. This team partners with firm leadership and global firm function colleagues to provide strategic employment law advice, manage disputes, and ensure compliance with applicable labor and employment laws. This is a hybrid role, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Your Qualifications and Skills U.S. bachelor’s degree required. Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program preferred3+ years of experience as a paralegal in employment law, litigation, contract management, or a related practice area in an Am Law 100 law firm or Fortune 500 corporate legal departmentExtensive experience administering end-to-end contract workflows within modern CLM systems (e.g. DocuSign CLM) and using Microsoft365 applications (e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel, Sharepoint, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams)Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously, meet deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environmentStrong attention to detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft correspondence and legal documents with precision and clarityHigh interpersonal and collaboration skills within a workplace culture of open feedback and continuous improvementUnderstanding of attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrines, and data protection practices for sensitive data and PHIExperience conducting AI-assisted legal research (e.g. HarveyAI)Ability to influence stakeholders and peers toward consensus without relying on formal line-management authorityProficiency with enterprise data systems preferred (e.g., Box, ServiceNow, Coupa, People Central)Preferred experience managing litigation holds, e-discovery, and document review platformsWorking knowledge of federal and state employment statutes is a strong plus

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