Family Law Paralegal Form Specialist (Hybrid, 3 days in our Jersey City HQ)
ABOUT LEAP
LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world and is part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement has kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market leading software we develop and support is used by more than 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium sized law firms.
Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.
ABOUT THE ROLE
LEAP is looking for a legal assistant, secretary, or paralegal with a few years of family law experience and an aptitude for technology to join our mission to improve the family law process around the world.
In this role, you will use your experience to enhance LEAP’s library of automated family law forms. You will be responsible for identifying commonly used family law documents and then populating these forms with information that pulls automatically from client files, allowing our users to be more efficient and accurate.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Creating and automating family law documents to maximize the efficiency of LEAP users
- Peer reviewing forms created by others on the team to ensure they are as high quality and user-friendly as possible
- Monitoring for court form updates and making these changes to the LEAP library
- Providing recommendations on what case information should be captured in LEAP
- Providing feedback on prototypes and early builds of new features from the support staff perspective
- Visiting law firms to gather product feedback
- Preparing training materials to help users get the most out of LEAP
- Responding to incoming user feedback cases
- Assisting with initiatives to reach usage goals
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
Essential qualities:
- 3+ years family law experience, ideally in New Jersey, as a paralegal, legal assistant or other similar role
- Familiarity with family court forms and processes
- An aptitude for technology
- Microsoft Office skills at an intermediate (or higher) level
- Passion for improving the efficiency of the family law firms
- Drive to provide the best possible result for clients
- Excellent attention to detail
Nice to have qualities:
- Prior experience using LEAP or other legal software
- Experience automating documents
- Proficiency in JavaScript or another programming language
WHAT YOU’LL GET
- Medical, Dental and Vision Plans Available
- 401k with Company Matching Program
- Staff Events
- Employee Assistance Plans
- Unlimited PTO
- Company Shares Opportunity
- We are a certified Great Place to Work!
- Salary: 60 - 70k OTE
LIFE @ LEAP
LEAP is all about impact, growth and ownership. We’re united by a genuine passion for what we do, enriched by the care we show to our customers and each other and driven by the difference we can make together.
LEAPster culture is about prioritizing and celebrating the incredible humans behind our market-leading technology. Think performance-driven incentives, flexible hybrid work, a world-leading Parenting Policy, regular social events, and so much more.
We strongly believe that personal development and career progression are at the heart of a healthy, high-performing culture and we’re committed to empowering LEAPsters with resources, ongoing support and more than 20 defined career pathways to explore. With us, your career will grow as you do, with opportunities to step into new roles, explore new departments and even work abroad.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
