The University of Maryland College Park is one of the nations preeminent public research universities and the State of Marylands flagship university The Office of General Counsel at the University of Maryland seeks an experienced paralegal to join its teamParalegals provide legal and administrative support services to all attorneys in the Office of General Counsel OGC the in house office that provides legal support and advice to the University of Maryland College Park OGC is a fast paced office that serves many high priority client needs The breadth of OGCs legal practice requires Paralegals to be capable and willing to support OGC its attorneys and its support staff in a wide range of legal operational and administrative tasks These include but are not limited to assisting with transactional legal work including contract review drafting and negotiation assisting with litigation hearings and other adversarial matters legal and factual research and writing performing records management tracking the wide variety of matters handled by OGC and supporting the Universitys responses to information requests human resources corporate transactional real estate and policy matters Paralegals provide general administrative support eg copying scanning filing to the OGC attorneys and each other whenever the need arisesParalegals work under attorney supervision to review edit and draft legal documents legal memoranda and varied communications perform legal and factual research and provide written analysis review prepare and maintain documents exhibits and presentations analyze preserve and maintain evidence monitor and update internal tracking processes and communicate and interact with clients outside counsel and third parties including other governmental unitsParalegals assist with the Universitys responses to internal and external information requests such as Public Information Act PIA requests subpoenas or courtlegaladministrative orders Employee Grievance Hearings Public Safety Denial of Access Appeals and similar matters handled by OGC As the need arises Paralegals may be assigned primary responsibility for such mattersParalegals work collaboratively and cross train extensively with OGCs Executive Assistants and Legal Coordinators to provide administrative support for OGC and its attorneys as needed which may include scheduling coordinating and tracking matters supporting office operations and information management and maintaining filing systems OGC is looking for a self motivated person who has the ability and desire to be a team player and understands that no task is too small or mundane if it is in support of the office The ideal candidate is a strong writer who has attention to detail when it comes to grammar spelling and punctuation provides solid legal analyses able to assist with many assignments at the same time prioritize them and meet deadlines one with excellent verbal communications skills proficient in using the Microsoft Office Suite of applications including Word PowerPoint and Excel proficient in using Google Workplace including Gmail Google Calendar and Google Drive and proficient in using virtual platforms including Zoom and Box