NRDC’s Litigation Team seeks a Litigation Assistant to work in its New York office. The Litigation Team is a group of approximately thirty attorneys and six paralegals/litigation assistants who work out of and collaborate across several NRDC offices. The Team pursues litigation across a broad range of environmental, public health, and environmental justice issues. For example, the Team has brought lawsuits resisting the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle environmental protections, including cases defending National Monuments and challenging the suspension of the Clean Water Rule. In recent years, the Team has also brought cases to safeguard the people of Flint, Michigan from continued exposure to lead in drinking water; remediate toxic pollution in the Penobscot River; and abate mold in New York City public housing for residents with asthma. The Litigation Assistants provide administrative and litigation support for Litigation Team attorneys, and collaborate with the Litigation Assistants in the other offices that support branches of the Litigation Team.
Administrative support duties include:
- Processing invoices and expense reports, and maintaining detailed budget trackers
- Proofreading, formatting, copying, scanning, mailing, and faxing documents
- Assisting in hiring and orienting interns
- Scheduling meetings, booking travel, and organizing retreats
- Assisting other Litigation Team Assistants and office Program Assistants as needed
Litigation support duties include:
- Drafting and editing legal correspondence
- Preparing, proofreading, and fact-checking documents for court filings and assisting with filing and service
- Researching and summarizing court rules
- Maintaining extensive case files (electronic, hard copy, and archived off-site)
- Conducting factual research to advance existing and develop new cases
- Reviewing documents produced by other parties in litigation
- Interviewing NRDC members and drafting declarations related to pending litigation
- One year of previous administrative or paralegal experience (or equivalent) preferred
- Ability to perform or quickly learn tasks such as those listed above
- Ability to prioritize and efficiently execute multiple tasks, follow institutional procedures, and work independently with meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Superior editing, research, and data synthesis skills
- Commitment to accuracy and rigor
- Ability to maintain composure and sense of humor under deadline pressure
- Willingness and flexibility to work overtime
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and work discreetly with sensitive information
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Minimum two-year commitment strongly preferred