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Paralegal

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ADF International is a faith-based legal advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms and promotes the inherent dignity of all people. Please visit our career site to view our Statement of Faith and Doctrinal Distinctives.

 

Paralegal

ADF International is looking for a highly organized Paralegal to join us in our Washington DC office. As a Paralegal, you are a vital part of the Global Religious Freedom Team. In this role, you will report to the Director of Advocacy for Global Religious Freedom. You will perform highly advanced and specialized legal assistant work. Work involves researching, drafting legal documents, and assisting attorneys with case management, including through helping to manage relationships with allied attorneys and publicizing legal work through the Communications and Development teams. Work independently with minimal supervision.

 

Your Essential Responsibilities:

 

In this position, you will:

  • Act in a confidential capacity to all ADF International attorneys.
  • Know and understand international human rights law and ensure it is followed for each case.
  • Work with allied attorneys to prepare case summaries and gather case updates.
  • Prepare documents such as motions, memoranda of law, briefs, orders, and other legal documents.
  • Draft memorandum regarding findings of research.
  • Monitor the status of legislation and cases pertaining to religious persecution in priority countries in the Middle East and Africa.
  • Perform legal research.
  • Check citations in briefs and other legal documents to determine the accuracy of quoted material.
  • Check citations to determine the accuracy of citation format according to the Bluebook, local court rules, or other citation guidelines.
  • Build out a base of allied lawyers and organizations and manage contacts in the iReliance database.
  • Maintain case file information and documents in the iReliance database.
  • Prepare training materials for allied attorneys.
  • Prepare case summaries and ensure approvals from all involved parties for Commications and Development teams.
  • Attend and represent ADF International in meetings with allied organizations and government officials related to coordinated efforts to promote religious freedom globally.
  • Proofread and edit drafted documents with a high level of expertise.
  • Assist with special projects as needed.

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Other Responsibilities (Non-Essential):

  • You will be asked to perform related duties or special projects as assigned.

 

Skills you need to succeed:

Demonstrated proficiency in:

  • Strong legal research and analytical skills.
  • Strong computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

 

Ability to:

  • Ability to professionally handle confidential information.
  • Make sound decisions under demanding conditions.
  • Work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Maintain heavy litigation caseload.

 

Education and/or experience:

  • Paralegal degree or national certification or equivalent work experience.
  • Requires 3+ years of advanced experience performing paralegal duties.

 

Valid work permit for the US or US citizenship required.

 

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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