Immigration Paralegal II

Who we are: BAL•Boston, MA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

BAL is a team of brilliant people who change lives through elite immigration work and collaborative innovation. We pursue the exceptional in all that we do, but never at the expense of our values. There’s no denying our work is demanding, both in volume and pace, but we’re up for the challenge. We love the balance of hard work and fun – so, you’ll see us in jeans as we shatter glass ceilings and conventional stereotypes. BAL employees feel valued, rewarded, and respected. We seek opportunities to be of service to others and our communities. We are committed to your growth and development, and want to set you up for success here at BAL and beyond. A Paralegal is responsible for coordinating with Attorneys in the preparation, filing, and monitoring of various immigration and nationality law matters. Additionally, a Paralegal should have a comprehensive knowledge of the immigration process, mastery of multiple case types, and increasing company client interaction. This role has excellent career-pathing opportunities including the ability to grow into a Senior Paralegal or other career paths.

Requirements

2+ years of U.S. corporate immigration experience
Bachelor’s Degree; 1-year law-related experience under licensed attorney; or PL certificate from ABA approved program
Comfortable and ability to thrive in an extremely high-volume environment
Demonstrates sound judgement
Ability to execute and work well with minimal supervision
Strong attention to detail and ability to catch errors and correct work and the work of others
Superior client service skills
Effectively able to prioritize cases, caseload and other assigned tasks (i.e. projects, company management responsibilities, etc.)
Ability to meet deadline and goals
MS Office, Scan/Copy; learn, apply and effectively navigate daily use of propriety software

Responsibilities

Under direction of Senior Paralegal/Attorney, takes lead in email/phone client communications.
Provides guidance to assignees regarding proprietary systems and case processing.
Increased understanding of client communication procedures and requirements.
Inputs client services rendered and sends to Accounting for processing.
Complete competence of case types previously handled and continually strives to advance and broaden knowledge base; demonstrates increasing levels of independence in case handling.
Processes more advanced and varied corporate immigration cases.
Evaluates cases, relays concerns, and proactively escalates to the appropriate BAL team members(s).
Prepares forms, letters, documents and correspondence for attorney review; adapts tools and resources for casework which deviates from templates; increases knowledge of BAL best practices.
Manages status of all filed applications and petitions and finalizes documents after attorney review.
Utilizes document and data management systems to prepare, monitor, and record all aspects of client casework as per BAL policy.
Prepares internal caseload reports for management.
Shares process flow with assignees; Identifies problematic cases and discusses strategies and/or solutions with Attorney.
Performs research to obtain information such as background on a company or industry, current wages, processing procedures, standard processing times, etc.
Initiates contact with government agencies to obtain necessary information; alerts Senior Paralegal and/or attorney regarding potential process delays/problems.