Paralegal

City of Clarksville • LEGAL - 1 Public Square Fourth Floor Clarksville, TN

7h

About The Position

This is a stand-alone classification. The Paralegal assists with legal administrative duties, including drafting and analyzing legal documents; document preparation and review; case planning, development, and management; legal research; client interviews and fact gathering; retrieving information; and collecting, compiling, and using technical information to make recommendations to legal staff and other applicable City personnel. The position remains open through October 22, 2026, or until filled.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in Paralegal Studies or a related field.
• Two years of significant and substantive litigation experience as a paralegal or legal assistant in a law office setting.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the job’s essential duties.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, codes, and statutes; legal proceedings and research; legal writing; the Tennessee Public Records Act and its exceptions; legal language and principles; the court system; attorney-client privilege and ethical rules; court pleadings and processes; problem identification and analysis; effective writing and verbal presentation; and computerized information, database recordkeeping, and office software systems.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills; skill in drafting, cite-checking, and correcting legal briefs; proficiency with Google Suite, Microsoft Office, and legal research tools such as Westlaw; and experience managing medium to large-scale document productions.
• Strong legal research and investigation skills, organization, attention to detail, time management, and a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and prioritize workload and assignments.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment, maintain confidentiality, exercise discretion and good judgment, analyze and solve problems, and apply federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with coworkers, supervisors, the general public, and others to exchange information and receive work direction.
• Ability to perform sedentary work requiring occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds and frequent or constant negligible force, with the stated abilities involving feeling, fingering, grasping, hearing, mental acuity, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, talking, visual tasks, and walking.

Nice To Haves

• Paralegal certificate from an American Bar Association-accredited program.

Responsibilities

• Draft legal documents and correspondence, including routine pleadings and motions, formal discovery requests and responses, notices, affidavits, and interrogatories; file motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures.
• Meet with City attorneys, Mayoral staff, department heads, City Council, and other stakeholders to discuss cases or projects.
• Accept, document, respond to, and manage open records requests.
• Prepare, organize, store, and retrieve case files, which may include evidence, exhibits, depositions, pleadings, and other items.
• Act as a liaison among legal staff, the Mayor’s office, other City departments, the court system, and other stakeholders for scheduling and information sharing.
• Research and analyze statutes, case law, regulations, legal articles, judicial decisions, and other legal sources, and provide written analysis to legal staff.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree