Job description

FULL-TIME PERSONAL ASSISTANT POSITION – STARTING EARLY SEPTEMBER 2023

HARVEY A. SILVERGLATE – criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, litigator, writer, lecturer, and free speech advocate – seeks a recent college graduate or student scheduled to graduate this summer to work with him as a personal assistant and paralegal, primarily out of his Cambridge, MA home-office. Assistant will be asked to complete clerical tasks of both professional and personal natures, by assisting Silverglate in his professional and personal day-to-day life.

Tasks may include (but are not limited to):

· Co-authoring and editing columns with Silverglate for daily newspapers (e.g. Wall Street Journal, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, New York Times, Boston Globe, etc.)

· Managing prisoner correspondence (e.g. formatting letters on legal letterhead)

· Maintaining files for legal clients, producing legal research for cases, and editing legal documents

· Coordinating with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) on free speech cases and events (Silverglate, a co-founder of FIRE, serves on its Board of Directors)

· Basic technical assistance (e.g. resetting passwords, managing Silverglate’s streaming services, converting online newspaper articles to PDFs, communicating with Silverglate’s IT provider for more complicated problems)

· Scheduling media interviews and conference calls

· Formatting and editing correspondence on legal letterhead

· Basic copy editing

· Overseeing mail operations (weighing packages and applying proper postage, mailing letters and packages, occasional trips to the Post Office, etc.)

· Maintaining Silverglate’s website (hosted on Squarespace, an intuitive website builder that the assistant will be trained to use)

· Assisting with various organizational tasks (e.g. organizing and archiving correspondence, as well as legal materials)

Applicants for this unconventional position should be well-organized, reliable, energetic, and computer/internet saavy. Flexibility is essential. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is preferred. Salary competitive for this kind of work. A commitment of at least one year Is required.

Send inquiries, cover letters and resumes to Emily Nayyer: emily@harveysilverglate.com

Visit www.harveysilverglate.comfor more information about Harvey Silverglate.

No phone calls or agencies.

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

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