LItigation Paralegal
 Our Children's Trust | |
 United States | |
 Apr 18, 2026 | |
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Our Children’s Trust is seeking a Litigation Paralegal to join our Legal team.
The position is a salary, non-exempt, a member of the OCTWA Bargaining Union and is benefit eligible. Benefits include 100% employer paid medical and dental for employee, long and short-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) plan, 15 days of vacation in the first year, 12 sick days, and 15 company holidays and 5 floating holidays, 6-weeks fully paid Family Medical Leave and 6 weeks of Restorative leave after 6 years.
The compensation range for this position is $69,030 - $79,600, with a starting salary based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity.
This position is a remote position, with Pacific Time Zone preferred. Work is primarily performed Monday through Friday during regular business hours; however, evening and weekend hours may be necessary dependent upon case activity, deadlines, and workload. Some travel may be required at the cost of Our Children’s Trust. An ideal candidate will have: 5-7+ years of litigation paralegal experience a high level of dependability, being able to respond quickly to litigation needs including short deadlines, a demonstrated commitment to legal excellence; have multijurisdictional experience in the fields of constitutional, human rights, environmental, and/or civil rights litigation; high proficiency with Westlaw, Microsoft 365, docket management, timekeeping, client management, document management software, and Bluebook; and high level of self-management and agency. About Us: Our Children’s Trust (OCT) was founded in 2010 on the idea that courts are vital to democracy and empowered to protect our children and the planet. Without a stable climate system, every natural resource we rely upon to exercise our basic human rights—life, liberty, home, happiness—is under threat. Our work will be achieved when there is universal recognition of children’s climate rights by courts around the world and children’s fundamental rights to life on this planet are protected. www.ourchildrenstrust.org. Position Summary: Reporting to the Senior Litigation Paralegal, the Litigation Paralegal will assist the Deputy Director Litigation Practice, Deputy Director U.S. Strategy, and Senior and Staff Attorneys by reviewing, preparing, and filing court papers in jurisdictions across the United States; researching and summarizing court rules; managing electronic discovery; providing clerical and basic research support services, including document preparation and review; research and fact-checking; trial preparation; and plaintiff support. This position will also provide scheduling and meeting support for the legal team and plaintiffs.
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Application Instructions Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they have every one of the qualifications as described in the job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our qualifications described. If you are unsure of whether you meet the qualifications of this position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact us to discuss your application.
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Additionally, a skills assessment may be part of the hiring process for this position.
Physical Working Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to the extent possible and appropriate in the event of ADA qualifying disability. This position requires the incumbent to sit for long periods of time; understand speech of another person and speak clearly so listeners can understand; routinely uses fingers to grasp, type move or assemble small objects. Position occasionally lifts and carries files and boxes weighing up to 20 pounds.
EEO Statement At Our Children’s Trust, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our Children’s Trust believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people. | |