Legal Support Assistant

Ballard Spahr, LLP is a renowned national law firm with more than 750 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States. A career at Ballard Spahr offers a diverse group of mentors, colleagues, and friends, and strong leadership that provides support and encouragement for career growth. 

Ballard Spahr LLP is seeking an entry-level Legal Support Assistant (LSA) in the Philadelphia office. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for individuals eager to kickstart their career in the legal field. The selected candidate will play a vital role in supporting Legal Administrative Assistants while handling various general office duties. This position requires 5 days per week in the Philadelphia office. The hours are Monday thru Friday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

As a Legal Support Assistant within our team your responsibilities include supporting a team of legal administrative assistants and working on tasks up to and including:

• Preparing mailings, filing documents (physical and electronic), creating and updating pleadings, entering time and processing narrative edits. 

• Preparing check requests, submitting expense reports, coordinating conference room services and travel requests.  

• Preparing and formatting correspondence and documents, converting PDFs to Word documents, conducting blackline/redline documents and assisting with preparing closing/hearing binders.

• Reviewing, editing and invoicing of proformas, running monthly reports and pulling documents from the Court or Recorder website.

A high school diploma or equivalent is required; college is a plus. A minimum of three years of administrative experience. Excellent technical, interpersonal, communication and organizational skills are essential to be successful in this position. Candidates should be comfortable working in a large professional environment, and have working knowledge of the firm’s computer applications, document management system, and Microsoft Office, particularly with Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Ballard Spahr offers an excellent benefits package. A summary of available benefits can be found here in the Careers section of the Firm’s website.

If you are ready to play a vital role in the Firm’s success, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our commitment to excellence.

At Ballard Spahr, we believe that our skills, perspectives, and backgrounds drive innovation and excellence, while our unique culture fosters collaboration and success. Our culture of thriving together forms the cornerstone of how we deliver exceptional service and position our firm for a strong future. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Ballard Spahr is an equal opportunity employer. We offer equal consideration to all qualified applicants, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, handicap or disability, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, transgender status, sex stereotyping, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

The firm is not accepting resumes from search firms for this position.