Positions available at Lawyer's Aid Service

Hourly starting pay is $11.00 for part-time or internship and $12.00-$12.50 for full-time long-term (i.e., full-time longer than 9 months). For computer positions, pay is dependent on experience; please specify pay requirements on your application. Schedule can be 18-40 hours a week except where noted. Part-time scheduling is between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Paralegal clerk trainee
As a paralegal clerk trainee, you will create legal form documents using FileMaker Pro and MS Word on a Mac and answer questions and fulfill orders from clients. You will also carry documents between our offices and state agencies primarily in the downtown area. Most documents deal with corporate filings, such as incorporations, certified copies, amendments, UCC filings, and name reservations. You will also help clients obtain driving records, notary certificates, birth and death certificates, and court records, as well as perform a variety of office tasks, such as faxing, photocopying, proofing, and filing. The job requires that you touch-type 30+ words a minute. Office or paralegal experience is a plus but not required. Schedule: 18 to 40 hours a week. Part-time schedules are between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Accounting trainee
This job is similar to the paralegal clerk trainee except that you also perform a variety of accounting tasks related to estates, small-business bookkeeping tasks, assist with documenting our bookkeeping system, and research tax law related to compensation of officers and other corporate tax (1120 form) issues. You need to type at least 30 words per minute. Any accounting experience or classes you have are a plus.

Mac systems administrator trainee / relational database developer
In this job, you'll be be part of a small team supporting about 30 OS X Macs and Macintosh servers (firewalls, and web, mail, and database servers) and four PCs at two main sites near UT. As well, you'll develop business solutions and documentation in a relational database, Filemaker Pro. This position can be part-time or full-time. Knowledge of database design (FileMaker Pro or others, such as from UT database classes) is preferred but not required. You'll likely be working with and learning from a FileMaker guru.

The company emphasizes wiki-style IT documentation, training, and project management. Based on your skills, you're likely also to work on security, trouble-shooting for users, expansion of our website, and maintenance. It's helpful if you have experience in any of the following: OS X and OS X Server, database design, HTML, dynamic websites, scripting languages (such as PHP, Ruby, JavaScript), programming languages (such as Java), project management, technical writing, and security. Scheduling is between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and this position is on-call after hours (rare incidents).

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