Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is urgently seeking a contract Legal Assistant for an on-site assignment in Chicago, IL.

Start Date: January 5th, 2026

Location: Hybrid on-site (3 days per week) in downtown Chicago

Pay Rate: $30-35/hour

The role:

As a Legal Assistant, you will support our client's investigators by completing the following (playbooked) tasks:

• Intake & triage:
  Case creation, logging, document intake, call handling, case categorization, routing, acknowledgment communications, checklist completion, deadline scheduling.
• Evidence Collection & Preservation:
  Document/Evidence logging, file organization, sending follow-up requests, collective evidence, basic document tagging, legal holds and releases, data destruction, discovery requests
• Interview Support:
  Interview scheduling, Note taking, Transcript preparation, Recording management, Interview logistics, Participant coordination.
• Low level investigations:
  These would be low level investigations of low risk, typically resulting in simple policy reminder- but still require basic review, case logging, and close out. May require minimal interaction with the reporter or subject.
• Case Closure/Archiving:
  Checklist completion, Document archiving, Metrics logging, Retention schedule application, Satisfaction surveys
• Compliance monitoring:
  Reminder distribution, Status update communications, Regular progress updates, Action tracking, Recurring report generation, Deadline monitoring, template maintenance.
• Cross-functional:
  Policy distribution, Knowledge base maintenance, Roster maintenance, Recurring meeting coordination, Template maintenance, Data extraction, Account set-up, and Investigations (Surge staffing for simple investigations, Resolving ‘low risk’ concerns)
• Administrative:
  Time tracking, Expense processing, Vendor coordination, On call logistics, Training logistics, Tooling Access Management, Access/License/certification tracking and provisioning.

Other experience of interest includes:

• 1+ years of experience in an administration, legal operations or general operations support position, ideally in a corporate/professional services environment
• Strong administrative skills
• Ability to follow playbooks, and spot improvements where relevant
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and willingness to problem solve collaboratively
• Let us know if you can speak Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, or French

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.

Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio company, is a global leader in legal staffing, eDiscovery, risk management, and legal consulting services. The company supports multinational law firms and corporations by providing identifying and sourcing talented individuals for staffing needs, using innovative software, combining deep legal and regulatory industry expertise and excellent client service.