Job Description
Job Description Job description: Location: Remote Employment Type: W-2 Hours: 20–40 hours per week Compensation: $30/hour
About the Opportunity Equivity is seeking an experienced California special education paralegal to support a law firm advocating for students with disabilities and their families. In this remote W-2 role, you will help attorneys prepare cases, organize educational records, and support special education disputes and administrative due process proceedings. We’re looking for a detail-oriented professional with strong case management skills, experience with IEPs and California OAH proceedings, and a compassionate approach to communicating with families.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and organize IEPs, educational evaluations, student records, and case documentation.
- Support administrative hearings before California’s Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), including exhibit preparation, chronologies, and deadline tracking.
- Draft and proofread attorney correspondence, case summaries, exhibit lists, and documents supporting special education due process proceedings Assist attorneys with case preparation, discovery, evidence organization, factual analysis, identification of gaps in records, and hearing preparation.
- Communicate professionally and compassionately with parents, attorneys, and other stakeholders.
- Maintain organized digital case files and protect confidential legal and educational information.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in a paralegal, litigation support, or case preparation role.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and proofreading skills.
- Experience reviewing records and managing multiple deadlines.
- Excellent written communication and legal drafting abilities.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
- Professional judgment and discretion when handling confidential information.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted productivity tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with special education, disability rights, education, or civil litigation matters.
- Knowledge of IDEA, Section 504, IEPs, educational records, and related assessments.
- Experience preparing chronologies, exhibits, evidence summaries, and hearing materials.
- Experience supporting administrative hearings, litigation, or records-intensive cases.
- Experience working with families and sensitive client matters.
- Familiarity with Clio, NetDocuments, or similar legal systems.
- Experience in a small or boutique law firm environment.
- Bilingual English/Spanish.
Compensation and Benefits
- $30/hour, W-2 employment
- Six-month performance review with potential pay increase
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid sick leave and 401(k)
- End-of-year performance bonus
- Employee Assistance Program and BenefitHub discounts
- Cell phone, internet, and eligible expense reimbursement
- Clio certification and professional development opportunities
- Flexible, supportive remote work environment
Interested? Apply today if you have California special education paralegal experience and a strong background in records review, hearing preparation, and case management
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