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WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Senior Paralegal in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
Grade: Professional 310
Pay Range: $88,300.00 - $132,400.00
Job Description
The Senior Paralegal provides advanced paralegal and legal operations support to attorneys within the Office of General Counsel. Working independently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, this role manages complex and sensitive legal support activities across multiple practice areas, including litigation, intellectual property, corporate governance, privacy, regulatory compliance, and transactional matters. The Senior Paralegal exercises advanced judgment, prioritizes competing demands, coordinates cross-functional legal workflows, and helps improve legal department processes, tools, and resources. This role is well-suited to candidates who are motivated by public interest work and continuous learning.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities
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Manage substantive legal support activities across a broad portfolio of matters, ensuring timely coordination, organization, and follow-through on complex and sensitive workstreams.
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Administer litigation and claims support processes, including document preservation, litigation holds, discovery coordination, subpoena and administrative response support, matter tracking, and records management.
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Manage intellectual property portfolio administration, including trademark and copyright filings, renewals, deadline tracking, correspondence, and support for licensing-related matters.
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Coordinate corporate governance and entity maintenance activities, including board and committee materials, governance records, resolutions, bylaws, and related filings.
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Support privacy, regulatory, and compliance processes by coordinating records collection, response tracking, incident documentation, and required submissions or reporting.
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Serve as a key operational partner in legal intake and workflow management, helping prioritize requests, route matters, and support efficient delivery of legal services.
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Draft, review, revise, and maintain legal templates, reference materials, playbooks, and knowledge management resources.
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Identify, recommend, and implement improvements to legal department processes, tools, tracking methods, and documentation practices.
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Coordinate with internal stakeholders, outside counsel, vendors, and service... For full info follow application link.
Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, rel igion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.