Calendar Clerk

Role Overview

Shegerian & Associates, a Los Angeles-based plaintiff-side employment and civil rights litigation firm, is hiring a Calendar Clerk to support its busy legal team. The position plays a key part in keeping court deadlines, hearing dates, and filing-related tasks organized and on track in a high-volume, fast-moving environment.

What You Will Handle

In this role, you will work with a team of three seasoned clerks in the calendaring department. Your day-to-day work will center on monitoring court filings and incoming correspondence, identifying and entering deadlines, preparing attorney reminders, and arranging court appearances. Accuracy, consistency, and calm execution under pressure are essential to success.

• Track legal deadlines in line with court procedures and internal calendaring rules
• Sort, rename, store, and organize incoming legal mail and filings
• Schedule court appearances and keep internal tracking systems current
• Create weekly deadline reminders and status reports for attorneys
• Coordinate with attorneys and staff to verify or clarify calendaring details
• Keep thorough records and logs of calendared items and events
• Partner with the calendar team to make sure all important dates are captured and met

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is organized, dependable, and comfortable managing a steady flow of deadlines with little direct oversight. Experience in legal calendaring or docketing across state or federal courts is preferred. Familiarity with court rules and calendaring platforms such as One Legal, CourtCall, or similar tools will be helpful. Strong communication, accountability, and time management skills are important, along with the ability to remain focused and precise.

• Experience with legal calendaring or docketing is preferred
• Knowledge of state and federal court rules is preferred
• Comfort using calendaring systems such as One Legal, CourtCall, or comparable tools
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational ability
• Capable of handling a large deadline workload with minimal supervision
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Reliable, accountable, and effective at managing time

Compensation and Benefits

This is an hourly position paying between $24 and $25 per hour, depending on experience. The role is based in person in Los Angeles.

• Employer-paid dental and vision coverage at 100%
• Employer-paid Silver-level medical coverage at 100%
• Approximate 10% retirement contribution, made up of 3% Safe Harbor and 7% Profit Sharing
• $500 annual FSA contribution
• 80 hours of PTO accrued each year
• An additional 40 hours of PTO after the third anniversary
• Sick leave
• Paid birthday off

About the Work Culture

The firm describes its environment as demanding, meaningful, and team-oriented. It emphasizes high standards, strong motivation, and work that has a direct impact.