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Civil Rights Paralegal

Do you want your paralegal experience to support work that matters?

DiverseGOV is currently seeking legal professionals throughout the United States to support our customers with key personnel on open contracts. These will be full-time assignments for federal, state, local, and/or education contracts. This is a unique opportunity for a detail-oriented legal professional in Portland, OR who is equally comfortable organizing case information, speaking with members of the public, supporting attorneys, and building trusted connections with community organizations.

As an employee of Diverse Staffing Services, Inc. dba DiverseGOV, you be assigned full-time to one of our government contracts. In this role specifically, you will focus on supporting the civil rights legal program. You will assist with complaint intake, preliminary fact gathering, case documentation, litigation support, legal research, outreach coordination, stakeholder communication, and public education activities. The work requires professionalism, empathy, discretion, strong writing skills, and a sincere interest in helping communities understand and access civil rights resources. You will not provide legal advice, but you will play an important part in making sure inquiries are documented, concerns are heard, information is organized, and outreach efforts are carried out with care and consistency.

The ideal candidate is a mission-driven paralegal. As a legal support professional with civil litigation experience, you’ll need strong communication skills, and the confidence to interact with attorneys, community partners, public agencies, advocacy groups, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. If you are passionate about civil rights, public service, and meaningful legal support work, this assignment offers the chance to apply your skills in a high-impact government environment.

Responsibilities:

• Support civil rights complaint intake by fielding and documenting inquiries from the public.
• Conduct structured intake interviews and organize facts for attorney or management review.
• Assist with legal research, litigation support, evidence organization, document logs, and case management tasks.
• Draft clear and professional memoranda, correspondence, outreach materials, presentations, and other documents for review.
• Coordinate outreach events, listening sessions, roundtables, trainings, meetings, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Build and maintain organized contact lists, calendars, files, logs, records, and outreach tracking materials.
• Communicate professionally with attorneys, staff, agencies, community organizations, service providers, advocacy groups, and members of the public.
• Maintain confidentiality, accuracy, neutrality, and professionalism in all assigned work.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
• At least two years of civil litigation, paralegal, legal assistant, litigation support, or closely related legal support experience.
• Strong writing, research, organization, document review, and factual analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate with empathy, patience, professionalism, and clarity.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, and standard office technology.
• Ability to type at least 40 words per minute.
• Reliable transportation for local outreach-related duties as needed.
• Ability to satisfy federal background suitability and residency requirements.

Preferred Experience:

• Civil rights, fair housing, disability rights, education equity, employment discrimination, voting rights, public interest law, legal aid, nonprofit advocacy, or community engagement experience.
• Experience preparing presentations, public-facing materials, outreach plans, or stakeholder communications.
• Experience with federal court processes, discovery, legal research tools, case management, or litigation document support.

Why Apply Through DiverseGOV?

DiverseGOV specializes in connecting talented professionals with meaningful government assignments. Our recruiting team understands federal contract environments and supports candidates through the interview, compliance, onboarding, and placement process. We look for the right fit for you, not just for the position, but for your career goals, strengths, and sense of purpose.

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DiverseGOV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a workplace and recruiting process that provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. DiverseGOV encourages qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply.