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New Mexico State University

Executive Legal Assistant

🇺🇸 Las Cruces, NM

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ July 11th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

New Mexico State University (NMSU) is hiring an Executive Legal Assistant to join its University General Counsel team. The role involves providing confidential and complex administrative and paralegal support, managing legal matters, conducting research, drafting legal documents, and coordinating communication across departments to support university leadership, faculty, staff, and students.

Highlights

  • Provide executive-level legal support including research, document drafting, scheduling, and case management.
  • Maintain calendars, submit work orders, manage legal cases, and develop electronic filing and policy management systems.
  • Serve as liaison with outside counsel, risk management, and university stakeholders.
  • Draft contracts, pleadings, affidavits, and legal position statements; assist with discovery and fact-finding.
  • Use Microsoft Outlook and various work order and data management systems.
  • Required minimum 4 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and training; High School diploma or GED required.
  • Knowledge of legal contract procedures, legal research principles, and current legal trends.
  • Demonstrated strong interpersonal, communication, organizational, and independent judgment skills.
  • Full-time exempt position within the President's Office, University General Counsel department.
  • Compensation commensurate with qualifications.

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