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Entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs: what the job is, skills and open roles

Legal operations coordinators run the business side of a legal team: intake of requests, outside counsel invoices, tools and reports. Right now 23 entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs are open on employers’ own career sites.

What a legal operations coordinator does

In the legal and compliance family of jobs. Roles that support lawyers, contracts, risk and regulation.

A typical day

  1. 1. Triage legal requests
  2. 2. Track outside counsel spend
  3. 3. Maintain legal tools and records
  4. 4. Prepare reports
  5. 5. Support projects

Do you need experience?

None of the 23 open entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs we track say in their own text that no experience is required, so expect employers to look for related experience, coursework or projects. The figures are counted from the posting text and change as jobs open and close.

Open entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs

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Skills for legal operations coordinator jobs

The skills this job uses, most important first. Most can be learned or shown before the first day.

Skills to build or show

  1. 1. Organization
  2. 2. Spreadsheets
  3. 3. Legal software
  4. 4. Communication
  5. 5. Discretion

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The market for legal operations coordinator work

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Open entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs
23

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Openings that say no experience is required
0

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Where entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs are

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Employers hiring legal operations coordinators now

  • Applied Intuition 2
  • Asana 2
  • Morae 2
  • Affiniti 1
  • Attentive Mobile 1
  • Cascade Asset Management 1
  • CFI Consultants, LLC. 1
  • Chaos Industries 1
  • Elevate 1
  • Elevate Legal Talent 1

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Questions about legal operations coordinator jobs

What does a legal operations coordinator do?
Legal operations coordinators run the business side of a legal team: intake of requests, outside counsel invoices, tools and reports. A typical day includes: triage legal requests; track outside counsel spend; maintain legal tools and records; prepare reports; support projects.
Can I get an entry-level legal operations coordinator job with no experience?
None of the 23 open entry-level legal operations coordinator jobs we track say in their own text that no experience is required, so expect employers to look for related experience, coursework or projects. The figures are counted from the posting text and change as jobs open and close.
What skills do you need to be a legal operations coordinator?
The skills this job uses most are organization, spreadsheets, legal software, communication, discretion. Most can be learned before the first day through coursework, short courses, practice or a related job.
Where can a legal operations coordinator job lead?
People in this job commonly move to paralegal, contract administrator, project coordinator, compliance analyst. The link between jobs is the shared skills; the path is not guaranteed and depends on the employer.

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