What You'll Do Are you a seasoned professional who excels at organization, collaboration, and delivering exceptional service? Kirkland & Ellis is seeking a Practice Assistant in our Boston office to support a dynamic group of attorneys.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic individuals with strong administrative experience whether you are transitioning into the legal field or bringing transferable skills from other industries to contribute, grow, and thrive in a high performing, client focused environment.
What You'll Do As a Practice Assistant, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day management of attorney workflows. You'll serve as a trusted administrative resource, assisting with document preparation, client communications, and coordination of legal support tasks that keep our legal teams operating at the highest level.
In this role, you will:
- Prepare, format, revise, and finalize a variety of legal documents, correspondence, spreadsheets, and presentations using Microsoft Office and document management tools.
- Handle administrative tasks such as processing conflict checks, submitting expense reports, managing attorney time entries, scheduling meetings, and travel, and maintaining calendars.
- Conduct research, coordinate conference calls, and support document filing through the Firm's systems.
- Foster strong working relationships across teams, collaborating with departments like Accounting, General Services, and Reprographics to ensure seamless support.
- Maintain paper and electronic files in compliance with firm policies, ensuring information is accurate and accessible.
- Anticipate attorney and team needs, proactively offering support to help achieve client service excellence.
What You'll Bring We're looking for a motivated, service-minded professional who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and brings:
- A minimum of 1 year of legal administrative support experience.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and basic Excel; familiarity with Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint is a plus.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management skills.
- A client service mindset with strong communication skills-both written and verbal.
- A professional, flexible, and positive approach to working with colleagues and clients.
Compensation The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Boston. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range:
Boston: $68,000 - $95,000
How to Apply Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
