Paralegal

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of an attorney or managing paralegal, the Paralegal will apply their knowledge of basic legal concepts and processes to assist in the efficient operation of Walgreens’ law department by undertaking a variety of paraprofessional duties.
 

• Responsible for organizing and managing all aspects of legal matters to ensure efficient and effective matter handling
• Researches legal issues and relevant topics that range in complexity and relate to Walgreens business operations
• Drafts legal documents under managing paralegal or attorney supervision
• Organizes and maintains department databases and files on a variety of legal subjects
• Works directly with managing paralegal or attorney to analyze legal issues, identify applicable laws and gather pertinent facts, and resolve legal questions
• If applicable, assists with litigation support, responding to discovery requests, document collection, responding to subpoenas, and/or contract support and management.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.

• Associate’s degree or higher with a paralegal certificate OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of legal experience (assisting legal document preparation, routine legal research, and data compilation in litigation, real estate, contracting)
• Experience drafting legal documents
• Experience researching complex legal issues
• Experience using legal research tools, such as LexisNexis or Westlaw
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: opening a workbook, inserting a row, selecting font style and size, formatting cells as currency, using copy, paste and save functions, aligning text, selecting cells, renaming a worksheet, inserting a column, selecting a chart style, inserting a worksheet, setting margins, selecting page orientation, using spell check and/or printing worksheets)
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: opening a document, cutting, pasting and aligning text, selecting font type and size, changing margins and column width, sorting, inserting bullets, pictures and dates, using find and replace, undo, spell check, track changes, review pane and/or print functions)
• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: inserting, rearranging, hiding and deleting slides, navigating between slides, increasing list level, adding, centering and editing text, changing views, inserting a table or a note, moving objects, printing outline view and/or running a slide show)
• Willing to travel up to 5% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

• Undergraduate degree
• Paralegal certificate from an ABA-certified paralegal program
• Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives)
• Experience in a retail environment and/or healthcare setting

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.