Student Assistant (Off-Campus, Carrier & Allison Law Group)

Lamar University, in partnership with Carrier & Allison Law Group, is hiring students through the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program. This position provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on office and administrative experience in a professional law firm setting. Student Assistants will support attorneys and staff with clerical duties, client service, and daily operations while developing transferable skills for future careers.

What You’ll Do – Position Responsibilities

• Greet clients and visitors in a professional and courteous manner
  
• Answer phones, take messages, and route calls appropriately
  
• Assist with filing, scanning, copying, and organizing legal documents
  
• Prepare and distribute routine correspondence and mail
  
• Perform data entry and maintain case-related records as directed
• Support attorneys and staff with daily office operations
  
• Maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive legal information
• Complete other clerical tasks as assigned
  

• Must be a current Lamar University student enrolled at least half-time (6+ credit hours)
  
• Must be eligible for Federal Work-Study 
  
• Strong professionalism, dependability, and punctuality
  
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
  

Lamar University is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamar University is proud to provide employment preference to veteran applicants in accordance with Texas 805 Government Code, Section 657.003.

This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information.