Source: https://deftridge.com/job/document-preparation-chicago-dt-4730300/ Title: Document Preparation, hybrid in Chicago | Deftridge Summary: Document Preparation for a senior Paralegal, hybrid in Chicago. $45-$55 an hour, 4 to 12 hours a week. Posted by a proptech company in student housing. Regular Posted Nov 2 · DT-4730300 # Document Preparation Senior · Paralegal · Hybrid · Chicago **$45–$55** / hour About $1,730 a month at 8 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Proptech company in student housing · 201–500 employeesCL-64316 · based in Grand Forks - **Where** Hybrid · Chicago - **Format** Regular role - **Time needed** 4–12 h a week - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Senior · 5-10 years - **When you work** Two set slots a week3 h a week overlap with CT **436** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This proptech company in student housing (201–500 employees) is looking for a senior Paralegal for an ongoing part-time engagement of 4–12 h a week. Prepares contracts, forms and letters for attorney review. The person who did this left, and the company would rather bring in an experienced part-timer than rush a permanent hire. It works in real estate and construction, where project documents change often. The team sits in Chicago. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. The work runs in two set slots a week, agreed with the team at the start. About 3 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CT). ## What you deliver - Prepare 8 documents a week from templates and client data for attorney review. - A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends - Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day - A written update every Monday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked ## What a week looks like - Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window - Friday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked - Monday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread **Duration:** 8 weeks, renewable. Accepted when the output matches the agreed checklist and the sample check passes; the recruiter confirms by e-mail. ## Tools Clio Word DocuSign ## Who fits - 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Paralegal, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Clio, Word and DocuSign - The work is done under the supervision of a licensed lawyer or accountant on the company's side. - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader - Used to short written handovers ## Not included - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately - On-call availability outside the agreed window - A signature or opinion in your own name: sign-off stays with the company ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Senior Paralegal - **Experience** 5-10 years in legal - **Tools** Clio, Word, DocuSign - **Offers** 8 hours a week, weekday evenings - **Rate** $50 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $50 an hour, is **above** the median senior Paralegal rate in Illinois ($45). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $45 This task $50 $32 $64 [All Paralegal jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/paralegal/united-states/) · [Paralegal rates in Illinois](https://deftridge.com/rates/paralegal/illinois/) · [Legal jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/legal/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-64316 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Document Preparation is noted. 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