Paralegal

Who We Are

Our lean Legal & Compliance team takes pride in operating as a high-trust directly embedded partner to the business. We are a broad-scope fast-moving team dedicated to building scalable tracking systems protecting the company and accelerating operations through the deliberate use of AI-forward legal tools.

We do and you will support the business through the following responsibilities:

• Contract Queue Management: Manage the contract review queue end-to-end including first drafts redline cycles counterparty coordination and signature tracking.
• Agreement Drafting: Draft and redline standard agreements including NDAs vendor contracts SOW amendments and service contracts.
• Repository & Template Ownership: Maintain the contract repository within the CLM system and ensure the template library remains current and retrievable.
• Lifecycle Tracking: Proactively flag upcoming contract renewals key dates non-standard terms and counterparty obligations.
• Intake & Matter Triage: Triage incoming legal requests route matters to the appropriate team members and monitor compliance with contractual SLAs.
• Litigation Support & Holds: Coordinate document preservation notices oversee litigation hold requests track custodian compliance and support discovery.
• Legal Proceeding Operations: Manage court filings deadline calendaring and procedural compliance for garnishments and external information requests.
• AI & Workflow Optimization: Utilize specialized generative AI tools to accelerate legal research draft summaries and continuously optimize team workflow efficiency.

Who You Are

You are a sharp process-oriented legal professional who thrives in a growth-stage environment and takes genuine pride in operational excellence. You are an independent self-starter who can navigate ambiguity build workflows from scratch and ensure zero critical legal deadlines are missed.

You bring the following essential experiences and mindsets to our team:

• Professional Paralegal Experience: 4–6 years of dedicated paralegal experience within a law firm or fast-growing company managing significant volume.
• Commercial Contracting Skills: Proven ability to draft review and redline contracts (NDAs vendor agreements SOWs) with high attention to detail.
• Systems Expertise: Hands-on experience navigating and managing legal operations within Ironclad or an equivalent modern CLM system.
• Matter Tracking Proficiency: Demonstrated success managing legal intake systems and balancing high-volume workstreams with competing deadlines.
• Litigation & Discovery Competency: Experience executing litigation holds managing discovery coordination and overseeing court filing timelines.
• Regulated Industry Exposure: Background working within a highly regulated environment such as transportation education healthcare or similar.
• Technical & AI Adaptability: A tech-forward mindset with an active interest in experimenting with AI drafting assistance and research automation tools.

Our Investment In You

We want you to be an owner in our company and share in executing our vision so every full-time employee has equity. In addition we offer flexible vacation medical dental vision and life insurance 401(k) FSA and an opportunity to work for a uniquely positioned VC-backed company in a hugely attractive space with significant upside potential. HopSkipDrive is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. HopSkipDrive is also committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role in Los Angeles CA is $80000.00  - $95000.00. This position is remote and as such compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by several factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience skill set certifications and specific work location. The total compensation package for this role also includes equity stock options.

HopSkipDrive is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any other protected class.

* This is a fully remote role. Candidates must reside in and perform work from one of the following states: AZ CA CO DC FL GA IL IN KS MA MD MI MN MO NC NJ NM NV NY OK OR SC TN TX UT VA WA or  WI. We are not currently considering candidates who will perform work from any other state.

What We Do

We help get students to their destinations safely and on time. Our technology connects school partners to a network of highly vetted drivers with small vehicles and wheelchair-accessible vehicles complementing the yellow bus filling in gaps and enabling schools to support student transportation needs. Our partnerships with school districts child welfare agencies and nonprofits ensure equitable educational access for our most vulnerable populations including youth in foster care youth experiencing homelessness and youth with special needs.

Why Work With Us

HopSkipDrive exists to create opportunity for all through mobility. As the leader in innovative supplemental school transportation we’re taking a different approach to addressing inequities in educational access that are affecting millions of kids each day. We’re paving the way for a future where every student has the chance to succeed.

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