Paralegal

Scheels Company Goals: 

We strive to be the best retailer in the USA in the eyes and minds of our customers, associates, and business partners.  

Overview:  

The Paralegal is responsible for managing a wide range of legal, compliance, and operational matters that impact our associates and customers. This role plays a critical part in ensuring efficient contract administration, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and litigation support while partnering closely with internal business teams to ensure legal risks are appropriately managed efficiently and effectively. The successful candidate must possess a strong attention to detail, effective communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities:  

• Maintain a high level of organization, including tracking cases, deadlines, and maintaining organized files, and ensuring information is accurately stored and easily accessible.


• Draft legal documents, which may include all documents related to real estate transactions, documentation in support of the discovery process, company policies, vendor, marketing, sponsorship, confidentiality, and technology agreements, and service contracts.


• Support corporate real estate activities by coordinating internal approvals related to real estate matters.


• Monitor high-stakes details such as rent obligations, lease renewal deadlines, and tax implications.


• Implement and manage legal holds.


• Serve as the expert for internal teams by translating complex terms into clear guidance.


• Maintain contract templates and legal guidance/best practice documents.


• Identify opportunities to improve contract templates, workflows, and efficiency.


• Serve as a point of contact for leadership on contract status, requirements, and processes.


• Support leadership teams by assisting in claims and evidentiary collection.


• Assist with responses to subpoenas, regulatory inquiries, and third-party information requests.


• Maintain relationships with outside counsel and vendors, including engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines.


• Coordinate with outside counsel regarding case updates, billing, and budgets.


• Review and process legal invoices and assist with budget tracking and forecasting.


• Serve as a central intake point for legal requests and manage workflow prioritization.


• Support product-related compliance matters such as recalls, safety notices, and regulatory inquiries.


• Provide legal support for promotions, sweepstakes, contests, and marketing initiatives.


• Monitor and help ensure compliance with consumer protection laws, ADA/accessibility requirements, and state/local retail laws and regulations. 


• Monitor and track changes in federal, state, and local laws impacting retail operations and communicate updates with leadership.


• Assist with internal audits, compliance reviews, and risk assessments.


• Provide support for corporate governance processes and ensure compliance with applicable laws related to corporate governance.

Requirements:  

Customer Service 

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  Genuinely and consistently treat co-workers, customers and business partners like they are the most important person including eye contact, a smile and a genuine “Thank you”

  
  

Culture 

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  Approach daily tasks, projects and follow-up communication with energy and sense of urgency

  
  


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  Cultivate a deep desire to become a knowledge expert in their role with the ability to apply their knowledge and experience with great impact. 

  
  


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  Show respect and appreciation for others and Scheels

  
  


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  Arrive to work and meetings 10 minutes early

  
  

Team Mentality 

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  Genuine interest and action in helping others before yourself, regardless of recognition or reward

  
  

Teach-ability 

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  Consistent eagerness to listen, learn, apply knowledge and accept critical feedback

  
  


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  Ability to adapt to a changing work environment

  
  


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  Ability to apply concepts of basic math, grammar, punctuation and spelling

  
  

Dress Code 

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  Meets Scheels dress and grooming expectations in support of professional, clean and welcoming environment for customers, co-workers and business partners

  
  

Efficiency 

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  Demonstrate pride and ownership of their work while meeting expected deadlines

  
  

Education & Experience: 

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree; Paralegal Certificate


• 3–7+ years of corporate or in-house paralegal experience


• Experience in retail or multi-state environments strongly preferred

Physical Requirements/Lifting Requirements: 

Must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation 

Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY  

Scheels is an equal employment opportunity employer providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Scheels will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals when appropriate.