Paralegal, Clinical Trials (In-House)

We are actively seeking Clinical Trials Paralegals with direct experience providing support pertaining to Informed Consent Form activities. This is a full-time hybrid opportunity with our Fortune 500 corporate client!

Introduction

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients, such as complex licensing agreements, intellectual property, employment counseling, compliance policy creation, and M&A transactions. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each lawyer’s practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

We are actively seeking an ICF skilled Legal Specialist located in the greater Chicago area with the following qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a contracts paralegal, clinical trials specialist, etc., focusing on Informed Consent Forms and regulatory compliance.
• Experience working closely with Clinical Teams, Research & Development, and external partners to ensure Informed Consent Forms are accurate, complete, and aligned with project requirements.
• Substantive experience assisting in the drafting, editing, and review of Informed Consent Forms to ensure they meet legal, regulatory, and institutional requirements.
• Skilled in identifying potential risks related to informed consent processes and recommending solutions to mitigate these risks.
• Willingness to support a hybrid role requiring three days onsite in Chicago-based office.
• Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, or other.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Support our multinational corporate client on the following:

• Join their R&D team to help analyze data and evaluate what data can be utilized by the client.
• Reviewing Informed Consent Forms (and other similar documents), and following the rules set forth by the various internal legal teams (privacy, IP, etc.).
• Maintain and organize a comprehensive database of all informed consent forms and related documentation. Ensure documents are easily accessible and properly archived.
• Contribute to projects that ensure the protection of patient rights and regulatory compliance.
• Professional immersion in diverse corporate cultures and industries.

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule.
• Compensation commensurate with experience and complexity of engagement.
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid federal holidays.
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefits (as applicable)
• Access to professional development resources and learning and development programs.

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.