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Legal Assistant
Executive Office for Immigration Review · Posted 74 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Executive Office for Immigration Review, U. S. Department of Justice. It provides legal and administrative support to the BIA by processing and tracking appellate cases, reviewing files and case documents, supporting Board orders, maintaining files, and coordinating workflow. This is a Competitive Service position; additional positions may be filled from this announcement within 90 days of certificate issuance.
What You'll Do
- →The duties and responsibilities for a Legal Assistant, GS-0986-8/9 generally include, but are not limited to, the following: Providing technical legal and administrative support to appellate immigration judges in reviewing immigration and nationality cases and processing actions that result in formal Board orders.
- →Coordinating, routing, and monitoring case assignments to maintain an orderly workflow and identify detained, expedited, or special review cases requiring immediate attention.
- →Reviewing case records and critical data fields, research supporting documents, identify errors or omissions, and ensure compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, precedents, and procedures.
- →Using automated case management and attorney discipline systems to track case status, file locations, corrections, revisions, deadlines, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
- →Proofreading, formatting, and editing legal documents, opinions, correspondence, and orders for accurate citations, quoted material, grammar, style, and compliance with Board procedures.
- →Establishing, organizing, maintaining, and closing legal and administrative files, determining which case materials must be retained under established records procedures.
- →Responding to procedural inquiries, research case status, draft correspondence, coordinate schedules and oral arguments, and maintain legal reference materials for appellate immigration judges.
Personality Fit
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