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Legal Assistant (OA) - Environmental Defense Section
Offices, Boards and Divisions · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. The Section represents the United States in complex litigation arising under a broad range of environmental statutes and defends the United States against challenges to its cleanup and compliance actions at Superfund sites, federally owned facilities and private sites. The incumbent will perform legal support tasks associated with Section litigation.
What You'll Do
- →This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with Ann# ENRD-26-035-DE for applicants who DO NOT have Federal status.
- →Please review that announcement to determine if you are eligible to apply.
- →Note: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement.
- →As a Legal Assistant, you will join a well-respected team of Legal Assistants who are responsible for performing a wide range of administrative and legal support tasks to support the Section's federal district court litigation practice: Reviewing and analyzing case materials to become familiar with the case or matter.
- →Creating and maintaining litigation case files of pleadings, discovery documents, and correspondence.
- →Organizing and maintaining legal and other reference materials.
- →Utilizing word processing software including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat to draft, edit, and prepare a variety of routine documents and correspondence.
- →Utilizing automated legal databases, including Relativity, Westlaw, Lexis, or other similar database to conduct searches for or retrieve legal documents, court cases, and statutory references.
- →Retrieving, organizing, and assembling trial exhibits, affidavits, legal documents, briefing books, and other case materials to prepare for trials or other litigation projects.
- →Arranging travel reservations; preparing and completing necessary travel authorizations and vouchers; and coordinating with appropriate offices to ensure prompt payment.
- →Directing inquiries from visitors and callers to the appropriate individuals for action.
- →Preparing correspondence and administrative forms using proper format, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- →Conveying information to customers and staff in a clear and convincing manner.
- →Composing routine legal documents e.g., motions or requests for extension of time or proposed orders, requiring knowledge of legal procedures.
Requirements
- ✓All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
- ✓It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials.
- ✓More information may be found at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html All documentation must be in English or include an English translation. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 06c8d49a-d433-49a2-94c3-5da87195cbf3
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