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Legal Assistant (Office Automation)
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 26-ILC-12999850-DE.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as a legal assistant responsible for supporting Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services.
- →Reviews bills and invoices and submits to budget office for payment.
- →Maintains calendar of assigned active cases. -Tracks filing, hearing, and trial dates, and scheduling conferences and interviews.
- →Develops and maintains suspense system for ongoing cases and informs the AUSA of pending dates and deadlines. -Contributes to reports summarizing the case status, including legal issues, factual issues, and case developments.
- →Aids in summarizing the factual situation, the basis of the complaint, legal Issues presented and relevant case law. -Codes and indexes discovery documents using legal case management software.
- →Conducts document searches, organizes documents, conducts first level document review, and coordinates document production.
- →Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
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 http://www.ed.gov OR 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 http://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.
Personality Fit
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