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Legal Assistant (Office Automation)
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Posted 56 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 applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-OKN-13014736-MS.
What You'll Do
- →This posting seeks Legal Assistant applicants for our Civil Division.
- →The Civil Division defends the United States against all varieties of civil claims and recovers hundreds of millions of dollars in losses to the United States and penalties from companies and individuals who defraud federal programs.
- →You will be supporting Civil Division Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) who handle a wide array of federal civil cases in the trial, appellate, and bankruptcy courts.
- →At the full performance level, you will support AUSAs by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services.
- →If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed.
- →Duties include: Examining, preparing, and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels.
- →Proofreading and cite checking legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents.
- →Providing assistance to attorneys in trial preparation by conducting non-complex research of litigation, statutes, regulations, and court cases.
- →Assembling exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents.
- →Assembling and organizing files and records material for disposition or transfer to the records depository.
- →Maintaining a calendar of assigned active cases, tracking filing, hearing, and trial dates, scheduling conferences and interviews; arranging travel by preparing an itinerary and securing transportation and hotel reservations, and producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications.
- →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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