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Legal Assistant (Office Automation)
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Posted 36 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-MN-13016918-DE.
What You'll Do
- →If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for supporting Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services in either the Criminal Division or Civil Division.
- →The Criminal Division represents the United States in the investigation and prosecution of federal criminal offenses.
- →Working closely with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, the division prosecutes a wide range of cases, including violent crime, drug trafficking, financial fraud, cybercrime, child exploitation, immigration offenses, and national security matters.
- →Legal assistants play a vital role in supporting attorneys throughout all phases of criminal litigation, from case initiation through trial and appeal.
- →The Civil Division handles a variety of civil cases and investigations on behalf of the United States, including healthcare and procurement fraud, civil rights enforcement, constitutional challenges to statutes and regulations, environmental defense and enforcement, financial litigation, bankruptcy, asset forfeiture, immigration, and the defense of employment discrimination and tort claims.
- →Legal Assistants play a vital role in supporting attorneys throughout all phases of litigation and investigation.
- →If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed.
- →Typical work assignments will 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 records depository.
- →Maintaining calendar of assigned active cases.
- →Tracking filing, hearing, and trials dates, and scheduling conference and interviews.
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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