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Paralegal Specialist
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Posted 12 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/ This vacancy is open to current Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (status candidates) in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, plus well-qualified surplus and displaced DOJ employees (CTAP) in the local commuting area. Internal Employees Only. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
What You'll Do
- →If selected for this position, you will serve as a Paralegal Specialist in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut and will be responsible for providing legal support services to litigation teams.
- →As a Paralegal Specialist you will: Review and organize complex factual material and other documentary data for investigations and trials.
- →Provide advice on the most efficient method for preparing legal documents.
- →Analyzing reports, testimony, interviews and files.
- →Use tables and citation checking with efficiency.
- →Prepare a variety of substantive legal documents to include extradition requests, grand jury and trial subpoenas, interrogatory requests, and documentation relevant to acquiring evidence or testimony.
- →Prepare charts, graphs, and tables to illustrate results.- Prepare, develop, compile, or maintain jury instructions in preparing for trial.
- →Prepare exhibits for trial which typically involve a wide range of visual materials.
- →Provide litigation case management and organize cases for court presentation.
- →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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