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Paralegal Specialist
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys · Posted 142 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. Salary contains multiple grades/steps. In most cases, the salary is set at the minimum salary for the grade applicant(s) is selected. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-CAE-12962166-MS
What You'll Do
- →As a Paralegal Specialist in the United States Attorney's Office (USAO), you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal support services.
- →You will be assigned to the Civil Division in the Fresno office.
- →Duties will include, but are not limited to: Support Assistant U.S.
- →Attorneys with immigration-related litigation to include defending habeas corpus, mandamus, and Administrative Procedure Act challenges, and prosecuting affirmative civil immigration enforcement actions.
- →Perform extensive legal research into laws, legislative history, precedent setting cases, decisions, and opinions that may be applicable; especially pertaining to immigration cases.
- →Create and manage physical and electronic case files for complex cases with voluminous discovery and evidence.
- →Analyze documents, reports, and correspondence as well as prepare a wide variety of documents.
- →Organize, index, summarize, and retrieve information from voluminous collections of discovery materials and trial exhibits (in both paper and digital formats).
- →Present digital exhibits and visual materials at trial using most advanced trial presentation software available.
- →Assist Assistant U.S.
- →Attorneys in preparing civil cases for trial.
- →Initially, litigation casework will consist predominantly or exclusively of immigration matters.
- →However, as workload and office needs allow, there may be opportunities to work on or transition to non-immigration civil practice areas, such as Defense and/or Affirmative Civil Enforcement.
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
Job ID: 71456875-4262-4da9-a472-ca1e14a30b1c
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