Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support)

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys•Lafayette, LA

21h

About The Position

The Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support) supports civil and/or criminal litigation teams by performing routine litigation support tasks involving electronic discovery, evidence, exhibits, and other electronically stored information relevant to investigations and casework. The work uses a variety of methods and software applications. Responsibilities increase in complexity as training and experience progress. In a developmental capacity, the specialist processes common electronically stored information, including PDF files, Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and emails, and prepares it for litigation-team review or production. The role also involves organizing and preparing hard-copy documents for scanning, scanning documents with appropriate decisions about equipment, unitization, resolution, and format, and using software to extract or download electronic case materials for processing. The specialist provides customer support to litigation-team members using litigation technology applications and prepares indices to support efficient automated document storage and retrieval.

Requirements

Be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Meet the GS-7 qualification requirements through at least one of the listed routes: specialized experience, education, a combination of education and experience, or superior academic achievement.
For the specialized-experience route, have one year of experience equivalent to GS-5 in the Federal service or equivalent paid or unpaid experience, including legal-environment work preparing and managing electronic case materials, routine electronic-information processing, extracting or downloading electronic case materials using software, and general administrative and customer support duties.
For the education route, have one full year of graduate-level education in a related field, such as Criminal Justice, Law, or Information Technology, leading to a master's degree or higher.
For the superior-academic-achievement route, hold or expect to complete a bachelor's degree within nine months and meet at least one listed academic criterion: upper-third class standing, specified GPA thresholds, or membership in a national scholastic honor society.
Meet all qualification requirements by the announcement closing date.
Complete pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit, and tax checks, and drug testing; continued employment is subject to favorable background-investigation adjudication.
Register for Selective Service if applicable.
Complete a one-year probationary period if required.
Provide qualifying documentation for foreign education when relying on it to meet education requirements; documentation must be in English or accompanied by an English translation.

Responsibilities

Process common electronically stored information and prepare it for litigation-team review or production.
Organize and prepare hard-copy documents for scanning.
Scan hard-copy documents and determine appropriate equipment, unitization, resolution, and format.
Use software applications to extract electronic case materials from storage devices or download materials from secure file-transfer sites for processing.
Provide customer support to litigation-team members using litigation technology applications.
Prepare appropriate indices so documents can be stored and retrieved efficiently.
Perform general administrative support duties.