Paralegal

CACI International • Washington, DC

25d • Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will work collaboratively with teams of DOJ attorneys to handle a wide variety of litigation support tasks from the basics (preparing and filing documents with courts and organizing, tracking and archiving legal documents) to the more complex tasks (redacting and protecting privilege information, conducting factual and legal research, assisting in witness interviews, depositions and trial preparation by preparing binders, indexing discovery, and preparing evidentiary exhibits, and providing in-court room assistance). CACI is committed to growing our eDiscovery workforce and has included tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, the ACEDS certification and Paralegal Certificates! This is a great opportunity for someone to grow their careers. Please apply if you are interested to hear more!

Requirements

• Requires paralegal certificate, JD, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study.
• One year of legal training or legal experience or at least two years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required.
• Trial experience very helpful.
• Basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum.
• Sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research.
• Basic familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Thorough knowledge and hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
• DOJ MBI must be obtainable (US Citizenship required).

Nice To Haves

• Trial experience very helpful.
• Prior experience with trial presentation software such as Trial Director or OnCue, previous “hot seat” experience a bonus.
• Prior automated litigation support experience valued.
• Extensive computer and database expertise (MS Excel and Word skills) welcome.

Responsibilities

• Compiling, preparing, and summarizing relevant materials for use by attorneys in discovery and in preparation of motions, briefs and other legal documents
• Summarize depositions and other transcripts; maintains case files.
• Perform simple legal research.
• Index, track and control document discovery (including documents produced and received in discovery)
• Index, track and exhibits and other materials at depositions and at trial. Prepares exhibit cross-references.
• Assist DOJ attorneys in the courtroom
• Review documents for relevance according to established guidelines and criteria.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, the ACEDS certification and Paralegal Certificates
• Flexible time off
• Robust learning resources
• Healthcare
• Wellness
• Financial
• Retirement
• Family support
• Continuing education

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree