Legal Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or nationality.
• Satisfactory pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit, and tax checks, and drug testing; continued employment is subject to a favorable background investigation adjudication.
• Selective Service registration if applicable.
• Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the announcement closing date.
• Meet qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the announcement closing date and before placement.
• GS-5: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-4, four years of education above high school, or an eligible combination of experience and education. Specialized experience includes reviewing documents with legal implications for accuracy and completeness, typing and formatting correspondence and forms, maintaining file systems, and obtaining information from files or general reference sources.
• GS-6: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-5, including reviewing legal documents for completeness of factual information, retrieving and assembling information for hearings or trials, researching legal sources, and using automated software to produce legal-related materials.
• GS-7: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-6, including preparing trial documents accurately and in proper format, verifying citations and statutory references, assisting with discovery and trial preparation, and using software and databases for legal documents, research, indices, and courtroom presentations.
• Type at least 40 words per minute on a five-minute sample with no more than three errors; a typing test may be required later.
• If selected, may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.

Responsibilities

• Examine, prepare, and process technical legal documents, including complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels.
• Proofread and cite-check legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents.
• Assist attorneys with trial preparation by conducting non-complex research on litigation, statutes, regulations, and court cases.
• Assemble exhibits, affidavits, and other legal documents.
• Assemble and organize files and records for disposition or transfer to a records depository.
• Maintain calendars for assigned active cases.
• Track filing, hearing, and trial dates, and schedule conferences and interviews.
• Arrange travel by preparing itineraries and securing transportation and hotel reservations.
• Produce written documents and materials using a variety of office software applications.

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Telework
• Life insurance
• Health benefits
• Participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System