Law Clerk I: Federal Litigation Research & Cite-Checking

CGS Federal; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Paid Time Off and Observance of State

Job summary

CGS is seeking a Law Clerk to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency in Chicago. This mid-level full-time role involves providing litigation support, cite checking, document review, and legal research to assist trial staff.

You will work under supervision, draft motions and briefs, review records, edit decisions, respond to citizen letters, and use Westlaw and Lexis. A JD or current ABA-accredited law school student status is required, with strong research skills

Qualifications

• JD or ABA-accredited law school student with at least one year of study
• Strong knowledge of federal and state court systems and research procedures
• Extensive experience with LEXIS and Westlaw
• Familiar with cite checking and blue book
• Proficient with word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and imaging
• Ability to deliver high-quality work under pressure

Responsibilities

• Work under supervision of a Project Supervisor or Project Manager
• Performs complex legal research for the trial staff
• Assists in preparing draft legal documents, such as motions, briefs, memoranda of law, etc.
• Reviews and conducts research for ROI (Release of Information)
• Reviews new cases and conducts research of pertinent laws
• Edits previously submitted final decisions and writes/researches legal opinions on newest case
• Edits and reviews cases for issuance
• Responds to citizen letters
• Reviews AMICUS briefs
• Briefs attorneys regarding legal issues, theories and draft statement of facts
• Assisting attorneys with all phases of litigation
• Cite checking via online legal research tools (Westlaw and Lexis) and blue book

Skills

Legal research

Cite checking

Bluebook knowledge

Document drafting

Westlaw

Lexis

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) or ABA-accredited law school student

Tools

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Document management systems

Job description

CGS is seeking a Law Clerk to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency in Chicago. This mid-level full-time role involves providing litigation support, cite checking, document review, and legal research to assist trial staff.

You will work under supervision, draft motions and briefs, review records, edit decisions, respond to citizen letters, and use Westlaw and Lexis. A JD or current ABA-accredited law school student status is required, with strong research skills