Legal Administrative Specialist

United States Attorneys' Offices; Reno (NV); In loco; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The United States Attorneys' Offices in Nevada seeks a Legal Support Specialist to assist the Criminal Division with discovery management, organizing documents, and supporting trial teams. You will handle evidence, perform factual research, and prepare legal documents.

Proficiency with Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, and PowerPoint is essential for collecting, analyzing, and presenting information. The role emphasizes growth as training progresses and requires U.S.

Competenze

• One full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-7 in discovery management, investigation support, and litigation assistance.
• Education: Master's or two years of progressively higher-level graduate education in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law, IT).
• Combining Education and Experience may meet total qualifications if graduate education exceeds 1 full year.

Mansioni

• Manage, organize, review, and summarize incoming and outgoing discovery in electronic or other formats.
• Handle evidence and discovery, including redactions and webcam redactions.
• Use Discovery software, Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, and PowerPoint to collect, organize, analyze, and present information.
• Conduct factual legal research and cite-check legal briefs and memos.
• Prepare draft pleadings, stipulations, motions, and tables of authorities.
• Provide administrative support for assigned cases and maintain case management systems.

Conoscenze

Discovery management

Legal research

Administrative support

Trial preparation

Formazione

Master's degree in Criminal Justice or Law or IT

Two years of graduate education in related field

Strumenti

Everlaw

Case View

Adobe

Excel

PowerPoint

Descrizione del lavoro

Summary For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.

Summary 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.

This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 27-NV-13080310-DE.

Duties

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected Legal Support team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal, administrative and technical support services to the Criminal Division within the District of Nevada. The duties of this position include:

• Managing, organizing, reviewing, and summarizing incoming and outgoing discovery in electronic or other formats in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal and/or Civil Procedure.
• Handling a wide variety of evidence and Discovery, organizing, preparing, routing electronic discovery, discovery redactions and webcam redactions.
• Uses various software applications technologies, such as Discovery, Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. to collect, organize, analyze, and present information.
• Conducts factual research and non-complex research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases, cite-checking legal briefs and proofreading, memoranda, and other legal documents.
• Preparing draft pleadings, stipulations, motions, tables of authorities, tables of contents, and other legal documents.
• Providing administrative support for assigned cases. This includes but is not limited to entering information into case management systems; maintaining calendar and logging of assigned active cases; and managing case-related and discovery documents.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

GS-09: To be eligible at the GS-09 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience.

• Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as performing the following: (1) managing incoming discovery in tracking receipt, in index or logs including paper documents, and electronic files, (2) performing general administrative support duties ie: office automation software, preparing binders, file compilations for use during hearings, depositions, interviews and trials; (3) providing technical assistance to litigation teams, and utilizing various software applications to provide assistance to attorneys in trial preparation and courtroom presentations; (4) utilizing office automation tools in order to create physical and digital trial presentations, working with investigators, agents, and legal support staff; handling a wide variety of evidence and discovery; (5) and conducting factual legal research, non-legal databases, non-complex research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases.
• Education: One of the following types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law, Information Technology) Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.
• Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)-

The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-

The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.

Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

Education

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.

Additional information

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

EEO Statement/Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. More information can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline.

Political Appointees (Current or Former): The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Help

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.