Senior Paralegal – Appellate & Post-Conviction

North Carolina Judicial Branch; North Carolina; On-site; USD 63,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Carolina Department of Justice seeks a Paralegal II in the Appellate & Post-Conviction Section to provide legal, administrative, and clerical support under supervision. The role focuses on assisting attorneys with complex tasks in active litigation, drafting and formatting legal documents, and managing case information.

Travel is possible and some overnight stays may occur. Candidates must have paralegal training or equivalent experience as detailed in the job description.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certification is required or evidenced through formal paralegal training.
• Bachelor's degree with paralegal experience also acceptable.
• Equivalent education/experience combinations as allowed by the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide.

Responsibilities

• Provide paralegal and clerical support to Appellate and Post-conviction attorneys preparing the State’s briefs, motions, petitions, responses and other legal documents.
• Proof, cite check, run tables of contents and authorities for filings and other duties for the section as needed.
• Prepare templates for documents, proofread and edit all documents, prepare Tables of Authorities, Tables of Content and Appendices for briefs and other appellate filings.
• Electronically file documents in the United States and North Carolina courts.
• Prepare service copies and exhibits for filings.
• Collect and prepare discovery documents for capital and non-capital criminal cases.
• Check citations to applicable legal authorities, make corrections as necessary and independently make review decisions with minimal review in making final edits.
• Organize attorney case information and manage document collection and/or storage.
• Track attorney cases.

Skills

Paralegal Certification

Education

Paralegal training degree

Bachelor's degree

GED

Job description

The North Carolina Department of Justice seeks a Paralegal II in the Appellate & Post-Conviction Section to provide legal, administrative, and clerical support under supervision. The role focuses on assisting attorneys with complex tasks in active litigation, drafting and formatting legal documents, and managing case information.

Travel is possible and some overnight stays may occur. Candidates must have paralegal training or equivalent experience as detailed in the job description.