Law Clerk I
CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) · Charlotte Woods, GA · 1 mo ago
Legal$70k–$80k/yrContract
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: EEO, application instructions, navigation, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Job title: Law Clerk I (but we don't repeat as heading). Employment Type: Full Time, Mid-Level. Department: Legal.
We need sections:
- About the role: likely a paragraph summarizing role: "CGS is seeking a Law Clerk to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency. This position will allow candidates to demonstrate expertise in providing litigation support tasks like cite checking, document review, legal research, and numerous other relevant tasks. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities."
- Responsibilities: list of duties: bullet list from "Skills and attributes for success:" and maybe other tasks. The bullet list includes many items: Works under direction of Project Supervisor or Project Manager; Performs complex legal research for trial staff; Assists in preparing draft legal documents; Reviews and conducts research for ROI; 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.
We can put these under Responsibilities as
- .
- Requirements: maybe the qualifications list: "Requires Juris Doctor (JD) degree, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study or, an equivalent level of legal training or experience or an equivalent level of education may be substituted.- Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.- Thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.- Extensive experience with cite checking and blue book.- Experience performing complex legal research.- Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, and imaging.- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important."
We can put these under Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe the "Ideally, you will also have:" list: Experience working in a Government and/or Litigation Support environment in conjunction with basic qualifications, preferred; Experience with Relativity, strongly preferred and should be referenced within resume; Publication of legal writings highly preferred; Participation in Law Review highly preferred; Current or active clearance.
We can put under Qualifications.
- Skills: maybe we can combine some but we already have skills in responsibilities. However we could have a Skills section for technical skills: "Experience with Relativity, strongly preferred" etc. But we already have Qualifications for preferred. Might be redundant. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Qualifications and Skills? But they ask to use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content for Qualifications (required) and also for "Ideally, you will also have:" which could be Qualifications (preferred) or Skills. Could treat as Qualifications (preferred) and maybe Skills separate for technical skills like "Experience with Relativity", "Publication of legal writings", "Law Review", "Current or active clearance". But those are more qualifications/preferred experience. Could merge into Qualifications.
Better: Have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have Pay: there is a salary mention: "#CJ$70,000 - $80,000 a year". That's specific. So we need Pay section with that.
Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned besides Employment Type: Full Time. That's schedule info. Could put Schedule section with "Full Time". But we need to check rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It states Employment Type: Full Time, Mid-Level. So we can include Schedule: Full Time.
Benefits: they list benefits: Health, Dental, Vision; Life Insurance; 401k; Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter); Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays. So Benefits section.
Now we need to strip boilerplate: EEO statement, contact info, application instructions, AI disclaimer, etc. Also remove navigation/footer lines like "Explore additional job opportunities..." and "For more information about CGS please visit..." and "Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove the line "Our commitment:" paragraph? That is somewhat generic but maybe considered boilerplate? It's about CGS values. Might be considered substantive? It's describing company commitment. Could keep as part of About the role? But we already have About the role paragraph describing mission. The "Our commitment:" paragraph is somewhat generic but still about company values. Might be considered boilerplate but not explicitly listed as cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning. It's not EEO. It's about company values. Could keep but maybe it's fluff. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we can keep the commitment paragraph if not those categories. However it's somewhat generic but still substantive about company values. I'd keep it maybe as part of About the role.
But we need to avoid duplication. The About the role already includes similar content about mission. Might be duplication. We could merge.
Better: Keep About the role as a paragraph describing the role and CGS mission. Then we can omit the separate "Our commitment:" paragraph to avoid duplication.
Now Benefits: list as
- .
Pay:
maybe. Schedule:
Full Time. Now ensure we don't include headings with empty content. Now produce HTML fragment:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Benefits
- ... ...
Pay
$70,000 - $80,000 a year
Schedule
Full Time
Check that we didn't repeat job title. Good. Now verify we preserved all substantive info: Let's extract from original. About the role: we need to include all substantive info from first paragraph: "CGS is seeking a Law Clerk to join our team supporting the legal mission of a large federal agency. This position will allow candidates to demonstrate expertise in providing litigation support tasks like cite checking, document review, legal research, and numerous other relevant tasks. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities." We'll put that as About the role. Responsibilities: list all bullet items from "Skills and attributes for success:" plus maybe also "Assisting attorneys with all phases of litigation." Already included. Also "Cite checking via online legal research tools (Westlaw and Lexis) and blue book." included. Let's list each: - Works under the direction 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. Make sure punctuation. Requirements: list: - Requires Juris Doctor (JD) degree, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study or, an equivalent level of legal training or experience or an equivalent level of education may be substituted. - Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources. - Thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw. - Extensive experience with cite checking and blue book. - Experience performing complex legal research. - Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, and imaging. - Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important. Qualifications (preferred): - Experience working in a Government and/or Litigation Support environment in conjunction with basic qualifications, preferred. - Experience with Relativity, strongly preferred and should be referenced within resume. - Publication of legal writings highly preferred. - Participation in Law Review highly preferred. - Current or active clearance. Benefits: - Health, Dental, and Vision - Life Insurance - 401k - Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter) - Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays Pay: $70,000 - $80,000 a year Schedule: Full Time Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like "Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Remove. Also remove the line "Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come." That's part of "Our commitment:" paragraph; we omitted. Also remove "Explore additional job opportunities..." etc. Also remove "For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact:Email: [email protected] #CJ$70,000 - $80,000 a year" Actually the salary line is embedded there; we extracted salary. Remove the rest. Also remove "We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools..." etc. Now output only HTML fragment. Check for any missing info: Department: Legal. Should we include that? It's metadata but not a heading; we could fold into About the role paragraph maybe. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it. Department is minor metadata; we could include in About the role paragraph as a sentence: "Department: Legal". But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add "Department: Legal" there. However we must preserve ALL substantive information. Department is substantive. So we should include it somewhere. Could add to About the role: "This position is in the Legal department." Or fold into a short
after About the role? But we already have About the role as a paragraph; we can add a sentence.
- .
Pay: