Legal Assistant.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical legal and administrative support to appellate immigration judges in reviewing immigration and nationality cases and processing actions that result in formal Board orders.
• Coordinating, routing, and monitoring case assignments to maintain an orderly workflow and identify detained, expedited, or special review cases requiring immediate attention.
• Reviewing case records and critical data fields, researching supporting documents, identifying errors or omissions, and ensuring compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, precedents, and procedures.
• Using automated case management and attorney discipline systems to track case status, file locations, corrections, revisions, deadlines, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
• Proofreading, formatting, and editing legal documents, opinions, correspondence, and orders for accurate citations, quoted material, grammar, style, and compliance with Board procedures.
• Establishing, organizing, maintaining, and closing legal and administrative files, determining which case materials must be retained under established records procedures.
• Responding to procedural inquiries, researching case status, drafting correspondence, coordinating schedules and oral arguments, and maintaining legal reference materials for appellate immigration judges.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• You will be required to complete a pre-employment security investigation and background check which includes a drug screening.
• You may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born on, or after, December 31, 1959. Those not registered should have an approved exemption on file.
• If selected, you may be required to disclose financial information in accordance with DOJ and Federal ethics guidelines.
• Salary payments must be by direct deposit to a financial institution.
• Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Residency requirement: For a total of three (not necessarily consecutive) years of the five years immediately prior to applying, you must have:
  • resided in the U.S.,
  • worked for the U.S. overseas in a Federal or military capacity, or
  • been a dependent of a Federal or military employee serving overseas.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for the Legal Assistant position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:

GS-08 Level

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks, full-time) of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service (or comparable experience outside the Federal service), performing 3 or more of the following duties:

• Reviewing legal or administrative case files for completeness using established procedures;
• Updating case information in an automated case management system;
• Maintaining legal files in accordance with records procedures; and
• Proofreading routine legal documents for accuracy and proper format.

(Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience.)

GS-09 Level

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks, full-time) of specialized work experience equivalent to the GS-08 level in the Federal service (or comparable experience outside the Federal service), performing 3 or more of the following duties:

• Applying statutes, regulations, and precedents to determine whether case actions comply with regulatory requirements;
• Researching regulations, precedents, and agency guidance to address procedural questions and process legal case actions;
• Tracking priority legal cases and updating case status to support expedited review and timely processing; and
• Providing case status and procedural information to attorneys, judges, staff, or other authorized parties.

(Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience.)

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.