Legal Assistant (Office Automation)

About the role

This job supports Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) by providing legal assistance and office support services. It involves tasks such as preparing legal documents, conducting research, managing documents, and tracking case timelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide substantive assistance to attorneys for national security and export enforcement litigative matters.
• Examine, prepare, and process a variety of technical legal documents, such as complaints, motions, briefs, affidavits, stipulations, proposed orders, and releases.
• Proofread and cite check legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents.
• Evaluate and coordinate information to establish the facts and issues of specific litigation cases.
• Assist attorneys with discovery, hearing, or trial preparation by performing duties like compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists.
• Manage paper and electronic documents and evidence, correspondence, briefs, witness interviews, and other documentary materials.
• Track filing, hearing, and trial dates, and schedule conferences and interviews.
• Furnish requested information concerning pending and closed matters and cases, functions, and general procedures of the office.
• Develop and maintain a suspense system for ongoing cases and inform AUSA of pending dates and deadlines.

Requirements

To be eligible at the GS-8 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as performing legal support work associated in the specialty area of law by preparing legal documents, verifying citations, assisting with discovery, hearing, or trial preparation, and using software applications and legal and non-legal databases to produce legal related reports and documents.

Qualifications

• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Must pass a typing test with at least 40 words per minute based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Benefits

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.

Pay

Pay is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible and may vary based on the needs of the department.