Paralegal

About the role

The Paralegal/Legal Assistant I works under close supervision with required assistance readily available.

Responsibilities

• Consult prescribed sources of information for facts relating to matters of interest to the program
• Organize and receive production documents
• Review documents to extract selected data and information relating to specific items
• Review and summarize information in prescribed format on case precedent and decisions
• Search and extract legal references in libraries and computer-data banks
• Attend hearings or court appearances to become informed on administrative and/or court procedures and the status of cases, and where necessary, assist in the presentation of charts and other visual information

Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school having completed at least one year of study
• One year of legal training or legal experience or at least two years of college education may be substituted for the paralegal certificate
• At least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) required; trial experience very helpful
• Automated litigation support experience valued
• US Citizenship required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization
• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization

Skills

• Basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum
• Sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Thorough knowledge and hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems