U.S. Department of Justice
LEGAL ASSISTANT
Pay$39576.00 - $87851.00 / year
LocationMemphis/Tennessee
Employment typeFull-Time
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Job Description
- Req#: 777945200
- Complete the initial online assessment and USA Hire Assessment, if required
- You must complete a background investigation, credit check, and drug test.
- You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Selective Service Registration is required, as applicable.
- Probationary period will apply.
- May be required to file a Financial Disclosure.
- 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.
- Preparing and processing standard, routine legal correspondence;
- Providing information to visitors and telephone callers;
- Using word processing software and printing devices to produce a variety of standardized documents such as letters and reports; and
- Maintaining legal files.
- Processing motions, petitions and other legal documents;
- Responding to written, telephonic, electronic and personal inquiries regarding legal proceedings and records;
- Assisting in the preparation of legal case file materials; and
- Maintaining and analyzing statistical data.
- Scheduling hearings, meetings and engagements;
- Examining case files to determine sufficiency of documentation and to identify material that may be pertinent to issues or cases;
- Conducting research for case information through records, reference and historical material;
- Assisting in retiring files; and
- Generating, modifying, and interpreting computer-generated reports.
- Applying comprehensive legal regulations, techniques, and procedures to perform assistance work requiring extensive searches of records, reference or historical material and comparisons with complex, voluminous or broadly written criteria;
- Examining and processing charging documents which are voluminous and complex in format;
- Reviewing incoming documents/files and determining the need to create or reassemble a Record of Proceeding (ROP) file and process a variety of legal documents; and
- Conducting extensive searches for case information applying comprehensive legal regulations, specialized techniques, and procedures.
This position is located in an Immigration Court in the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (OCIJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review, U. S. Department of Justice. Incumbent serves as a Legal Assistant (OA) who processes, analyzes and researches legal documents, generates reports, develops Record of Proceedings, and responds to FOIA requests.
This is a Competitive Service position; additional positions may be filled from this announcement within 90 days of certificate issuance.Duties
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for directly and independently providing a wide variety of technical legal assistance services. The wide variety of technical legal assistance services are performed before, during and after immigration proceedings, in and out of the courtroom.
The major duties of Legal Assistant GS-0986-05 include the above mentioned and:Requirements
Qualifications
In order to qualify for the LEGAL ASSISTANT position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:
FOR THE GS-05 LEVEL:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:
-OR-
Education: Applicants must have successfully completed 4 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite and is creditable up to the GS-5. This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. NOTE: Applicants must submit a copy of their transcripts for verification.
-OR-
Combination: Applicants must have a combination of specialized experience described above and post high school education described above in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) that totals at least one year. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. NOTE: Applicants must submit a copy of their transcripts for verification.
FOR THE GS-06 LEVEL:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:
FOR THE GS-07 LEVEL:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:
FOR THE GS-08 LEVEL:
Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties:
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here.About the company
The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DOJ is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the U.S. government in legal matters, and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.