Legal Administrative Specialist; Litigation Support

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As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-TXE--MS.

To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must meet at least one of the following conditions:

• Specialized Experience
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  One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: performing routine litigation support assignments such as assisting with organizing case information, assisting attorneys in preparing for court such as preparing exhibits, compiling trial notebooks, compiling witness and exhibit lists and preparing computerized trial presentations and exhibits; assisting attorneys by utilizing litigation technology systems, hardware or software;
  
  verifying citations; conducting research, analysis and evaluation of data; using automated legal research tools as well as public information databases to perform basic research of case-specific legal matters; preparing a variety of legal documents; and managing discovery.
• Education
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  One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Law, or Criminal Justice): a master’s or equivalent graduate degree; 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
• Combining Education and Experience
  : A combination of specialized experience as described in A and graduate-level education as described in B which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. To calculate the percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate hours that exceed 18 semester hours (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18.
  
  To calculate your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100% (only graduate education in excess of the first full year may be used in this calculation).

To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least one of the following conditions:

• Specialized Experience
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  One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: working in a legal environment providing technical assistance to litigation teams on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities; organizing and processing electronic discovery; analyzing litigation support requirements to develop or recommend appropriate strategies to meet litigation needs; using automated litigation support technology, or related programs to organize voluminous case information for retrieval, and resolving litigation support system problems;
  
  preparing computerized trial presentations and index digital evidence; researching, analyzing and summarizing relevant legal precedents; and preparing and maintaining a variety of trial-related documents, training users in the operation of litigation technology hardware and software.
• Education
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  One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Law, or Criminal Justice): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
• Combining Education and Experience
  : A combination of specialized experience as described in A and graduate-level education as…