Paralegal

Works under the direction of a Supervisory Legal Assistant to review files and documents for a variety of criminal or civil cases to become familiar with the issues and identify pertinent material.

Responsibilities include:

• Establishes and maintains an effective system of compiling, indexing, and organizing information and its sources.
• Participates and assists in preparation for trial by compiling, organizing, and indexing various trial documents. Marks and identifies trial documents and drafts a list of documents offered at trial.
• Performs a range of legal tasks, including copying, mailing, closing files, maintaining pleadings, and maintaining a calendar system for assigned attorneys.
• Maintains electronic case files, which are organized, current, accessible, and retrievable, and ensures the integrity of data inputted into the case management system.
• Searches and extracts legal references in libraries and computer-data banks.
• Reviews and summarizes information in a prescribed format on case precedent and decisions.
• Assists AUSAs by preparing, scheduling, reviewing, and organizing discovery, notifying, and managing witnesses.
• Aids in organizing evidence for production as discovery and for use in trial.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization.
  
  Note:
  
  US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• Requires a 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.
• Additionally, at least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience is very helpful.
• Automated litigation support experience is valued.
• Must have basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memorandum, and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research.
• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, thorough knowledge and hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
• Role also requires basic familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
• Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure is very important.

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