Legal Administrative Specialist; FLU

Overview

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

GS-07: To be eligible at the GS-7 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions:
Specialized Experience, Education, OR a Combination of Education and Experience.

• Specialized Experience
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  One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience utilizing a variety of automated legal research tools as well as public information databases and other automated resources to research case or program-specific legal matters, and participating in assigned areas of criminal or civil proceedings, e.g., electronic discovery; searching databases for deed records, liens, determining lienholders’ priority, obtaining copies of deeds and/or trust documents;
  
  preparing a variety of substantive legal documents including motions, foreclosures, garnishments, and other legal actions to effect necessary post-judgment action regarding debts owed.
• Education
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  Successful completion of one full year of graduate education (18 semester hours or the number of units your school uses to describe one graduate year) leading to a master's degree in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law); or LL.B or JD; which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do paralegal specialist work.
• Superior Academic Achievement
  : A full four year course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree (or expect to complete within 9 months) and meet one of the following provisions: (1) class standing in the upper one-third of the graduating class; (2) a GPA of 3.0 or higher as recorded on the official transcript, or computed based on courses completed during the final two full years of the curriculum;
  
  (3) a GPA of 3.5 or higher based on required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in a major field completed during the final two years of the curriculum; or (4) election to a membership in a national scholastic honor society.
• Combining Education and Experience
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  Combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year.

GS-09: To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions:
Specialized Experience, Education, OR a Combination of Education and Experience.

• Specialized Experience
  :
  One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has provided the ability to perform legal support work in the area of debt collection, processing debt collection claims referred from client agencies, ensuring property liens have been filed in the appropriate county and state of the property location, researching property records in various counties and states, and determining proper ownership of the property.
• Education
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  One of the following in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law): a Master’s or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.B. or J.D.); OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. 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
  :
  Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year.

GS-11
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To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service as defined below; or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education, LL.M., Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field (e.g., Information Technology, Criminal Justice, Law); or a combination of both specialized experience…