Administrative Assistant - Alternative Commitment Registration Support Unit, Private Counsel Di

Job Description – Administrative Assistant – Alternative Commitment Registration Support Unit, Private Counsel Division (260000YE)

The Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), the public defender agency for Massachusetts, is seeking applications for an Administrative Assistant in its Alternative Commitment Registration Support Unit (ACRSU) litigation unit located in Malden. The Administrative Assistant will support trial attorneys who represent clients in Sexually Dangerous Persons cases in the Superior Court.

We fight for equal justice and human dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their legal and life goals. We zealously advocate for the rights of individuals and promote just public policy to protect the rights of all.

CPCS is committed to protecting the fundamental constitutional and human rights of our assigned clients through zealous advocacy, community‑oriented defense, and the fullness of excellent legal representation. We are dedicated to building and maintaining strong professional relationships, while striving to accept, listen to and respect the diverse circumstances of each client, as we dedicate ourselves to meeting their individual needs. It is our CPCS mission to achieve these goals, and in furtherance thereof, we embrace and endorse diversity, equity and inclusion as our core values as we maintain a steadfast commitment to: (1) Ensure that CPCS management and staff members represent a broad range of human differences and experience;

(2) Provide a work climate that is respectful and supports success; and (3) Promote the dignity and well‑being of all staff members. CPCS leadership is responsible for ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion. The ability to achieve these goals with any level of certainty is ultimately the responsibility of each member of the CPCS community.

CPCS is the state agency in Massachusetts responsible for providing an attorney when the state or federal constitution or a state statute requires the appointment of an attorney for a person who cannot afford to retain one. The agency provides representation in criminal, delinquency, youthful offender, family regulation, guardianship, mental health, sexually dangerous person, and sex offender registry cases, as well as in appeals and post‑conviction and post‑judgment proceedings related to those matters.

The clients we represent are diverse across every context imaginable and bring many unique cultural dimensions to the matters we address. This reality creates a critical need for CPCS staff to be culturally competent and able to work well with people of different races, ethnicities, genders and/or sexual orientation identities, abilities, and limited English proficiency, among other protected characteristics.

The Alternative Commitment and Registration Support Unit (ACRSU) of CPCS is committed to ensuring that every indigent adult and youth in Massachusetts has access to zealous legal representation when facing “sexually dangerous person” (SDP) civil commitment and sex offender registry board (SORB) classification proceedings from hearings and trials to appeals at all levels. The ACRSU oversees, supports, and trains private panel attorneys to represent clients in SORB and SDP cases and assigns private counsel to these cases, as needed.

The ACRSU also consists of a litigation unit with a group of staff attorneys who represent clients in SDP jury trials in Superior Court. The ACRSU provides leadership in the specialized areas of SORB and SDP litigation defense.

The Malden litigation unit of the ACRSU is comprised of a Supervising Attorney, one Trial Attorney, one rotation Trial Attorney, a Paralegal, and an Administrative Assistant. The litigation unit represents clients subject to Sexually Dangerous Persons (SDP) proceedings pursuant to G.L. c.123A. These are indigent clients previously convicted of sexual offenses for whom the Commonwealth is seeking initial civil commitment or continued confinement at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater.

The attorneys in this unit represent their clients in opposing the…