The Paralegal/Legal Assistant I works under close supervision with required assistance readily available. Persons in this position typically perform the following:
- Consult prescribed sources of information for facts relating to matters of interest to the program;
- File various documents with the court.
- Process a variety of documents for use at trial, and prepare document notebooks.
- Review documents to extract selected data and information relating to specific items;
- Review and summarize information in prescribed format on case precedent and decisions;
- Search and extract legal references in libraries and computer-data banks;
- Attend hearings or court appearances to become informed on administrative and/or court procedures and the status of cases, and where necessary, assist in the presentation of charts and other visual information.
Required:
- 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.
- This is an entry level position.
- Requires some experience with the applications actually being supported.
- Knowledge of file manipulation applications and experience with LAW, IPRO, ICONECT, and Relativity, is extremely helpful.
- Knowledge of Government’s IT environment, including office automation networks, PC and server based applications very helpful.
- Undergraduate degree preferred; preferably in the computer science or information management/technology fields.
- Technical certification valued.
Hiring hourly rate of pay:$25.58 (Hourly rate set by SCA)
*This position is regulated by the Department of Labor (DOL) as a Service Contract Act (SCA) contract. The DOL regulates the minimum hourly rate of pay, holiday and vacation leave benefits, and Health and Welfare (H&W) money.
*Employees will earn H&W dollars per eligible hour (including vacation and holiday up to 40 hours/week). H&W monies are used to offset the employer’s cost of benefits the employee elects into and/or utilizes. Any remaining health and welfare monies after all applicable deductions would be cashed out to the employee on a 1 pay period lag.
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