Legal Administrative Specialist (litigation Support)

Legal Administrative Specialist

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Legal Administrative Specialist support for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware. Typical work duties include the following:

• Performs a variety of litigation support tasks necessary to process the most complex and/or voluminous electronically stored information
• Analyzes litigation support requirements to develop and recommend appropriate strategies to meet complex and/or voluminous litigation needs
• Consults with litigation team members (e.g., attorneys, investigators, legal support staff) to understand case needs and gives advice, counsel, or guidance to the team
• Serves as the focal point in providing advice on legal support work
• Prepares and maintains a variety of trial-related documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions, trial subpoenas, etc., by applying a thorough knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and applying practical litigative experience

Qualifications:

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service as defined below. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing the following types of duties: performing complex and/or voluminous litigation support assignments such as organizing case information (i.e., scanning and creating CDs); assisting attorneys in preparing for court such as preparing documents, exhibits, compiling trial notebooks, compiling witness and exhibit lists or preparing computerized trial presentations and exhibits; conducting research, analysis and evaluation of data in response to requests; using automated legal research tools such as Westlaw, Lexis, as well as public information databases to perform basic research of case-specific legal matters; and preparing a variety of legal documents.

OR Education: One of the following types of education a Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related. Education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.

OR Combination of Education/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 2 full years.

Additional Information:

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized. The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.