Legal Administrative Specialist

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

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected Legal Support team that is responsibile for providing a variety of legal, administrative and technical support services to the Criminal Division within the District of Nevada. The duties of this position include: Conducts factual research and non-complex research of legislation, statutes, regulations, and court cases. Using various software applications technologies, such as Everlaw, Case View, Adobe, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. to collect, organize, analyze, and present information. Managing, organizing, reviewing, and summarizing incoming and outgoing discovery in electronic or other formats in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal and/or Civil Procedure. Provides administrative support for assigned cases. This includes but is not limited to entering information into case management systems; maintaining calendar of assigned active cases; and managing case-related documents. Ensuring that legal pleadings, forms, reports, correspondence, and other documents are prepared and submitted within established deadlines. Preparing draft pleadings, stipulations, motions, tables of authorities, tables of contents, and other legal documents. Proofreading and cite-checking legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.