Legal Assistant
Duties
At the full performance level, you will support the U.S. Attorney, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, and/or Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) by providing a variety of legal assistance and office support services. If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed. Duties include:
- Examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, e.g., complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and briefs;
- Scheduling and maintaining calendars of meetings, events, and assigned matters;
- Arranging travel by preparing itinerary and securing transportation and hotel reservations;
- Tracking filing, hearing, and meeting dates, and scheduling conferences and interviews;
- Proofreading and cite checking legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents and correspondence;
- Providing assistance to attorneys by conducting non-complex research of litigation, statutes, regulations and court cases;
- Assembling and organizing files and records material for disposition or transfer to records depository;
- Producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.