Senior Legal Secretary

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)

Senior Legal Secretary

$32.44-$40.44/ hourly

Apply at www.lausdjobs.org

LA Unified School District is seeking a Senior Legal Secretary

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of the Los Angeles Unified School District seeks to be nothing less than the best public law office in Los Angeles County. The OGC is an ethical, high performance legal department with high professional standards and integrity that provides first class legal service to the teachers, supervisors and administrators who support the District's 600,000 plus students that we educate. The OGC uses their skills to advise and counsel schools and administrative offices, and recognize that their ultimate clients are the students of the District and their families, and work to support the District's vision that all of our students will graduate, be college prepared and career ready.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of correspondence, legal opinions, presentations, articles for publication, drafts of legislation, and legal documents concerning District business.
• Assists administrators and other authorized personnel in the use of legal reference material.
• Researches appropriate private or governmental sources to secure information required in litigation.
• Performs and/or supervises the performance of the following duties:
• Maintains files related to potential litigation.
• Sets appointments and conferences for attorneys, paralegals, and other staff members.
• Indexes and cross-indexes complex sets of subject files.
• Responds to questions from the general public, parents, students, officials, and employees of the District, and representatives of other governmental agencies regarding the functions and procedures of the office and other matters.
• Prepares legal documents and files litigation documents in appropriate courts, including authorizing requests for preparation of warrants for necessary filing fees.
• Indexes, files, locates, and researches correspondence, legal opinions, and court decisions as requested.
• Receives, opens, processes, and routes office mail.
• Reviews the Daily Journal and other legal newspapers and journals for Court Calendar listings of current litigation with which the office is involved and flagging articles for photocopying and filing in office and/or litigation files.
• May assist in maintaining the office library of legal publications, legal subject files, and confidential files.

Please visit www.lausdjobs.org to view the full list of job duties.

The ideal candidate:

• Use legal terminology and procedures and prepare legal documents
• Learn about the various legal services provided by governmental jurisdictions and private agencies
• Organize and set up legal-opinion and subject files and a library of legal publications
• Locate and identify legal opinions, court decisions, and legislation as required
• Read and comprehend legal publications and legislative measures
• Preserve the confidentiality of office matters
• Prepare spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and electronically generated graphics and slides
• Work harmoniously with employees of the District, members of the general public, students, parents, and representatives of other governmental jurisdictions
• Operate a computer and associated peripheral equipment

Minimum Requirements:

Education: Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency. Completion of a certification in legal secretarial science or related field; or certification as a paralegal from a program, preferably approved by the American Bar Association; or an associate’s degree in legal secretarial science or a related field from a recognized college or university is preferable.

NOTE: You MUST upload your degree (i.e. scan or take a picture of your degree) or official transcripts to your candidate profile, under “attachments.”

Experience: Three years of experience that includes assisting attorneys in preparing and compiling legal and litigation forms, pleadings, discovery, and other documents, using legal template software, and screening and routing calls.

Special:

Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.

Benefits:

Insurance: District paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; and life insurance plans.

Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).

Vacation: Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service.

Paid Holidays: up to 13 days.

Application Process:

To be officially considered for this opportunity, please apply on our website www.lausdjobs.org

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