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. This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 26-VI-13022644-MS.
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected Legal Support Division team that is responsible for providing a variety of legal, administrative, and technical support services to the Criminal and Civil Divisions within the District of Virgin Islands. The duties of this position include: Assisting Criminal and Civil attorneys on legal automation requirements and systems capabilities to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation, and trial presentations. Using various software applications technologies, such as Everlaw, OnCue, 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. Providing legal and administrative support directly or indirectly to multiple attorneys to include maintaining calendars, tracking filings, hearings, deadlines, conferences, and interviews. 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. Maintaining files, logs, complaints, transcripts, reports, and other confidential records. Assuring computers and other electronic equipment is in place and operational in courtrooms, grand jury proceedings, and office presentations. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov OR Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.
keima.willett@usdoj.gov
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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