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Government
Legal Staff
Immigration
Min 1 yrs required
Legal Assistant (OA), GS 5 - 8 Duties: This position is located in the Office of the Chief Immigration Judge in multiple Immigration Courts. Incumbent serves as a Legal Assistant. The Legal Assistant processes, analyzes and researches legal documents, generates reports, develops Records of Proceedings, and responds to FOIA requests. Will join a well-respected team that is responsible for directly and independently providing a wide variety of technical legal assistance services. The wide variety of technical legal assistance services are performed before, during and after immigration proceedings, in and out of the courtroom. The major duties of Legal Assistant (Court) GS-0986-05 include: Receiving visitors and telephone callers; Reviewing documents; Establishing and maintaining case files; and Preparing and processing legal correspondence. The major duties of Legal Assistant (Court) GS-0986-06 include the above mentioned and: Responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; Conducting research related to legal cases; Maintaining statistical data on cases; and Examining a variety of technical legal documents. The major duties of Legal Assistant (Court) GS-0986-07 include the above mentioned and: Searching files for material to assemble data into the proper format for reports; Checking and retiring files to the Federal Record Center; Composing original letters and memoranda not requiring legal interpretation; and Running and distributing reports. The major duties of Legal Assistant (Court) GS-0986-08 include the above mentioned and: Applying comprehensive legal regulations, techniques, and procedures to perform assistance work requiring extensive searches of records, reference or historical material and comparisons with complex, voluminous or broadly written criteria; Examining and processing charging documents which are voluminous and complex in format; Reviewing incoming documents/files and determining the need to create or reassemble a Record of Proceeding (ROP) file and process a variety of legal documents; and Conducting extensive searches for case information applying comprehensive legal regulations, specialized techniques, and procedures.
Qualification and Experience
Requirements: In order to qualify for the Legal Assistant (OA) position, must meet the following minimum qualifications: GS-5: Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-04 level in the Federal government applying knowledge of rules and procedures to perform a variety of legal support work. This type of work includes 1) preparing and processing standard, routine legal correspondence; 2) providing information to visitors and telephone callers; 3) using word processing software and printing devices to produce a variety of standardized documents such as letters and reports; and 4) maintaining legal files. OR Must have successfully completed 4 years of education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable. This education was obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. OR Must have a combination of specialized experience described above and post high school education described above in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) that totals at least one year. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience GS-6: Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in the Federal government applying knowledge of an extensive body of rules and procedures to perform interrelated and nonstandard legal support work. This type of work includes 1) processing motions, petitions and other legal documents; 2) responding to written, telephonic, electronic, and personal inquiries regarding legal proceedings and records; 3) assist in the preparation of legal case file materials; and 4) maintaining and analyzing statistical data. GS-7: Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level in the Federal government applying knowledge of legal regulations, techniques, and procedures to perform a variety of legal assistance work. This type of work includes 1) scheduling hearings, meetings and engagements; 2) examining case files to determine sufficiency of documentation and to identify material that may be pertinent to issues or cases; 3) conducting research for case information through records, reference and historical material; 4) assisting in retiring files; and 5) generating, modifying, and interpreting computer-generated reports. GS-8: Must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal government applying knowledge of legal regulations, techniques, and procedures to perform a variety of legal assistance work. This type of work includes 1) applying comprehensive legal regulations, techniques, and procedures to perform assistance work requiring extensive searches of records, reference or historical material and comparisons with complex, voluminous or broadly written criteria; 2) examining and processing charging documents which are voluminous and complex in format; 3) reviewing incoming documents/files and determining the need to create or reassemble a Record of Proceeding (ROP) file and process a variety of legal documents; and 4) conducting extensive searches for case information applying comprehensive legal regulations, specialized techniques, and procedures. Office Automation Proficiency Requirement: Must have experience using office automation systems, such as word processing software or personal computers AND can type 40 words or more per minute with three or fewer errors in a five-minute sample. Closing date: 10/15/2018.
Control number: 513110700. Announcement number: DE-10306984-18-TW. Apply online. No emails. Visit website for more details.
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