In-House
Norfolk, VA
Legal Staff Paralegal in Norfolk, VA
Legal Staff
1-2 yrs required
No
Job Title:
Paralegal/Legal Assistant I
Job Responsibilities:
- Consult prescribed sources of information for facts relating to matters of interest to the program.
- Review documents to extract selected data and information relating to specific items.
- Review and summarize information in prescribed format on case precedent and decisions.
- Search and extract legal references in libraries and computer-data banks.
- Attend hearings or court appearances to become informed on administrative and/or court procedures and the status of cases, and where necessary, assist in the presentation of charts and other visual information.
Education and Experience Information:
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance.
- Requires a paralegal certificate or current attendance at an ABA-accredited law school with at least one year of study completed.
- One year of legal training or legal experience, or at least two years of college education, may be substituted for the paralegal certificate.
- At least one year of litigation paralegal experience or project experience (as related to the task order) is required; trial experience is very helpful.
- Automated litigation support experience is valued.
- Must possess basic legal knowledge, including knowledge of standard legal citation to cite check legal motions and memoranda and must have sufficient experience with legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw to perform basic legal research.
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills, thorough knowledge, and hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
- Basic familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources is required.
- Ability to consistently deliver the highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
Salary Information:
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Equal Opportunity Employment Statement:
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