Legal Administrative Specialist (Litigation Support)

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.


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
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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.
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for litigation support. Typical work assignments will include:

• Performs a variety of litigation support duties necessary to process complex and/or voluminous electronically stored information and prepare it for review or production by the case team.
• Analyzes litigation support requirements to develop and recommend appropriate strategies to meet complex and/or voluminous litigation needs.
• Develops a plan for copying, storing, and reviewing complex and/or voluminous electronic files consistent with those requirements, including by proposing software tools, review criteria, and organizational strategies.
• Prepares audio and video files for production, including by using software applications to edit audio and video files or to convert such files to useable formats, consistent with case team and court requirements.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of trial-related documents, e.g., discovery letters, exhibit lists, jury instructions, trial subpoenas, etc., by applying a thorough knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and applying practical litigative experience.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service as defined below.

Specialized experience is defined as experience performing the following types of duties: performing complex and/or voluminous litigation support assignments such as organizing case information (i.e., scanning and creating CDs); assisting attorneys in preparing for court such as preparing documents, exhibits, compiling trial notebooks, compiling witness and exhibit lists or preparing computerized trial presentations and exhibits; conducting research, analysis and evaluation of data in response to requests; using automated legal research tools such as Westlaw, Lexis, as well as public information databases to perform basic research of case-specific legal matters; and preparing a variety of legal documents.

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Education: One of the following types of education a Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related. Education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.

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Combination of Education/Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years.