Paralegal

The Paralegal/Legal Assistant I works under close supervision with required assistance readily available. Persons in this position typically perform the following:

• Consult prescribed sources of information for facts relating to matters of interest to the program;

• File various documents with the court.

• Process a variety of documents for use at trial, and prepare document notebooks.

• 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.

Required:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.

• This is an entry level position.

• Requires some experience with the applications actually being supported.

• Knowledge of file manipulation applications and experience with LAW, IPRO, ICONECT, and Relativity, is extremely helpful.

• Knowledge of Government’s IT environment, including office automation networks, PC and server based applications very helpful.

• Undergraduate degree preferred; preferably in the computer science or information management/technology fields.

• Technical certification valued.

Hiring hourly rate of pay:$25.58 (Hourly rate set by SCA)

*This position is regulated by the Department of Labor (DOL) as a Service Contract Act (SCA) contract. The DOL regulates the minimum hourly rate of pay, holiday and vacation leave benefits, and Health and Welfare (H&W) money.

*Employees will earn H&W dollars per eligible hour (including vacation and holiday up to 40 hours/week). H&W monies are used to offset the employer’s cost of benefits the employee elects into and/or utilizes. Any remaining health and welfare monies after all applicable deductions would be cashed out to the employee on a 1 pay period lag.

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