PARALEGAL SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a PARALEGAL SPECIALIST in the Office of Special Trial Counsel of NLSC.

GS-11 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) General office management and administration; ensuring timely, accurate preparation and submission of correspondence and reports, and proper maintenance of files; 2) Assisting attorneys in their conducting of training to assigned military and civilian support staff on topics such as local law, court procedures, legal research, documentation preparation, case management and office procedures; 3) Onboarding all newly reporting trial staff, ensuring access to all files, directories and distribution lists; 4) Delivering formal or informal presentations/training regarding legal or administrative procedures to appropriate audiences outside of trial department; 5) Verifying accurate data entry and document upload into applicable case management systems.

6) Performing routine quality review to verify compliance with policy and standards; 7) Reviewing court-martial docket and updating attorneys on case deadlines.

GS-12 Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Preparing litigation and court-martial support documents (e.g.

pleadings, motions, Article 62 appeals, direct and cross examination questions) requiring complex independent legal research, analysis, and factual understanding of specific cases; 2) Preparing assigned cases in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, precedents, policies, office practices and established procedures.

3) Logging and managing discovery and fully understands trial counsel discovery obligations; 4) Proofing charge sheets, written requests, court-martial filings, and correspondence to ensure correct assembly, format, and grammar; 5) Examining correspondence, pleadings and other legal documents to verify factual and legal content; (6) Reviewing accused, victim, and witness service records for relevance and completeness; (7) Evaluating correspondence, case files, pleadings or other legal documents to determine sufficiency of materials and to identify needed actions.

8) Interviewing victims and witnesses to obtain and verify information and prepare for trial; 9) Conducting investigation and information gathering to determine pertinent facts; 10) Accompanying attorneys during hearings and litigation and assists in the organization of witness testimony, presentation of evidence, and required research.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Major Duties:

• You will be responsible for general office management and administration; ensures timely, accurate preparation and submission of correspondence and reports, and proper maintenance of files.
• You will liaise and coordinate with Supervisors in setting work priorities for military and civilian paralegals and legal assistants to assure effective and expeditious accomplishment of work without adverse effect on regular and recurring work.
• You will be responsible for onboarding all newly reporting trial staff, ensuring access to all files, directories and distribution lists.
• You will assist attorneys in their conducting of training to assigned military and civilian support staff on topics such as local law, court procedures, legal research, documentation preparation, case management and office procedures.
• You will deliver formal or informal presentations/training regarding legal or administrative procedures to appropriate audiences outside of trial department.
• You will develop and maintain training materials, presentations, and guides (e.g. resource list of other military and civilian assistance providers) for legal programs.
• You will be responsible for maintaining reference library of substantive motions, briefs, voir dire questions, and other trial-related documents, subject matter indexes, directives, publications and other legal reference materials.
• You will ensure office compliance with evidence collection, storage, and logs, in accordance with applicable policy, procedures, laws and regulations.
• You will prepare litigation and court-martial support documents (e.g. pleadings, motions, Article 62 appeals, direct and cross examination questions).
• You will prepare assigned cases in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, precedents, policies, office practices and established procedures. Logs and manages discovery and fully understands trial counsel discovery obligations.
• You will review accused, victim, and witness service records for relevance and completeness.
• You will evaluate correspondence, case files, pleadings or other legal documents to determine sufficiency of materials and to identify needed actions.
• You will interview victims and witnesses to obtain and verify information and prepare for trial.
• You will accompany attorneys during hearings and litigation and assists in the organization of witness testimony, presentation of evidence, and required research.
• You will prepare command brochures, handouts, Web-Page contents, news briefs, and presentation briefings
• You will maintain electronic and hard copy office files and ensures appropriate retention and destruction of files.
• You will proof written products as required to ensure correct assembly, format, and grammar.