Paralegal Speciaslist

Full Job Description

The Civil Division litigates cases worth up to billions of dollars and those involving legal issues that include national security, separation of powers, and immigration.

The Division defends against challenges to Federal statutes, agency regulations, Executive Branch initiatives, and tort actions brought against Federal employees and agencies.

The Division also handles affirmative enforcement matters, including civil fraud, government ethics, Federal preemption, and consumer protection.

To qualify for the position of Paralegal Speciaslist, at GS-0950-9/11you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below.

For the GS-9 Paralegal Specialist position, you must demonstrate that you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in the federal service performing such duties as: assisting staff attorneys in preparing pleadings or briefs, analyzing factual data, preparing exhibits and legislative histories, and performing research into factual or legal aspects of assigned cases.

OR Have a master's or equivalent graduate degree, or successfully completed at least 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, OR received an LLB or J.D.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 36.

Add the two percentages.

For the GS-11 Paralegal Specialist position, you must demonstrate you have one year of specialized experience that is equivalent to the GS-9 level in the federal service performing such duties as: reviewing and analyzing case materials; verifying citations and legal references to ensure accuracy; independently conduct legal research of assigned cases; drafting correspondence; and analyzing documents for supportive evidence.

OR Have a Ph.D.

or equivalent degree or received an LLM or successfully completed at least 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field that is directly related to the duties of this position.

OR Have a combination of graduate education and experience, as described above, that meets 100% of the requirements. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12.

Divide your semester hours of graduate education by 54. Add the total percentages.

The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.) If you are a current or former government employee on a permanent appointment in the competitive service, you will need to demonstrate 1-year (52-weeks) at the next lower grade level as listed in the qualifications below.

Time-in-Grade applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

Additionally, please ensure to submit an applicable SF-50 (please refer to the "required documents" section for additional information).

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by the 02/13/2026 of this announcement.

Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume. Major Duties:

The U.S.

Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, Members of Congress, Cabinet Officers, and other federal employees in any civil or criminal matter within its scope of responsibility.

The Civil Division's responsibilities include ensuring the Federal Government speaks with one voice in its view of the law; preserving the intent of Congress; advancing the credibility of the government before the courts; and protecting the U.S.

Treasury. There are multiple vacancies located within Civil Division.

Please find the link below to learn more about the organizations within Civil Division, click the hyperlink: https://www.justice.gov/civil GS-0950-09 duties: -Assists attorneys in drafting pleadings, motions, briefs, subpoenas, and other papers in cases handled by the Office/Branch.

-Participates in pre-trial witness conferences in order to note additional matters to investigate prior to trial.

Analyzes assigned documents for supportive evidence, organizing and writing synopses for use of Office/Branch attorneys.

-Interfaces with the federal courts and client agencies to gather important information in support of the assigned attorney's defense of emergency and other litigation.

-Handles correspondence between client agencies, U.S. Attorneys' Offices, and opposing counsel, performing primary and legal research when required.

GS-0950-11duties: - Independently conducts legal research on statues, legislative history, regulations and administrative and judicial precedents.

- Proofreads and cite-checks legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents. - Drafts correspondence, pleadings, motions, briefs, and other legal documents.

- Drafts discovery requests, subpoenas, stipulations, and affidavits and other documents necessary for evidentiary development.

- Interfaces with the client agency representatives, attorneys, officers of the court and potential witnesses.