Legal Assistant
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Experience Required:
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The purpose of this position is to provide support to a unit that directly works with education schools administrators families of Arizona students and other governmental constituents including the Legal unit.
The primary duties for this position are administrative including but not limited to the following:
- Assist attorneys with aspects of the legal process including administrative case management and support for litigation and public records;
- Coordinate and draft documentation including but not limited to witness/ exhibit lists and depositions;
- Manages case file maintenance including indexing and filing case materials; - Reviews information and analyzes documents;
- Plans organizes and prepares investigations of alleged administrative or legal violations of laws rules regulations and policies enforced by the Department ;
- Reviews information and analyzes documents;
- Maintains a strict level of confidentiality.
- Located at the agencys South campus in downtown Phoenix this position will be part of a standard office environment and will be 100% on-site and in-office where expected dress-code is business and business-casual.
Required
This is a full-time in-office position and requires candidate to be in-office Monday through Friday from 8AM through 5PM except State holidays.
Skilled in:
- Teamwork
- Planning/ organizing
- Mult-tasking
- Time-management
- Clear/ concise oral and written communication
- Use of computers and other technical devices/ programs/ software
- Conducting legal and investigative research and using effective techniques and tools
- Critical and logical analysis including skills in analyzing and accurately interpreting copious amounts of information
Knowledge in:
- Arizona administrative practices and procedures and personnel rules and requirements
- Techniques and methods of records searching to include legal and investigative
- techniques and tools including the internet databases and other sources of information relevant to agency investigations
- Knowledge of preparing legal and investigative reports spreadsheets and the documents necessary for successful prosecution
Ability to:
- Interact professionally with coworkers and the public using appropriate tact and patience
- Display courteous ethical and professional behavior
- Multi-task prioritize and adapt to changing circumstances
Experience
- Paralegal or similar role
- Possess competent computer skills
Education
Associates degree or higher
Preferred Skills
J.D. degree or similar
Preferred Skills
Technology:
- Computer: high-level of PC proficiency and familiarity with Microsoft Office applications and Windows (Outlook Excel/Word/PPT Teams/SharePoint etc.)
- Multi-monitors
- Experience with electronic document review platforms
- Phone: conference (multi-line) phone lines
Legal:
Assist with the preparation of briefs memoranda exhibits including proofreading
Required Skills:
Associates Degree
Required Education:
Associate degree
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Administrative Law
- Intellectual Property
- Employment Law
- Advocacy
- Legal Research
- Contract Law
- Criminal Cases
- Legal procedures
- Law
- Legal Operations
- Private Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Federal Courts
- Labor Law
- Arbitration Law
