Law Clerk 1
NVT Staffing
Washington, DC
Expired: 16 days ago
Applications are no longer accepted.
- $33 to $38 Hourly
- Medical
- Full-Time
Job Description
Company Info
Job DescriptionCompany Description
We're on the lookout for an experienced Legal/Law Clerk Level 1 to support our attorneys throughout all stages of criminal litigation, including pretrial discovery, motions, hearings, trials, and appeals. This role is primarily remote, with infrequent in-office days determined on a case-by-case basis. Due to the nature of active litigation, occasional overtime may be required for urgent projects. Any overtime work should only be undertaken with prior approval.
***NEED RELIABLE HIGH SPEED***
Responsibilities:
- Assists attorneys with all phases of criminal litigation, including pretrial discovery, motions, hearings, trials, and appeals.
- Reviews and analyzes documents, transcripts, files, and other materials to locate information and evidence relevant to investigative actions or responsiveness to grand jury subpoenas.
- Uses electronic databases to perform litigation support tasks, including reviewing, organizing, indexing, tagging, and summarizing documents, files, and other materials.
- Conducts database searches for documents and information.
- In addition to objective document review, performs document review of a subjective nature including coding materials for case-specific legal issue, themes, and areas for further investigation.
- Law Clerks will work more closely with Trial
- Attorneys to gain subject-matter knowledge of the industry under investigation.
- Assists attorneys in preparing for, and conducting, interviews with prospective fact witnesses, investigative sources, and expert witnesses.
- Familiarity with federal criminal investigations and trials is desirable.
- Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal or a Project Supervisor.
- Performs complex legal research for the trial staff.
- Assists in preparing draft legal documents, such as motions, briefs, memoranda of law, etc. reviewing documents for relevance and privilege; and assisting attorneys with all phases of litigation.
Qualifications.
- Law degree, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study. Only the Contracting Officer can approve a waiver related to the education requirements.
- Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
- Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.
- Must have hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, and imaging.
- Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.
- All Contractor personnel shall successfully pass a Minimum Background Investigation prior to starting work.
- All staff working on this task will be required to hold U.S. citizenship and sign a grand jury
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