Senior Paralegal to assist in the work of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20002
This position is a “hybrid” position with selected candidate reporting in-office/on-site a minimum of two (2) days a week. Travel may be required, with prior notice and authorization, up to 15% of work operations.
Please review the Resume Requirements, Qualifications, and Responsibilities/Duties for the position prior to providing resume with references. Please email to request a resume template. Include position, division, and location in the subject line.
(Candidates reviewed in order of preference meeting Preferred Qualifications and Responsibilities/Duties listed as experience in prior positions on resume.)
Pay Rate Information
This is a temporary to permanent hire Service Contract Act position with an hourly pay rate of $35.05 that includes a Health and Welfare Benefit of $4.57 an hour.
Service Contract Act, or SCA, position pay rates are determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. More information is available at .
Upon completion of six (6) months of employment, the selected candidate can expect an annual salary as a permanent full-time employee with the federal contractor.
Period of Performance:
(Tentative) This position is a “hybrid” position with selected candidate reporting in-office/on-site a minimum of two (2) days a week. Travel may be required, with prior notice and authorization, up to 15% of work operations.
Current contract period: Date of Hire through May 31, 2024 - with the potential for annual extensions through May 31, 2027.
Normal Work Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., 40 hours per week, two (2) 15-minute breaks and 30-minute lunch, except for federal holidays, unless otherwise stated.
Resume Requirements:
Full contact information is requested on the resume for security clearance procedures. Resumes without complete requested information may not be considered or reviewed.
- A one-paragraph overview highlighting qualifications for the position, software experience, and education.
- Please clearly include software applications experience and certifications.
- - Clearly state experience in e-Discovery software applications such as Relativity, iPro, Case Map, Trial Director, Concordance, etc.
- Resume for each person in MS Word format, overall 1” margins, 10-pitch font, maximum two (2) pages, to include professional references.
- Please provide three (3) professional references in the following format:
Name of Reference:
Job Title:
Organization:
Phone:
Email:
Relationship to candidate during tenure:
- Please include the following contact information: full name, home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, and personal email address.
- For each position and school attended, please list the following:
City and State
Dates of Employment (month and year, MM/YYYY)
Date of Graduation (month and year, MM/YYYY)
Email resumes in the above format to .
Special Requirements:
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Public Trust Suitability Determination required with favorable recommendation.
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A favorable Public Trust Suitability Determination investigation is required for the position and requested on a conditional offer of employment.
Qualifications:
- Requires Paralegal Certificate or Juris Doctorate.
- Minimum two (2) years of Litigation Paralegal experience required; trial experience extremely helpful.
- One (1) year of experience in Automated Litigation Support, e-Discovery Litigation Support, and Technology.
- Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court system, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as Lexis Nexis and Westlaw.
- Hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases, spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware systems.
- Role also requires hands-on familiarity with Electronically Stored Information, ESI, tools and knowledge of e-Discovery procedures and resources i.e., Electronic Discovery Reference Model, EDRM.
- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure will be very important.
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust favorable suitability determination.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Trial Experience
- e-Discovery Litigation Support
Responsibilities/Duties:
- Works under the direction of a Supervisory Paralegal. Work products are reviewed prior to submission; however, a Senior Paralegal often develops these products with minimal direct supervision other than written guidelines.
- Performs moderately complex legal research; synopsizes transcripts of hearings and oral arguments for attorney use.
- Reviews case related materials and identifies potentially conflicting statements or areas requiring further investigation.
- Writes preliminary drafts of simple legal memoranda and correspondence.
- Conducts database reviews in Relativity (including coding/redacting/saved searches/mass tagging); generates privilege logs; generates productions; communicates with opposing counsel.
- Burns productions to disc or uploads to encrypted box account.
- Generates witness binders; supports onsite trial; interviewing aggrieved persons and reviewing documents for FOIA in Relativity.
- Provides legal and technical services to support the Department of Justice, to include but not limited to: forensically capturing, reviewing evidence, from emails and instant messages to electronic devices, and social media systems.
- Time and task management, critical thinking, and problem solving.
- The ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools.