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Legal Administrative Specialist

If selected for this position, you will serve as a member of the Civil Division legal and support staff. In coordination with the office's System Manager, Litigation Support Unit, Civil Chief and civil support staff, the Legal Administrative Specialist will provide technical and analytical assistance to support the litigation needs of the United States Attorney's Office (USAO). Typical work assignments will include:

  • Intaking and organizing sometimes voluminous discovery materials in a variety of formats, including paper and electronic records.
  • Conducting factual and legal research in support of investigations and cases.
  • Analyzing evidentiary materials, including documentary records, witness statements, and audio, video, and image files.
  • Drafting, proofreading, and editing legal filings and related documents.
  • Supporting courtroom presentations, such as by identifying potential exhibits and witnesses, compiling jury instructions, and using trial presentation software and courtroom equipment to display exhibits at court
  • Based on knowledge of the government's case, provides substantive support to elicit complete and useful discovery responses from litigation parties, non-parties, and agency partners
  • Uses the advanced functions of document review software tools to organize and review discovery materials, including by devising and conducting searches, creating and applying logical tags, applying annotations, sorting and filtering files, and manually coding database fields in ways that facilitate case development.
  • Supports AUSAs during court proceedings or other live case presentations, including by using trial presentation software and courtroom equipment to display exhibits or demonstratives, maintaining accounting system of exhibits entered into evidence, and managing witnesses.


Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.