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Graduate Legal Assistants are entry-level legal professionals, often recent law school graduates, who support attorneys and legal departments with research, drafting documents, case preparation, and administrative duties. They work under the supervision of licensed attorneys and help with tasks such as preparing legal briefs, conducting legal research, and organizing case files. This role provides valuable hands-on experience for those considering a legal career or preparing to take the bar exam. Graduate Legal Assistants may work in law firms, government agencies, or corporate legal departments.
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Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant

US Department of the Interior

Juneau, AK

$46K/yr

Other

Posted 5 days ago

U.S. Department Of The Interior rating

7.8

Company rating: 7.8 out of 10

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320th of 693 rated public administrative organizations

Job description

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Region in Anchorage, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska to perform land titles and records functions and duties necessary in recording, imaging, extracting, scanning and data entry.Qualifications:

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, Legal Assistance Series, 0986).
Qualification for GS-05:
1 year of specialized experience that equipped me with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include reviewing a wide range of real estate and probate legal instruments to confirm conformity with existing legal title records; assisting with recording legal documents and maintaining land title maintenance system; scan documents into automated system; answers inquiries related to probate data and legal documents for recording OR I have successfully completed 4 years of progressively higher-level education leading to a bachelor's degree in an accredited business or technical school, college or university above high school in any field for which high school graduation or equivalent is a prerequisite.
Qualification for GS-06:
I have 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include reviewing land title documents for accuracy and conformance to procedures and regulations prior to final recordation of property; record, image, research and data entry of the land titles and records; gather and analyze title data on land ownership and title chains; read maps and legal descriptions; answer inquiries related to probate data and legal documents for recording.
Qualification for GS-07:
I have 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include reviewing land title documents for accuracy and conformance to procedures and regulations prior to final recordation of property and maintains land title maintenance system; receives, examines and reviews legal documents including rights-of-ways, lease formats, land records and title status reports; record, image, extract, scan and data entry of the land titles and records; reviews complex and non-complex documents relative to multiple ownership records; answers inquiries related to probate data and legal documents for recording.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.Education:If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.htmlEmployment Type: OTHER

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