Legal Assistant – Office Administration

About the role

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a Legal Assistant to support Assistant United States Attorneys. The role provides essential legal and administrative assistance, ensuring the efficient preparation and processing of court documents and case materials.

Key responsibilities

• Examine, prepare, and process legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels.
• Proofread and cite‑check briefs, memoranda, and other legal filings.
• Conduct non‑complex legal research on statutes, regulations, and case law to aid trial preparation.
• Assemble exhibits, affidavits, and related documents for litigation.
• Organize and maintain case files, ensuring proper disposition or transfer to records depositories.
• Maintain calendars for active cases, tracking filing, hearing, and trial dates, and schedule conferences and interviews.
• Arrange travel itineraries, transportation, and hotel reservations for attorneys.
• Produce written documents and materials using a variety of office software applications.

Required profile

• U.S. citizen or national with eligibility for a satisfactory pre‑employment adjudication.
• Selective Service registration if applicable.
• GS‑5 qualification: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS‑4 or four years of post‑secondary education, or a combination thereof.
• Specialized experience includes reviewing legal documents for accuracy, typing and formatting correspondence, maintaining file systems, and retrieving information from reference sources.
• Completion of at least four years of education above high school level from an accredited institution.

Required skills

• Proficiency with standard office software applications (e.g., word processing, spreadsheets).