Job Description:

The paralegal in this position will assist the section and support all attorneys with research, organization, court filings, and tracking of cases in administrative, state, and federal courts;

will assist with research and track legislation. Performs related work as required. Legal research for litigation cases and opinions. Review and manage litigation documents. Drafting documents for litigation cases and opinions. Compiles, annotates, and indexes provisions of statutes, cases, and administrative decisions. Reads and interprets state,

federal and local codes, laws and regulations. Calendar and docket court appearances, all hearings, depositions in Legal Files and Outlook calendars. Legislative tracking. Receives and screens a variety of correspondence, telephone calls, and visitors. Other duties as assigned as related to the position’

• Tentative start date will be dependent upon interviews conducted, onboarding completed, and the state agency issuing a PO.

• HireRight must be used for Background Checks and Drug Screenings

Local Only Candidates - Resumes must specify the current location of the candidate, all those who do not state current location will not be considered. - AS A REMINDER - Candidates must be local at time of submission, and available for in person interviews within 1 week of the posting close date. Candidates must also be able to start within 2 weeks of an offer being made.

Knowledge of:

• Concepts, terminology, principles and procedures of American law

• Functions and jurisdictions of local, state, and federal courts and related criminal

• justice agencies

• Filing requirements and legal procedure in administrative, state, and federal courts;

• Legal research, civil litigation

• Methods, techniques, and principles for writing briefs, opinions, reports and other

• legal documents in established formats

Skill in

• Oral and written communications

• Managing a heavy workload under pressure with multiple deadlines

• Composing various complex legal correspondence and pleadings

• Grammar, punctuation, spelling, basic editing, formats of a wide variety of legal

• documents, rules and procedures of all Arizona State and a variety of federal courts

• Researching and extracting information from statutes, codes, legal documents, and

• court decisions

• Word processing

Ability to:

Identify issues, analyze and articulate legal arguments, and assess evidence

Interview and elicit information in a legal investigation

Write legal documents

Handle detailed work with accuracy and speed

Monitor legal requirements and deadlines

Exercise good judgment in making strategic decisions

Travel within and outside Arizona, including overnight stays

Respond to the public with tact, diplomacy and appropriate timely information.

Requirement:

1 year of Paralegal experience required