Paralegals are responsible for providing assistance to the Assistant City Attorneys in substantive legal matters under their direct supervision.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Performing legal research.
- Drafting legal documents and/or forms for review by attorneys.
- Assisting attorneys with legal brief writing, including organizing appendices and exhibits, preparing and organizing appeal records.
- Assisting attorneys with discovery proceedings.
- Organizing and updating litigation and/or administrative files.
- Collecting and organizing facts in connection with trial preparation at direction of attorneys.
- Locating, contacting, interviewing and preparing witnesses and exhibits for legal proceedings.
- Assisting attorneys as directed at trials and other legal proceedings.
- Performing certain administrative legal processes including, but not limited to taxing costs, in personam proceedings and credit research.
- Performing other job-related duties as assigned.
Reasonable accommodations requested by qualified individuals with disabilities will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice, Political Science, Business Administration or other related field from an accredited institution. Please include copy of college transcripts.
- Two years of experience as a Paralegal performing duties closely related to this position.
- Completion of a Paralegal program from an accredited institution. Please include a photocopy of Paralegal certificate when applying for this position.
- Residency in the City of Milwaukee within six (6) months of employment and throughout employment.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet multiple deadlines.
- Excellent analytical and research skills.
- Ability to be versatile and adaptable.
- Excellent computer skills.
THE CURRENT SALARY RANGE (594) IS: $45,940 - $55,742 annually with excellent benefits.
THE SELECTION PROCESS will be job related and will consist of one or more of the following: training and experience evaluation; written, oral or performance tests; or other assessment methods. The Department of Employee Relations reserves the right to call only the most qualified candidates to oral and performance examinations. Oral examinations may include written exercises. Selection process component weights will be determined by further analysis of the job.
The examination will be held as soon as practical after June 4, 2010. Receipt of applications may be discontinued at any time after this date without prior notice; however, recruitment may continue until the needs of the City have been met. Qualified applicants will be notified by mail of the date, time and place of the examination. Persons not accepted to an examination or removed from an eligible list may file a written appeal (including the basis upon which the appeal is made) which must be received by the City Service Commission no later than ten calendar days after the rejection notice was mailed.
#10-046—CKS 5/7/10 EEO 501APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
- You must meet the Minimum Requirements listed above.
- Complete the application online OR submit a hard copy. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT BOTH.
- ONLINE: Click here to apply online.
- HARD COPY: Click here to download and print the application (Adobe PDF).
- Conviction records must be listed on the application. Click here for Guidelines (Adobe pdf).
- QUESTIONS? Click here to send an e-mail message.
- For more information about City of Milwaukee employment and benefits, click here (Adobe pdf).
- For a guide to the City's selection and testing process, click here.
- For a summary of current job openings, click here.
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