Legal Secretary
California Department of Justice
Date: 1 week ago
City: Fresno, CA
Salary:
$4,244
-
$5,581
per month
Contract type: Full time
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Legal Secretary
The California Department of Justice is hiring an experienced Legal Secretary.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
Are you ready to be a part of the largest law firm in California? Are you motivated by the opportunity to receive professional hands-on training? As members of a legal support secretarial team, you will perform legal secretarial duties for multiple attorneys/professional staff in the Sacramento Office of the Attorney General. Those duties will include, but are not limited to:
Typing, editing, storing, retrieving, printing, processing, and electronically sending legal documents and pleadings. Using various department supported software such as: Word, Best Authority, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Acrobat and Prolaw and other desktop technology tools and communication devices.
Common Responsibilities Include
Format and File/ E-File legal documents with State and Federal Courts
Produce case cities utilizing Best Authority software
Ensure all documents are prepared, proofread, copied and filed/served in accordance with legal requirements, court rules and deadlines.
Comply with state and departmental rules and regulations and Office policies and practices
Compose letters and memoranda
Maintain a calendar of document due dates and court appearances
Prepare subpoenas Schedule court reports for depositions
Make travel arrangements
Assist with overflow work as requested
Required Qualifications
Experience: One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Senior Legal Typist, Range B.
Or II
Experience: Two years of experience in a private law firm, corporate law office, or a legal program in a governmental agency performing a full range of legal secretarial duties, which requires the preparation of legal documents for filing and service. [(1) Academic education above the 12th grade may be substituted for six months of the required experience on the basis of either (a) one year of the general education being equivalent to three months of the required experience; or (b) one year of education of a business or commercial nature being equivalent to six months of the required experience; or (2) Completion of a certificated legal secretarial program at either a regionally accredited college or a business school approved by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education and accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools may be substituted for one year of the required experience.]
Permanent
Monthly Salary: $ 4,244.00 - 5,581.00
Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
Legal Secretary
The California Department of Justice is hiring an experienced Legal Secretary.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
Are you ready to be a part of the largest law firm in California? Are you motivated by the opportunity to receive professional hands-on training? As members of a legal support secretarial team, you will perform legal secretarial duties for multiple attorneys/professional staff in the Sacramento Office of the Attorney General. Those duties will include, but are not limited to:
Typing, editing, storing, retrieving, printing, processing, and electronically sending legal documents and pleadings. Using various department supported software such as: Word, Best Authority, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Acrobat and Prolaw and other desktop technology tools and communication devices.
Common Responsibilities Include
Format and File/ E-File legal documents with State and Federal Courts
Produce case cities utilizing Best Authority software
Ensure all documents are prepared, proofread, copied and filed/served in accordance with legal requirements, court rules and deadlines.
Comply with state and departmental rules and regulations and Office policies and practices
Compose letters and memoranda
Maintain a calendar of document due dates and court appearances
Prepare subpoenas Schedule court reports for depositions
Make travel arrangements
Assist with overflow work as requested
Required Qualifications
Experience: One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of a Senior Legal Typist, Range B.
Or II
Experience: Two years of experience in a private law firm, corporate law office, or a legal program in a governmental agency performing a full range of legal secretarial duties, which requires the preparation of legal documents for filing and service. [(1) Academic education above the 12th grade may be substituted for six months of the required experience on the basis of either (a) one year of the general education being equivalent to three months of the required experience; or (b) one year of education of a business or commercial nature being equivalent to six months of the required experience; or (2) Completion of a certificated legal secretarial program at either a regionally accredited college or a business school approved by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education and accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools may be substituted for one year of the required experience.]
Permanent
Monthly Salary: $ 4,244.00 - 5,581.00
Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
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