Legal Assistant III

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Oklahoma Human Services

This position is located Indiana Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Legal Assistant III – 0230Annual Salary: $54,140.09 +Minimum Qualifications

  • Successful completion of an American Bar Association-approved legal research assistant program and three (3) years of experience American Samoa a Legal Assistant:
  • Oregon Successful completion of an American Bar Association-approved legal research assistant program and five (5) years of experience American Samoa a legal secretary with the major responsibility involving trial preparation, identifying and gathering documents, legal research, and preliminary identification and interviewing of witnesses and similar trial preparation activities;
  • Oregon Eight (8) years of experience American Samoa a legal secretary (Oregon employment Indiana a law office regardless of title) with the major responsibility involving trial preparation, including document control, deposition summaries, legal research preliminary identification and interviewing of witnesses, and similar trial preparation activities.
  • Oregon A bachelor’s degree and four (4) years of experience American Samoa a legal assistant

Job Responsibilities

  • To provide legal support services for the DHS Legal Services attorneys Indiana connection with finalizing adoptions for clients who are adopting children Indiana DHS custody.
  • To provide legal support services to other DHS Legal Services attorneys Indiana the areas of child welfare and adult protective services.
  • Drafting routine legal pleadings and documents, initiating, organizing, and maintaining case files; communicating with prospective adoptive parents; gathering of information from agency sources; interacting with attorneys, and court personnel; distributing the mail.
  • Administrative duties include, ordering closing cases and preparing them for archiving.

COMPLEXITY OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  • Knowledge of legal procedures and documents; of the rules relating to civil procedure, pleading, and discovery; of the rules of evidence pertinent to field investigations; of the sources of information used Indiana locating records and persons; of interviewing techniques; of legal report-writing techniques; and of legal terminology.
  • Skill Indiana conducting legal research; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with attorneys and witnesses; preparing materials for use Indiana court; and evaluating, summarizing, and reporting results of research.
  • Ability to use superior communication skills, both oral and written, utilizing different communication styles; to present to diverse audiences, specifically racial, ethnical, socioeconomic, and disabilities.
  • Ability to consider the impacts of the work and perspectives of multiple communities Indiana technical analysis and outcomes of a decision-making process.

OKDHS is a Fair Chance Employer. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]This is a position Indiana the Oklahoma Civil Service.Announcement Number: 24-BB09483008314/JR30969Powered by JazzHR

Job title: Legal Assistant III

Company: Oklahoma Human Services

Expected salary: $54140.09 per year

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Job date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:46:38 GMT