Paralegal III (Promotional)

MOS Code: 5J0X1 (Air Force ), 27 D (Army ), 001469 (Navy) Education and Experience : An accredited Associate's degree or higher in paralegal or legal assistant studies, or a related field, plus eight (8) years’ experience as a paralegal or performing office support work in a legal setting. Licenses and Certificates : Certified Legal Assistant/Paralegal (CLA/CP) certification conferred by NALA, or Paralegal Core Competency Exam (PCCE) certification or Paralegal Advance Competency Exam (PACE) certification conferred by NFPA, or graduation from an accredited school of law with a Doctor of Jurisprudence required by time of application.

Examples of Duties Under general supervision, perform advance to complex paralegal services to include research and document preparation for assigned attorney(s). Qualifications Perform advance to complex paralegal services. Involves: Exercise independent judgment on matters of significance involving the City’s general operations and paralegal functions. Conduct research and analysis of facts and applicable laws and cases, including those pertaining to issues of difficult, complex, or unusual nature, as instructed by the attorney being supported.

Confer with attorney to devise suitable methods and set defensible standards. Use on-line research services and other computer-based and written resources. Request information pursuant to applicable statutes and regulations. Investigate facts, statutes, regulations and case law to identify causes of action and prepare cases appropriately. Conduct interviews, and application of other techniques to obtain pertinent information regarding legal matters.

Track legislation and liaison services in area of assignment. Coordinate special projects with other city departments or outside agencies, as assigned Independently and accurately compose, proofread, and correct routine and complex legal correspondence and related documents for review and approval of the attorney being supported, and for the signature of the City Attorney, or designees, as required. Involves: Prepare initial and final drafts including, but not limited to, business letters, internal memoranda, legal opinions, appeals, pleadings, subpoenas, interrogatories, requests for production, deposition notices, ordinances, resolutions, settlement agreements, contracts, deeds and debt collection and similar instruments using a personal computer and word processing software.

Prepare and assemble administrative and litigation reports. Perform transcription of dictated correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other legal documents. Monitor and perform maintenance of legal filing system and law library, and allied records management. Involves: Conduct data entry, review and update legal, utility master, legislative folders, binders and electronic media, and TPIA logs. File legal documents with court clerks and administrative agencies.

Engage in records management of workers' compensation, environmental, bankruptcy, personnel, prosecution and other legal matters, compilation and recording of statistics on closed and archived files. Ensure legal and other textbooks, reference manuals and periodicals are up to date, cataloged, cross-indexed and shelved in an orderly manner. Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide and review work delegated.

Arrange for and conduct employee orientation, training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior, attendance and safety standards firmly and impartially. Motivate and evaluate performance of subordinates, recommend actions affecting employee status such as pay increases, discipline, transfer and termination. Interview job applicants and recommend hiring Supplemental Information For complete job specification, click here .

Please note: This is an unclassified contract position. Note: This recruitment is limited to current City of El Paso employees presently working in the City Attorney Office. Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received. Note: Applicants with foreign diploma, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.

Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information. A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete. To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.