Description:
The U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO), District of New Mexico, is hiring legal assistants to support attorneys who work on fraud investigations and represent the United States in legal matters related to tort claims, environmental litigation, and land and employment disputes. https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm .For more information on the Department of Justice and the USAOs, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/ .
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
Requirements:
GS-6 : To be qualified at the GS-6 level, you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level.Specialized experience is defined as experience reviewing legal documents such as complaints, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, subpoenas, and libels for completeness of factual information; retrieving and assembling information for hearing and/or trial use; researching a variety of legal sources to obtain and/or verify information; and using automated software to produce legal related reports, documents, correspondence and related materials.
GS-7 : To be qualified at the GS-7 level, you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level.
Specialized experience is defined as experience providing trial support to attorneys by preparing complaints, motions, subpoenas, orders, or other hearing and/or trial documents accurately and in proper format; verifying citations and statutory references contained in legal documents; assisting with discovery, hearing or trial preparation by performing duties such as compiling trial notebooks, assembling jury instructions, and compiling witness and exhibit lists; and using software applications and legal and non-legal databases to produce legal related reports and documents, conduct factual research, develop tables of contents and indices to briefs, and prepare courtroom presentations.
Please note: This is a term position not-to-exceed September 30, 2026 and may be extended without further competition.
To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a five (5) minute sample with three or fewer errors (a typing test may later be required.).
Jul 23, 2025;
from:
usajobs.gov