Part-Time Legal Assistant

• Serve as a source of procedural, systemic, and substantive information on all aspects of docketing
• Recommend office procedure revisions to improve docketing, expedite case processing, and ensure accuracy
• Review reports to identify recurring errors
• Train new employees in the operation and use of the case tracking system
• Advise other docketing personnel on appropriate codes for unprecedented cases
• Explain the operation of the system and the importance of timely information to both new AUSAs and support staff
• Extract requested statistical data on a regularly scheduled or ad hoc basis
• Use automation, statistical, and report-writing techniques to create reliable data and analyses based on needs
• Maintain and extract data from automated docket databases
• Input new information to the databases and recommend improved office procedures to enhance docket function
• Develop and maintain automated records for criminal or civil cases from referral to closure
• Recognize data elements that are missing and provide missing data as necessary
• Provide missing information frequently requiring technical research in files or legal reference material
• Review incoming cases to route them to the appropriate office division as directed by the USAO
• Coordinate changes to the records schedule with the agency records officer and local program manager
• Manage records with relevant officials, administrators, managers, auditors, inspectors, and special media officers
• Serve as a USAO technical expert in docketing, independently maintaining automated records for civil or criminal cases
• Use specialized knowledge of litigation processes, court proceedings, legal documents, terminology, and procedures
• Receive case status calls from clients, courts, office staff, law offices, attorneys, and individuals
• Retrieve information either from the automated database using query routines or from hard copy reports
• Assist legal assistants and other USAO staff in obtaining and interpreting database information
• Provide ongoing instruction on docket processing requirements
• Train newly assigned employees in the docket function
• Produce a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications
• Ensure correspondence is properly formatted with correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Knowledge of litigation processes, court proceedings, legal documents, terminology, and procedures
• Knowledge of Federal Civil and Criminal Codes and rules for docketing
• Knowledge of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
• Strong communication and organizational skills

• Experience in administrative work, litigation processes, and court proceedings
• Experience in docketing preferred
• Experience with legal documents, terminology, and procedures

• Associate’s degree or 2 years of continued higher education
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Columbia, SC 29201

• May be available

• U.S. citizenship required as it supports the U.S. federal government

• Department of Justice (DOJ)

• Travel is not required

• 15-20 hours per week

• Employment Classification Eligibility — Nonexempt

• Not eligible for relocation benefits

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