Legal Assistant – Trial Division
Oregon Department of Human Services
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Salem • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $3,856 - $5,325 per month
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Support the division’s attorneys with the calendaring, e-filing, preparing, and proofreading of documents for court.
- Process and route incoming mail for assigned section attorneys, segregating information for other purposes such as docket and calendar control.
- Photocopy, scan, mail, and email completed projects for final distribution to courts, counsel, agency contacts, etc.
- Prepare labels and envelopes for hand delivery, overnight or certified mail, etc.
- Format, proofread, revise, and print a full range of complex legal documents.
- Electronically scan, label, document capture, and e-file documents and accompanying exhibits.
- Calendar and schedule deadlines, meetings, and depositions.
- Arrange travel when necessary.
- Assist other Legal Secretaries with workload overflow.
Requirements
- Two years of clerical/secretarial experience which includes at least one year as a legal assistant or secretary for an attorney or judge or performance of legal support duties (such as preparing legal documents, maintaining legal records, or researching legal information).
- Experience must include proficiency in word processing software.
- Ability to prioritize a large workload and balance competing deadlines.
- Work collaboratively as a team.
- Flexibility and adaptability with change and shifting priorities.
- Organization and consistency with work.
- Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently.
- Ability to have and maintain a valid Oregon Driver’s License.
Benefits
- Job satisfaction as part of a team whose mission is to serve Oregon's public and government agencies.
- Permanent, full-time employment.
- Vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays a year, and special days off.
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Pension and retirement programs.
- Endless peer and management support, and representation by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
- Opportunity to expand your professional skills.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
calendaringe-filingproofreadingdocument preparationlegal document formattingdocument capturemail processingtravel arrangementlegal researchword processing
Soft skills
organizationcommunicationcollaborationflexibilityadaptabilityprioritizationtime managementattention to detailworkload managementconsistency
Certifications
valid Oregon Driver’s License