Paralegal Specialist
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Pensacola • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $37,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Assisting lawyers in the Children's Legal Services program by preparing legal documents
- Scheduling court events
- Filing and serving legal documents
- Preparing discovery
- Entering data timely and accurately into statewide databases
- Ability to track cases and actions
- Coordinating service of process
- Maintaining digital case files
- Maintaining court calendars
- Maintaining litigation timetables
- Filing pleadings and other legal documents with the clerk of court
- Performing legal research for attorneys, subject to supervision
- Coordinating inter-agency and intra-agency legal functions
- Performing notary functions
- Attending hearings to assist counsel
- Assisting witnesses with court proceedings
- Discovery redactions.
Requirements
- Completion of a training program to become a legal assistant, a paralegal, a legal paraprofessional or a lawyer's or attorney's assistant;
- A degree or certificate in legal technology, legal administration, legal studies or allied legal services;
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in allied legal services;
- One - Two years of experience involving paralegal work;
- One - Two years of experience in legal secretarial work.
- Ability to speak/read/write Spanish/Creole/French or other foreign language may be considered in the selection process as determined by Agency need at time of interview.
Benefits
- affordable health insurance plans & options
- sick leave and annual leave policy
- tuition waiver program through state colleges and universities
- 9 holidays and 1 personal day
- FRS Investment or FRS Pension plan
- numerous pre-tax and post-tax benefit options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal document preparationdata entrylegal researchcase trackingdiscovery preparationdiscovery redactionsnotary functionscourt filinglitigation timetable maintenancecourt calendar management
Soft skills
organizational skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillsattention to detailtime management
Certifications
legal assistant training programparalegal certificationlegal technology degreelegal administration degreelegal studies degree