Senior Legal Clerk
Job Description
Job Summary: Provide administrative support, organize and expedite workflow and perform a variety of simple analyses, and tracking information to support the tribal legal team. You will report to the Tribal Prosecutor/Public Defender.
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Primary Tasks
- You will oversee work of other legal clerks, delegate, distribute, and oversees front desk operations.
- Criminal and juvenile legal forms within case management system.
- Maintain detailed records of court proceedings of the case, names of parties, substance of complaint, dates of hearings and trials, court and jury rulings, findings, and orders.
- Provide SME (Subject Matter Expertise) over Case Management Software and run and maintain reports.
- Train all staff on updates and new processes within Case Management software system.
- You will assist Tribal Prosecutor in the collection and preparation of reports for grants and assist with budget reporting.
- Type correspondence, legal pleadings, legal documents, reports, agendas, and other documents.
- Intake all criminal, delinquent and felony files and enter information into office case management software, pull reports, criminal history for the department.
- Prepare special reports including gathering and summarizing confidential data.
- Input data into programs, excel spreadsheets and Odyssey Navigator Attorney Manager.
- Create form database for streamlining processes and office documents.
- Perform all other tasks as may be assigned.?
Job Requirements
- Associates Degree or Paralegal Certificate
- Security clearance for CJIS
- Experienced in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, legal case management software and the Internet
- Good organizational and multitasking skills
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects.
- 5 years' experience as a legal secretary for a District Attorney or private attorney?