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Legal Technician

Important: Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant's qualifications, and other relevant factors. Appointment may be made at any rate within the salary range from SR-18C ($4,742) to SR-18E ($5,133) per month.

Performs technical legal work in support of professional staff attorneys involving matters such as assisting in legal research, independently drafting and checking documents and forms, and assisting in various other areas as assigned; and performs other related duties as required. Distinguishing Characteristics: Classes in this series are distinguished by the performance of a variety of technical legal activities in support of staff attorneys, requiring some substantive knowledge of the principles, methodology and techniques pertinent to the legal field and legal/court procedures. Grade Level Standards: Grade II: Positions allocated to this class perform difficult and complex technical legal work and supervise lower level Law Technicians and other lower level clerical staff.

Examples of duties include reading records and transcripts of cases scheduled for hearing; assisting in research and checking cited authority and specific laws and statutes; reviewing case citations; retrieving cases from the law library; selecting, assembling and compiling substantive information on statutes and specific legal subjects; independently preparing numerous basic and complex legal documents and correspondence in conformance with applicable statutes, rules, minute orders, and court directives, drafting and finalizing these documents in proper legal form and content for final review by attorneys; independently drafting extradition documents and detainers for attorneys review and signature and coordinating all travel of returning defendants with law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions; preparing first drafts and/or outlines of briefs, legal opinions, contracts, conveyances, deeds, etc. for review by a deputy attorney; preparing cases and files for presentation in court by staff attorneys ensuring that required documents are included in files and by independently following up on requests for required information by contacting witnesses, law enforcement personnel, litigants, court staff, etc.; applying legal policies and procedures and reviewing documents for compliance with applicable rules of court; indexing, grouping and classifying legal opinions rendered by the office; may take and transcribe dictation.

Minimum qualification requirements include graduation from high school and one (1) year of experience at the Grade I level or five (5) years of progressively complex work experience in a legal or judicial environment involving the examination of legal documents for adherence to law, policies and procedures and the rules of court, including or supplemented by one (1) year of experience involving legal research, preparation, typing, processing, drafting and checking a variety of legal documents and forms, and other para-legal tasks; or any equivalent combination of training and experience. Knowledge of common legal terms and forms; basic constitutional, property, tort, family, criminal, and administrative law; the commercial code and contracts; types of court actions and the various court rules and procedures; methods and techniques of legal research and sources of legal information; legal writing; interviewing techniques. Ability to read, write, analyze and apply the law; understand the legal process; prepare, process and maintain legal records, forms and documents; conduct research; compile, summarize and digest materials; draft documents; prepare reports; follow oral and written instructions; keep matters confidential; operate common office equipment. Health and physical condition standards deemed necessary and proper for performance of the duties. Physical effort grouping: light.