Paralegal

Job description

Works under the direction of a Supervisory Legal Assistant to review files and documents for a variety of criminal or civil cases to become familiar with the issues and identify pertinent material. - Establishes and maintains an effective system of compiling, indexing, and organizing this information and its sources. - Participates and assists in preparation for trial by compiling, organizing, and indexing various trial documents. Marks and identifies trial documents and drafts a list of documents offered at trial. - Range of legal tasks include, but are not limited to copying, mailing, closing files, maintaining pleadings and maintaining a calendar system for assigned attorneys which accurately keeps track of due dates for pleading, hearings, and court appearances and other document and meeting deadlines. - Maintain electronic case files which are organized, current, accessible, and retrievable and mains integrity of data inputted into the case management system. - Search and extract legal references in libraries and computer-data banks. - Review and summarize information in prescribed format on case precedent and decisions. - Search and extract legal references in libraries and c...