Legal Administrative Specialist; Litigation Support

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 26-AK--DE.

• To be eligible at the GS-7 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, OR Education, OR a Combination of Education and Experience.
• Specialized Experience
  :
  One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing routine litigation support assignments such as organizing case information; preparing discovery productions, including scanning and coding documents and creating DVDs; assisting attorneys in preparing for court such as preparing exhibits; assisting in the use of technology to organize digital evidence;
  
  and editing a variety of legal documents.
• OR
• Education: Successful completion of one full year of progressively higher level graduate education (18 semester hours or the number of units your school uses to describe one graduate year of academic study) in related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law) leading to a master's degree OR a completed bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement. Superior academic achievement includes: standing in the upper third of your graduating class or major subdivision OR membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies;
  
  OR Grade Point Average: a) 3.0 or higher out of 4.0, or b) 3.5 or higher out of 4.0 based on the major field courses completed in the final 2 years.
• OR
• Combining Education and Experience
  : A combination of specialized experience as described above and graduate education described above which when combined equal 100% of the requirements. To calculate your percentage of education, determine the total number of graduate semester hours and divide by 18. To calculate your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. The sum must equal at least 100%.
  
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• To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, OR Education, OR a Combination of Education and Experience.
• Specialized Experience
  :
  One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing assistance to litigation teams performing automated litigation support functions to prepare, organize, index, develop, and manage exhibits, evidence, discovery and data relevant to cases presented before a jury, grand jury or in other legal proceedings.
• OR
• Education
  :
  One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law): a Master’s or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.B. or J.D., if related); OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.
• OR
• Combining Education and Experience
  :
  Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:
1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility;
2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and
3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You…