Paralegal Aide, Level 2 - Family Court, Uifsa

Position: PARALEGAL AIDE, LEVEL 2 - FAMILY COURT, UIFSA
Due to the current, active Paralegal Aide Civil Service List, candidates MUST be permanent in the civil service title of Paralegal Aide to be considered for the position. This means candidates must have taken and passed the Paralegal Aide Civil Service Exam, and have been appointed from the Paralegal Aide Civil Service List. Candidates on the current, active Paralegal Aide Civil Service List may be considered providing the candidate's list number is reachable for possible appointment.

Please be advised that any candidate currently permanent in the Paralegal Aide title chosen for this position will move into the position laterally.

The NYC Law Department is currently seeking a qualified person for a paralegal aide, level 2 position in its Family Court Division. This position encompasses responsible work of varying degrees of difficulty and responsibility performed under supervision of higher level staff and/or attorneys:

Review and evaluate child support cases to prepare correspondence with the initiating states.

Work collaboratively with the assigned attorneys to gather discovery and evidence needed to proceed in court.

Interview local custodial parents and prepare the necessary paperwork to send to the state of residence of the non-custodial parent.

Maintain contact with the responding state and the local parent until completion of the case.

Researches case information using Law Manager and other databases.

Perform legal research.

Performs data entry.

Enter the cases into internal case creation database.

Perform routine administrative duties when necessary including: data entry, photocopying, filing, answering telephones, scanning, reserving conference rooms, and managing calendars of attorneys.

Some of the physical activities performed and environmental conditions that may be experienced include lifting and carrying boxes and files; climbing stairs; and traveling throughout the City on all types of public transportation, and/or walking in all kinds of weather, often carrying files.

Preferred Skills

Candidates MUST possess at least one of these Additional Qualification Requirements for Level 2:

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and either (a) 1 year of full-time satisfactory experience acquired in the United States, in the performance of paralegal (legal assistant) services; or (b) Paralegal Certification obtained in the United States from an accredited program or a program approved by the American Bar Association; or

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by a combination of 12 semester credits in U.S. History, U.S. Political Science, U.S. Law, U.S. Paralegal Studies, U.S. Criminal Justice, U.S. Urban Studies, International Relations and/or U.S. Legal Studies; or

An associate degree or completion of 60 credits from an accredited college and three years of full-time satisfactory experience acquired in the United States, in the performance of paralegal (legal assistant) services; or

A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of full-time satisfactory experience acquired in the United States, in the performance of paralegal (legal assistant) services.

Applicable to all applicants:

Experience which is primarily legal secretarial or includes only incidental paralegal (legal assistant) services is not acceptable.

To be acceptable, experience in paralegal (legal assistant) services must have involved the American Legal System.

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Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA); or

2. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and two years of…