Description
Leidos is seeking a Senior Paralegal to support the Civil Rights Division in a fully onsite role. You'll work alongside multiple attorneys on litigation matters, taking ownership of complex research and document work with minimal day-to-day oversight. Your work products will be reviewed before submission, and you'll report to a Supervisory Paralegal.
Responsibilities
- Conduct moderately complex legal research
- Summarise hearing and oral argument transcripts for attorney use
- Review case materials and flag conflicting statements or areas needing further investigation
- Draft preliminary versions of straightforward legal memoranda and correspondence
- Review documents in Relativity and play a key role in generating productions
- Support multiple attorneys at once
- Provide trial support, both onsite and offsite
Basic Qualifications
- Paralegal certificate, Juris Doctorate, current enrollment in an ABA-accredited law school (with at least one year completed), or equivalent legal training or experience
- 2+ years of litigation paralegal or related project experience
- 1+ year of experience in automated litigation support
- In-depth Relativity experience (2023 or later)
- Working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and research resources
- Thorough knowledge of LEXIS and Westlaw
- Hands-on proficiency with word processing, databases (document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, imaging, and hardware
- Hands-on experience with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a government or litigation support environment
- Trial experience
- Current or active clearance
The pay for this position will be $31.69/hr.
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