# Law Clerk

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Washington, DC, DC
**Salary**: $38.77/hr
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

The Law Clerk I works under the direction of a Project Supervisor or Project Manager and performs litigation support duties for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC.

The role involves:

- Intake and Review of Claims: receiving and reviewing complex or time-sensitive claims for completeness and jurisdiction; determining claimants' eligibility under applicable statutes, regulations, and program guidance; and identifying missing documentation and requesting additional evidence.

- Evidence Development: gathering medical records, exposure documentation, and other relevant materials; communicating with claimants, representatives, medical providers, and other agencies to seek clarification and/or additional information; and ensuring the administrative record is complete.

- Legal and Regulatory Analysis: applying governing laws, regulations, policies, and precedents to the facts of the claim; researching and evaluating statutory criteria such as causation, exposure thresholds, timelines, and eligibility requirements; and interpreting medical and technical evidence in conjunction with established program standards.

- Medical and Technical Evaluation: reviewing medical records and reports; identifying when medical or scientific consultation is required and contacting appropriate professionals to facilitate it; and assessing causation and compensability based on program criteria.

- Maintaining organised case files and tracking systems; coordinating with other RECA Program legal support staff to manage expedient claim review within statutory timeframes; and drafting letters, memoranda, decisions, and case development logs to document timely development of administrative claims.

- Appeals and Reconsideration: reviewing requests for reconsideration or appeals; preparing case files and memoranda for review bodies or adjudicative authorities; and implementing final decisions.

- Performing ancillary duties, including maintenance of records, returning calls from applicants, and other administrative tasks as assigned.

**Please note: a legal writing sample will be required**

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Law degree, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one (1) year of study or, six (6) years of legal training or experience may be substituted.

- Sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.

- Excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.

- Hands-on familiarity with a variety of computer applications, including word processing, databases (such as document review and file management systems), spreadsheets, and imaging.

- Hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.

- Ability to consistently deliver highest quality work under extreme pressure.

- Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Law Degree (JD)

- Excellent legal writing skills

- Experience working in a Government and/or Litigation Support environment in conjunction with basic qualifications, preferred.

- Experience handling large volume of cases or claims, strongly preferred.

- Current or active clearance.

The pay for this position will be $38.77/hr.

## Skills

### Required
- LEXIS
- Westlaw
- ESI tools
- eDiscovery procedures
- word processing
- databases
- spreadsheets
- imaging

### Nice to have
- JD
- legal writing skills
- Government experience
- Litigation Support experience

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