Legal Process Assistant Ii - Temporary Part -Time

Description

This position is limited to 25 hours per week.

The assignment will include performing a variety of office duties including covering a reception desk assisting the people on the phone or in-person, monitoring a program email account and routing messages appropriately, printing and distributing documents, and preparing outgoing mail.

Do you have experience in a law office or court? Do you have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills? You may be our new LPA II!

As a Legal Process Assistant II, you will process legal petitions, subpoenas, warrants, summons, judgments and dispositions, review documents for accuracy, completeness and signatures; and distribute documents to legal professionals. You will create and maintain records, and update court databases with pleas, dispositions, sentences, motions, and notices.

To thrive in this role, you must have excellent attention to detail and exemplary customer service skills.

Having experience with court legal processing in a District Court, Juvenile Court or Superior Court is helpful. Experiences in managing legal processes and other complicated, rules-based work will support your success in this position.

Job Duties

STATEMENT OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Assists the general public, respondents, attorneys, law enforcement representatives and other agencies in person or on the phone by answering questions and explaining court procedures; locates information from court records and provides it to the public as appropriate.
• Schedules court hearings within mandated legal timeframes; prepares correspondence and notices. Schedules youth, families and volunteers for training, programs, and appointments.
• Receives, processes and issues legal documents such as petitions, subpoenas, warrants, summons, judgments and dispositions; reviews documents for accuracy, completeness and signatures; and distributes documents to legal professionals.
• Creates and maintains records; updates court databases with pleas, dispositions, sentences, motions and notices; receives, records and processes payment of legal financial obligations; retrieves and processes data; takes minutes at meetings.
• Reviews and prepares social and/or volunteer files; pulls all related files; prepares documents as necessary.
• Processes law enforcement referrals; contacts other agencies; prepares summons and warrants; reviews and verifies completion of orders, checks files and reports for accuracy and completeness.

• May perform all the duties of employees in the same and lower related classifications.
• May maintain employee payroll records for such categories as sick leave, vacation, overtime and hours worked.

Minimum Qualifications

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