Hybrid Paralegal – Trial Division

at Oregon Department of Human Services

• Job title: Paralegal – Trial Division
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $5,066 - $7,774 per month
• Degree requirement: Associate's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Salem, United States

About the role

• Paralegal supporting the Trial Division of Oregon Department of Justice in Salem or Portland. Assisting attorneys with trial preparation, case management, and legal documentation tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist in trial and trial preparation, including organizing exhibits, preparing factual portions of pretrial order, consulting with attorneys regarding witnesses' ability to effectively testify at trial, preparing trial notebooks and witness notebooks, tracking trial exhibits, taking notes during trial, coordinating trial witnesses, and suggesting questions or additional documents to be used in examination of witnesses.
• Conduct factual investigation of the section's cases, including arranging, preparing for, and assisting with, subpoenas and document collections from clients and third parties, and conducting interviews of witnesses.
• Independently manage proposed pleadings and correspondence relating to cases.
• Draft discovery requests and responses for your attorneys' review, including requests for production, interrogatories, and requests for admissions, and responses and objections to each of those forms.
• Read, organize, and analyze document production from our client agencies, third parties, and opposing parties.
• Assist in the process of preparing for depositions, including identifying potential exhibits, organizing, and preparing the exhibit sets, and assisting in depositions.
• Work with expert witnesses or consultants on cases and assist them by supplying information and documents necessary for their testimony and reports.

Requirements

• Two-year Associate degree in Paralegal or Legal Assistant Studies; OR Eighteen months of Paralegal experience; OR Any combination of training and experience that demonstrates experience in legal work, independent judgment, legal terminology principles, concepts, systems, and processes.
• Experience must include discovery and trial methods and procedures, legal ethics, and skill in preparing legal documents, interviewing witnesses, and explaining legal issues.

Benefits

• Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and special days off.
• Excellent medical, vision, and dental.
• Pension and retirement programs.
• Endless peer and management support, and representation by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
• Opportunity to expand your professional skills.