Law Clerk I

Description

Job Description:

This position can be fully remote, but will require access to the customer site as needed or as requested.

Leidos is looking for highly-motivated, first-class Law Clerks in the Washington, D.C, Chicago, and New York City metropolitan areas to join a document review team supporting the Litigation Program of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. This position can be fully remote, but will require access to the customer site as needed or as requested. For this reason, only individuals in and around the Washington, D,C., Chicago, and New York City areas will be considered.

Please note: the period of performance is through May 31, 2023 with anticipated annual renewals thereafter through November 30, 2024.

In this role, you will gain many intangible skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner with internal and external colleagues of all levels. If you are well-organized and able to manage multiple critical tasks under tight deadlines, have good customer service skills, and thrive in a fast-paced and diverse environment, read more …

Primary Responsibilities:

• This position is fully remote, but with a requirement to come into the office as needed (subject to change).

• Assists attorneys with all phases of criminal litigation, including pretrial discovery, motions, hearings, trials, and appeals.

• Reviews and analyzes documents, transcripts, files, and other materials to locate information and evidence relevant to investigative actions or responsiveness to grand jury subpoenas.

• Uses electronic databases to perform litigation support tasks, including reviewing, organizing, indexing, tagging, and summarizing documents, files, and other materials.

• Conducts database searches for documents and information.

• Uses electronic databases to perform litigation support tasks, including reviewing, organizing, indexing, tagging, and summarizing documents, files, and other materials.

• In addition to objective document review, performs document review of a subjective nature including coding materials for case-specific legal issue, themes, and areas for further investigation. Law Clerks will work more closely with Trial Attorneys to gain subject-matter knowledge of the industry under investigation.

• Assists attorneys in preparing for, and conducting, interviews with prospective fact witnesses, investigative sources, and expert witnesses.

• Identifies possibly privileged documents and reviews and prepares privilege logs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires Law degree, or currently attending an ABA-accredited law school, having completed at least one year of study or, an equivalent level of legal training or experience or an equivalent level of education may be substituted.

• Experience in electronic document review – particularly experience working in Relativity database or equivalent eDiscovery relational database.

• Requires sound working knowledge of federal and state court systems, legal research procedures, and legal research resources.

• Requires excellent written and oral communication skills and thorough knowledge of legal research tools such as LEXIS and Westlaw.

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

• Role also requires hands-on familiarity with ESI tools and knowledge of eDiscovery procedures and resources.

• Must be able to obtain a favorably adjudicated Public Trust Clearance.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Requires a reliable, high-speed Internet connection.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently have a favorably adjudicated Public Trust Clearance, preferred

This position is covered under the Service Contract Act and is subject to minimum wage requirements as well as the minimum Health and Welfare benefit. Leidos will ensure that all provisions are met through their wages and benefits. The pay for this position will be $32.36/hr in Washington, D.C., $34.13/hr for Chicago, and $35.39/hr in New York City.

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We value and support the well-being and mobility of our employees with competitive benefit packages, complementary e-learning training, work-life flexibility, an exciting External Referral Program, and a diverse, inclusive and ethical work place. In fact, in 2022, Leidos was ranked as one of the “World's Most Ethical Companies” by the Ethisphere Institute for the fifth consecutive year.

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