Legal Office Professional Senior

Three years of legal office professional or legal clerical experience, two years of which were at the journey level, or the equivalent, AND mastery of the following job-related LOP I, II, and Senior competencies are required upon entry to this class for successful performance of essential functions and for demonstration of the County’s ACE values.
 
 Legal Office Professional Senior Competency Requirements:
 

• Knowledge of civil litigation, including subject matter, jurisdiction, personal venue, pleadings, parties to litigation, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial
• Knowledge of criminal litigation, including Constitutional restraints on investigation stage, Bill of Rights, and overview of a criminal proceeding
• Knowledge of criminal and civil court processes and procedures, including differences in calendaring and scheduling
• Knowledge of advanced legal terminology and concepts, jargon and abbreviations
• Knowledge of California’s legal practice and procedures for specialized law (e.g., criminal law, probate, adoptions, civil litigation, conservatorships and guardianships, workers’ compensation)
• Skill to prepare complex and/or uncommon legal forms
• Skill to support an attorney through process, investigation, discovery, and trial preparation
• Skill to locate and verify citations from legal publications, databases, and court decisions
• Skill to recognize changes in codes and procedural requirements that will affect rules and procedures related to legal office practices
• Skill to use Microsoft Word to create tables and insert objects into Word documents; format paragraphs, organize pages and create styles; create document references, insert table of contents and index; perform mail merges; create charts, work with worksheets and insert bitmapped graphics into word documents
• Skill to use PowerPoint to create a presentation from a template, wizard, or existing slides; make layout changes; work with text boxes and text; import text; work with graphics; create tables; and use bullets, auto numbering, slide transitions, animation, and speaker notes