Legal Secretary
The California Department of Justice is seeking a Legal Secretary to join their team in the West Covina Office, dedicated to protecting vulnerable community members and safeguarding state healthcare programs. The role involves performing legal secretarial duties, ensuring proper documentation and adherence to legal requirements, while supporting the legal team with case management and correspondence.
Responsibilities
- Perform legal secretarial duties in support of the West Covina Office’s legal team
- Ensure all legal documents are skillfully drafted, proofread, formatted, and filed/served in accordance with legal requirements and court deadlines
- Maintain internal databases and systems and organize voluminous case files complying with federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations, as well as office policies and practices
- Draft, review, and process office correspondence
- Maintain office calendars and process subpoenas and travel
Skills
- Team-oriented
- Well-organized
- Self-starter
- Ability to draft, proofread, and format legal documents
- Ability to file/serve legal documents in accordance with legal requirements and court deadlines
- Experience maintaining internal databases and systems
- Experience organizing voluminous case files
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations
- Ability to draft, review, and process office correspondence
- Ability to maintain office calendars
- Ability to process subpoenas and travel
Benefits
- Work-life balance
- 11 paid holidays
- Flexible paid leave options
- Consistent wage increases
- Pension retirement
- Job stability
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and more!
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