Job description
Department
SYS-Gen Counsel-930000
Job Location
Denton
Full Time/Part Time
Full-Time
Retirement Eligibility
TRS Eligible
Additional Retirement Information
For more information on retirement plan options, please visit
https://hr.untsystem.edu/benefits/retirement-plans/index.php.
Salary Information
Salary commensurate with experience
Department Summary
The Office of General Counsel represents the University of North Texas System in all legal matters. We are committed to excellence and working collaboratively to render legal advice in an atmosphere of trust and respect. Through our legal services we assist our clients in fulfilling their mission and achieving their goals
Position Overview
Assist attorneys with complex legal and administrative support work by managing the process and workflow of contracts and assisting with intake, review, drafting, negotiation, and post-execution administration of all client matters, including subpoenas, records authorizations, and litigation matters. Works under general supervision with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Additional Posting Details
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree w/ paralegal certification plus 2 years paralegal experience; Associate’s degree w/ paralegal certification plus 4 years paralegal experience; paralegal certification plus 6 years paralegal experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
KNOWLEDGE
- Clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, process incoming documents, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
- Law office operations, case and document management systems and legal research methods.
- Laws, legal codes, court procedures, government regulations, executive orders, and agency rules.
- Understanding the role of the paralegal in the delivery of legal services, ethics, confidentiality, and professional values.
SKILLS
- Communicating effectively in writing in a style that communicates a legal theory clearly and concisely, reporting legal research findings in an appropriate format, properly citing print and electronic primary and secondary sources, drafting legal correspondence and documents, locating and modifying forms.
- Completing legal research plan, using print and electronic legal resources, reading and evaluating legal resource material, properly citing and cite checking legal sources, updating legal sources.
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made.
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems, applying recognized legal authority to a specific fact situation.
- Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
- Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
WORK ACTIVITIES
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to enter data, process information, schedule important dates and deadlines, develop databases, and manage documents.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, comparing, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic form.
- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
WORK STYLES - this job requires someone who has the following attributes:
- Integrity
- Maintaining Confidences
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Self-Control
- High Stress Tolerance
- Initiative
- Independence
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Achievement/Effort
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree w/ paralegal certification plus 2 years paralegal experience; Associate’s degree w/ paralegal certification plus 4 years paralegal experience; paralegal certification plus 6 years paralegal experience; or any equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
Required License / Registration / Certification
Paralegal certification
Work Schedule
M-F 8am-5pm
Driving University Vehicle
No
Security Sensitive
This is a security sensitive position.
EEO Statement
The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.
Classification Title
Paralegal
Physical Requirements
Lifting up to 10 pounds, Sitting, Writing, Talk or Hear, Ability to communicate
Job Duties
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The Paralegal job duties include:
- This position will be supporting attorneys in the Denton and Dallas office . Work location will be flexible.
- Assist in calendaring, and coordinating deadlines and activities with the Office of the Attorney General and other outside agencies in files such as litigation, claims, subpoenas;
- Assist in collecting, organizing, indexing, and managing large volumes of documents for preservation and discovery or subpoena production, including e-discovery processes; creating and maintaining document databases;
- Assist in gathering and preparing documents and exhibits for witness interviews and deposition preparation; preparing chronologies, documents, and exhibits for mediation, administrative hearing, and litigation matters;
- Assist in creating and maintaining internal case databases, run searches on internal and external document databases and systems;
- Under guidance of an attorney, assist in drafting briefs, motions, affidavits, position statements, responses and other legal documents; preparing and filing documents with courts and agencies
- Engage in direct client contact with all levels of UNT System and component institution administration, faculty, and staff, and with the Office of the Attorney General and outside counsel;
- Conduct legal research using electronic sources;
- Create and organize briefs, exhibits, and appendices into binders for trial or mediation for attorney use during hearings or mediation.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
S5879P
Position End Date (if temporary)
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