JSC Paralegal Job at New Mexico Courts
Administrative Office of the Courts
Business Unit: 21000
JSC Paralegal, #00054405-21000, Full-Time, Perm, in Albuquerque, NM
# of Positions: 1
Opening Date: 12-19-2022 - Close Date: 01-27-2023
Job Pay Range: II: $21.382 - $42.763 per hour
Target Pay Range/Rate: $25.00 per hour
The Judicial Standards Commission is recruiting for a Full-Time, Classified, Paralegal position, #00054405-21000, in Albuquerque, NM. GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Acting under general supervision of the Judicial Standards Commission (JSC) Executive Director, Deputy Director or Investigative Trial Counsel; perform highly skilled non-routine legal support work in a legal office, administrative tribunal, or court setting. Finalist(s) may be subject to criminal background checks.
EXAMPLES OF JOB DUTIES
COMPETENCIES/QUALIFICATIONS
The successful applicant should demonstrate knowledge in authorized and unauthorized practices of law; legal terminology and procedures; court rules, policies, and operations; case management systems and applicable software; New Mexico Statutes Annotated (NMSA); forms of opinions and legal writing styles; The Gregg Reference Manual, Lexis, Westlaw, Westcheck, etc.; Supreme Court Rules and Regulations; New Mexico One Source; New Mexico Judicial Branch Personnel Rules and other legal reference materials; differentiating court procedures versus legal advice, sources for fact gathering, data collection, and retrieving information.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The following functions are representative, but not all-inclusive of the work environment and physical demands an employee may expect to encounter in performing tasks assigned to this job. Work is performed in an office or court setting. A valid driver's license and travel may be required. The assigned work schedule may include nights, weekends, holidays and overtime. The employee must regularly interact positively with co-workers, clients, the public, and judges and justices.
BENEFITS
*these benefits vary by job classification or need*
QUALIFICATIONS
- A Paralegal shall have several qualification options; however, all shall be in accordance with the State Bar of New Mexico, Rules Governing Paralegal Services, Paralegal qualifications, Rule 20-115. [Approved, effective January 30, 2004.]
- A paralegal shall meet one or more of the following educational, training or work experience qualifications:
- A. graduation from a paralegal program that is: (1) approved by the American Bar Association; (2) an associate degree program; (3) a post-baccalaureate certificate program in paralegal studies; or (4) a bachelor’s degree program;
- B. graduation from a post-secondary legal assistant program which consists of a minimum of sixty (60) semester hours or equivalent, as defined by the American Bar Association guidelines for the Approval of Paralegal Education Programs, of which at least eighteen (18) semester hours’ or equivalent are general education courses and eighteen (18) semester hours’ or equivalent are legal specialty courses;
- C. a bachelor’s degree in any field plus 2 (two) years’ of substantive law-related experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Successful completion of at least fifteen (15) semester hours’ of substantive paralegal courses may be substituted for one year of law-related experience;
- D. graduation from an accredited law school and not disbarred or suspended from the practice of law by the State of New Mexico or any other jurisdiction;
- E. certification by the National Association of Legal Assistants, Incorporated, the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Incorporated or other equivalent national or state competency examination plus at least one (1) year of substantive law-related experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney; or
- F. a high school diploma or equivalent plus seven (7) years’ of substantive law-related experience under the supervision of a licensed attorney.
TO APPLY: Please mail your job application with an attached resume via U.S. Mail to the address below. Applications must be postmarked no later than January 27, 2023, and should be addressed to:
Executive Director & General Counsel
Judicial Standards Commission
6200 Uptown Blvd. NE, Suite 340
Albuquerque, NM 87110-4159
No telephone calls, e-mails, faxes, or walk-ins please.
Applications must include copies of education, and/or other requested information listed in the job announcement.
Applications or the Resume must be signed and in the required format.
Applications that do not meet these requirements will be considered incomplete and rejected.
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