📢 WE’RE HIRING: Senior Paralegal – U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
📍 Location: Washington, DC (Onsite)
💰 Compensation: $39.16/hour + $4.27/hour Health & Welfare = $43.43/hour
📅 Duration: 6+ months to 1 year, with potential for extension
🕒 Schedule: Full-time | 40 hours/week
Are you an experienced litigation paralegal looking for an opportunity to support high-impact legal matters?
We are seeking Senior Paralegals to support the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), working alongside trial attorneys, investigators, and legal professionals within the Affirmative Litigation Section.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
- Conduct factual and legal research using LexisNexis, Westlaw, and other legal databases.
- Draft, review, proofread, and cite-check legal documents in accordance with Bluebook standards.
- Prepare pleadings, motions, briefs, exhibits, trial notebooks, and discovery materials.
- Support attorneys during depositions, trials, and evidentiary hearings.
- Perform document searches, first-level document review, coding, indexing, and discovery production.
- Maintain case files, summarize witness interviews and depositions, and prepare case-status reports.
- Assist with evidence management, case closeout, and archiving.
🔹 Qualifications
- Paralegal Certificate, JD, or qualifying legal education, training, or experience.
- At least 3 years of litigation paralegal or relevant project experience; trial experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of federal and state court procedures and legal research.
- Proficiency in LexisNexis, Westlaw, Microsoft Office, Relativity, and eDiscovery tools.
- Excellent organizational, communication, proofreading, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines in a fast-paced legal environment.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
Why Apply?
Join a team supporting important federal litigation matters while gaining valuable experience working alongside DOJ legal professionals.
📩 Interested? Send your updated resume via LinkedIn message or apply directly to be considered for this opportunity.
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