Director of Legal Services

Los Angeles Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States. The Court’s 580 judges and commissioners and its dedicated workforce of over 5,000 full-time employees serving across 36 facilities work purposefully and seamlessly to achieve the mission to provide equal access to justice to all of Los Angeles County. With an annual budget exceeding $1 billion, the Los Angeles Superior Court operation scales one of the nation’s largest counties, covering over 4,700 square miles and serving over 10 million residents.

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ABOUT THE POSITION

The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Legal Services to lead and oversee the Legal Services Office. This pivotal role involves directing legal research and support services for judicial officers across all areas of litigation. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel, you will be responsible for developing and implementing programs, systems, and processes that support the hiring, onboarding, and training of approximately 200 research attorneys, probate attorneys, and law clerks. For a detailed job description, please click here. Please note the requirements in the job description may vary from the requirements in this bulletin.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and manage programs for the administration of legal support and research services for judicial officers.
• Develop and implement comprehensive orientation and legal training for research attorneys and law clerks.
• Oversee the recruitment, hiring, and retention of research attorneys and law clerks.
• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of assigned services and resources provided by the Legal Services Office.
• Serve as an internal consultant and advisor to Court management and judicial officers.

This is an at-will managerial position. The Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (SB 2140) authorizes the Court to exclude managerial employees from the employment protection provisions of the Act subject to meet and confer.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

To qualify, you must meet the following requirements at the time of application: 

• Graduation from an accredited law school.
• Eight (8) years of professional experience as an attorney practicing law, with at least three (3) years supervising subordinate attorneys.
• Member of the California State Bar in good standing.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong knowledge of legal services administration, including planning, budgeting, and maintaining public records.
• Expertise in civil, criminal, family law, probate, and administrative law.
• Excellent management and supervisory skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information effectively to diverse audiences.

DEGREE VERIFICATION

A legible copy of your college diploma -OR- official transcripts with the degree or units posted from the college or university must be attached when your application is submitted. Otherwise, your application materials will be deemed incomplete and rejected accordingly. Once the application is submitted, you will not be able to edit or add documents.

Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.

APPLICANT SUPPORT & INFORMATION

Applications must be submitted online. Before submitting your application, carefully review ALL the information detailed on our APPLICANT SUPPORT page linked HERE.

Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruitment process may submit a request for accommodation to the email provided below. For additional employment information, please click HERE.

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER APPLYING

This recruitment process will take up to 6 - 8 weeks to complete. We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process, detailed below:

EVALUATION: Qualifying evaluation of education, training, and experience based upon submitted application and supplemental questionnaire.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be placed on an eligible list and may be invited to participate in a selection interview.

Questions regarding this posting may be emailed to
 Greg Preece, Human Resources Director

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