LEGAL CLERK IV (SR-16) [1 vacancy]

The Department of the Corporation Counsel (COR) is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Legal Clerk IV to support multiple attorneys defending cases, complete time-sensitive tasks, and assist the Supervising Legal Clerk II in coordinating workloads to meet deadlines, and training, evaluating, and supervising staff. This senior-level position provides critical support to the City's litigation team, ensuring that high-profile cases progress efficiently and in accordance with procedural requirements. With your attention to detail, organizational expertise, and ability to manage high-pressure assignments, you will play a key role in keeping the City's most complex legal matters on track.  

What You Will Do

• Prepare complex legal documents such as motions, memoranda, stipulations, affidavits, declarations, jury instructions, pre-trial and post-trial filings, and appellate briefs. 
• Assist attorneys in drafting documents such as court pleadings, discovery requests and responses, and final naming of witnesses. 
• Maintain, review, and extract information from medical records.
• Ensure proper filing and service of documents, including suspense copies. 
• Log, maintain, and describe discovery materials received and processed. 
• Provide technical and procedural support to litigation attorneys.
• Perform other related work assigned to the position. 

Apply today to protect those who serve and keep our City running!

At time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment. 

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
Equivalent to graduation from high school. Responsible work experience demonstrating the ability to perform the essential functions of the job may be substituted for education.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:
Four years of clerical experience, three of which must have been progressively responsible legal clerical work experience involving the preparation, typing and processing of a variety of legal forms and documents which required substantive knowledge of legal terminology, procedures, practices, forms and documents.

APPLICABLE SKILLS NEEDED 

• Knowledge of legal terminology;

• Knowledge of the form, content, and use of legal documents;

• Knowledge of legal processes, procedures, and precedents;

• Knowledge of the various types of court actions and associated processes;

• Knowledge of filing systems of legal records;

• Knowledge of law office practices and procedures;

• Ability to locate and abstract data from legal files and records;

• Ability to establish systems of legal records;

• Ability to work within constant time constraints and deadlines;

1. 1. Business school or college-level credits from an accredited college or university will substitute for experience on a month-for-month basis for the required general clerical experience.
   2. Relevant education and training from an accredited college or university in a legal office administration, legal assistance, legal secretary, paralegal, or law program may be used to substitute for some of the required legal clerical experience. The amount of time credited for the substitution will be dependent on the specific program you completed.

If you qualify for the position, your name will be eligible for consideration for the current vacancy and future job openings with this job title.  Screening will be based on the education, experience, and other job-related information provided in your application.  Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being rejected or your receiving a lower rating.  All information provided on an application is subject to verification.  As applicable, false or misleading statements or omissions of material facts are grounds for disqualification and/or termination of employment with the City and County of Honolulu.