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Paralegal – Milwaukee Justice Center/Family Courts
Hourly Salary Range – $26.46 – $30.37
Closing Date: July 9, 2023, or upon receipt of the first 50 application submissions
Job Summary: This job provides a range of legal and administrative support to the Milwaukee Justice Center (“MJC”) and family courts division. The paralegal reviews documents filed by both attorneys and self-represented litigants in stipulated divorces/legal separations before sending to the Family Division Deputy Court Clerks to schedule a hearing. The paralegal provides information to self-represented litigants on processes such as divorce/legal separation and options for starting and completing a case. Additionally, the position trains MJC volunteers on the forms used, collaborates with the Family Division on processes and procedures to keep clinic supervisors updated on changes, serves as a liaison with family law attorneys to recruit and schedule the Family Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics, and provides other administrative support as needed under the direction of the MJC Executive Director (Legal Counsel – Clerk of Court).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review documents in stipulated divorces/legal separations filed by both attorneys and self-represented litigants; identify issues and omissions; communicate feedback with filing parties.
- Meet with those seeking help at the Milwaukee Justice Center for divorce or legal separation to discuss the process and options available for starting and completing a case.
- Provide necessary referral information to self-represented litigants.
- Train volunteers on the family court processes, required forms, and filing instructions, review forms with volunteers for accuracy and completion after clinic supervisor consultation.
- Serve as a liaison with Family Division clerks and staff regarding filing procedures, updates, and MJC needs.
- Serve as a liaison with Family Law bar and other groups to assist in volunteer recruitment and schedule for Family Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics.
- Maintain and share knowledge of local rules updates and family law changes.
- Other clinic and administrative duties, as assigned.
License/Certification: None
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Contact with employees or others primarily at a routine level involving basic information exchange.
- Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division), and the gathering of factual information. May include communication of sensitive or confidential information.
- Contact across departments or visions with employees involving persuasion of others, absent formal authority, to conform to a policy interpretation or recommended course of action.
- Frequent external contact to gather information, answer queries
- External contact involving a requirement to maintain a continuing external working relationship with individuals, or organizations.
- External contact involving the initiation and maintenance of relationships that can have a significant effect on the success of the organization.
- Read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
- Write routine reports, correspondence, and speak effectively before both internal and external groups.
- Read, Analyze, and interpret business manuals, technical procedures and/or government regulations.
- Read, Analyze, and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports or legal documents.
- Regularly makes decisions of responsibility, involving evaluation of information. Decisions may require development or application of alternatives or precedents.
- Work of a relatively routine nature. Requires the ability to understand and follow instructions.
- Structured work, following a limited variety of standard practices.
- Generally structured work but involving a choice of action within limits of standard policy and procedures.
- Generally diversified and moderately difficult work. Requires judgment in the adaptation and interpretation of established practices and procedures to meet problems and situations to which the application is not clearly defined.
Non-Physical Demands: Analysis/Reasoning, Communication/Interpretation, Math/Mental Computation, Reading, Sustained Mental Activity (i.e., auditing, problem solving, grant writing and composing reports, etc.), and Writing.
Environmental Demands: Working Independently, Task Changes, Tedious/Exacting Work, High Volume Public Contact, and Physical Danger.
Work Schedule: Routine shifts hours. Infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
Demands/Deadlines: Intermittent or cyclical work pressures with occasional exposure to high stress work environments.
NOTE: This ORIGINAL APPLICATION is open to qualified residents of the State of Wisconsin at the time of application. Candidates need to submit a full account of their training and experience (i.e., by submitting an up-to-date resume or by fully completing the application) during the application process and may also be asked to take additional written or performance tests as part of the selection process.
APPLICANTS MUST POSSESS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AT TIME OF FILING APPLICATION
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Milwaukee County is committed to fostering an equitable working environment, free from discrimination and harassment, on the basis of any characteristic protected by law. We prohibit any form of discrimination, harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, pregnancy related condition, national origin, age, disability, FMLA status, sexual orientation, military status, marital status, or any other category or status that is now or in the future protected by federal, state, and local law. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing, background checks and pre-employment physicals subject to job requirements. If special accommodations are needed, please contact 414-278-3936.
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