Senior Legal Secretary

The hourly rate for this position is up to $39.26. This is projected to

increase in the following increments: 3% effective 7/1/2024 and 4%

effective 1/1/2025.

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education,

focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students

as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you

will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting

the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal

of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to
thrive in college, career and life.

LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an

enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710

square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we

employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers

in our city.

Department or School Site The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) of the Los Angeles Unified

School District seeks to be nothing less than the best public law office in

Los Angeles County. The OGC is an ethical, high performance legal

department with high professional standards and integrity that provides

first class legal service to the teachers, supervisors and administrators

who support the District's 600,000 plus students that we educate.

The OGC uses their skills to advise and counsel schools and

administrative offices, and recognize that their ultimate clients are the

students of the District and their families, and work to support the

District's vision that all of our students will graduate, be college prepared

and career ready.

Project A Senior Legal Secretary serves as an office supervisor in the Office of

the General Counsel and performs higher-level legal secretarial tasks.

Benefits Insurance: Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental,

vision, and life insurance plans.

Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement

System (CalPERS).

Vacation: Two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five

years of year-round paid service.

Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days.

Job Duties/Responsibilities A Senior Legal Secretary typically performs the following duties:

• Assists in the preparation of correspondence, legal opinions,

documents concerning District business.

• Prepares legal documents and files litigation documents in appropriate

necessary filing fees.

• Indexes, files, locates, and researches correspondence, legal opinions,

• Coordinates work flow when paralegals and attorneys require

• Assists in the maintenance of dockets and calendars to show the

paralegals and staff attorneys of deadlines for preparing litigation

documents and opinions.

To view the job descriptions and a complete list of typical duties, please

visit https://lausdjobs.org/, under *Employee Resources* and select *Job

Descriptions.*Entrance requirements are representative of the minimum

level of knowledge, skill, and/or abilities.

Minimum Requirements Below are the MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS for the SENIOR LEGAL

SECRETARY position:

EDUCATION: Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent

educational proficiency. Completion of a certification in legal secretarial

science or related field; or certification as a paralegal from a program,

preferably approved by the American Bar Association; or an associate’s
degree in legal secretarial science or a related field from a recognized

college or university.

NOTE: You MUST upload your degree (i.e. scan or take a picture of your

degree) or official transcripts to your candidate profile, under

“attachments.”

EXPERIENCE: Three years of experience that includes assisting

attorneys in preparing and compiling legal and litigation forms, pleadings,

discovery, and other documents, using legal template software, and

screening and routing calls.

SPECIAL NOTE: Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings

and weekends

Desirable Qualifications The ideal candidate for Senior Legal Secretary will have advanced skills

and knowledge to work in a professional law office environment. S/he will

possess secretarial experience, including setting up and working with

filing systems and databases. S/he must have knowledge of legal

procedures and rules of the court.

S/he must be proficient in the following computer skills: Microsoft Outlook

2016, Microsoft Word 2016, and Microsoft Excel 2016, as well as other

productivity tools, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Adobe Acrobat.

This candidate must be proficient in the following areas: legal spelling,

legal vocabulary, attention to detail, calendaring, conflict resolution, and

alphanumeric data entry.

S/he must be professionally polished, have exceptional interpersonal

skills, and be detail-oriented. S/he will have excellent oral communication

and writing skills.

The ideal candidate will be able to work in a team environment and be

able to manage multiple projects while working under pressure and time

constraints within a fast-paced environment. S/he will have excellent

follow through skills and be self-motivated both within the working

environment as well as with his/her continuous professional learning and

development.

Employment Selection Process The selection process for this position will tentatively consist of one or

more of the following: Computer-Based Skill Check Assessment and

Technical Interview. After applications are reviewed and determined to

meet the minimum qualifications, qualified candidates will be invited to

our next phase(s) selection process.

TEST RETAKE POLICY: Candidates that have taken the

computer-based skill check assessments (Data Entry, Legal Spelling,

Legal Vocabulary, Microsoft Outlook 2016, Microsoft Word 2016, and

Microsoft Excel 2016) must wait a period of 30 days before retaking the

test.

This is a competitive process as we anticipate a number of well qualified

candidates for this recruitment. Please make sure that you describe in

DETAIL, your experience, education, and training that most closely

relates to this position in the online application.

In your application, you must include a professional resume, but it will

NOT be in lieu of a detailed application.

Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net as an

approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your

spam/junk e-mail folder.

For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment

process, visit the 'My LAUSD Career' section of our website at

http://www.lausdjobs.org

Application Process DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE

APPLICATION?

Please visit www.lausdjobs.org and click on "help desk service request

form" located to the left of the Quick Links.

To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the

website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org

The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons

shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing

are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213) 241-3455

for more information.

Additional Posting Information Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment

assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment

process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment

score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top

three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The

hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open

positions in related job classifications.