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The office is soliciting applications for a Legal Administrative Specialist position within the Civil Division of the Northern District of Indiana. If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing a variety of advanced litigation support functions to Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana. Typical work assignments will include:

  • Exercises a basic knowledge of litigation process, legal terminology, and court rules and procedures (e.g., rules of evidence and rules of civil procedure), and ability to apply that knowledge when performing basic litigation support tasks.
  • Identifies and utilizes the most appropriate software packages, including databases, spreadsheets, and word processing applications, to meet the needs of developing and managing a database to track and analyze civil cases and relevant information about those cases, including their status.
  • Uses various software applications in sophisticated ways to efficiently organize, analyze and present case materials for discovery, document review databases, for depositions, courtroom presentation software, etc., including basic troubleshooting and basic training. Scans, codes, indexes, labels, bates stamps and tags discovery.
  • Assures documents are organized for efficient storage and retrieval by preparing appropriate indices, defining data file search criteria and indexing/coding fields and ensures documents are entered and coded in the most efficient and correct way.
  • Prepares computerized trial presentation programs and exhibits for legal proceedings.
  • In consultation with AUSAs and federal agents, redacts sensitive/confidential/classified information from all discovery materials being produced.
  • Through the use of document review applications, numbers (or otherwise identifies), copies, extracts, and prepares for production of discovery matters.
  • Exercises a basic knowledge of standard litigation technology software (e.g., processing software, document review databases, and courtroom presentation software) to prepare, manage, produce, or present discovery, evidence, exhibits, or other electronic files relevant to civil cases.


Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

This position has promotion potential to the GS-11 grade level. Promotion to the next grade level is at management's discretion and is based on your demonstrated ability to perform the higher-level duties, the continuing need for the higher-level duties, and "Regulatory/Administrative" approval. Promotion to the next higher grade level is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied.