Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
Fair Hearings Specialist 1 (NY HELPS)
Career Insights for Legal Support Specialist
See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.
Scorecard
Based on New York data
Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?
What they do
A Legal Support Specialist works for a law firm, government, or a company subject to litigation, such as an insurance company. May assist with inmate processing and porale coordination. May assist with preparing and prosecuting cases, as part of a legal team or under the direction of a litigation attorney. May collect evidence, reviews files and assist with other litigation work.
$70,054 / year median in New York
+4% projected growth
Job Description
NY HELPS
This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the
NY HELPS
Program, candidates may be hired via a non-competitive appointment if they meet the below
NY HELPS
minimum qualifications. At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), it is expected employees hired under
NY HELPS
will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a
NY HELPS
title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
NON-COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS
Four years of paraprofessional or professional experience
• providing services to individuals in need of and/or eligible for social services programs or implementing/administering programs regulated by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, the New York State Office of Mental Health, the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports, or the New York State Department of Health.
•
Substitutions:
1. An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of experience. 2. An associate or higher degree in law or legal assistant/paralegal education from a regionally accredited college or university may substitute for four years of the experience noted above. 3. Completion of a legal assistant/paralegal education, qualifying non-degree certificate program AND two years of paralegal experience may substitute for four years of experience noted above OR 55 b/c: This position is eligible for 55 b/c appointment, and candidates with 55 b/c eligibility are encouraged to apply. To be eligible for a 55 b/c appointment, candidate must be currently enrolled in the Civil Service 55b/c program and meet the qualifications listed above. Information about the 55b/c program can be found here: https://www.cs.ny.gov/rp55/ COMPETITIVE
QUALIFICATIONS
Eligible for a lateral transfer or eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law by having one year of permanent competitive service in an appropriate title. Information regarding transfer eligibility is available on the Civil Service Career Mobility Office website at https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/