A Paralegal or Legal Assistant assists attorneys and law offices with a variety of tasks ranging from administrative support to legal research and writing. Maintains and organizes files or file databases. Conducts legal or other background research, assists with preparation for trials or hearings, and drafts documents to be filed. Uses software for electronic discovery of materials such as email for a trial. May specialize in a particular area of the law such as corporate or criminal law, family law or real estate law.
INTERNAL UNION APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST CONSIDERATION FOR UNION POSITIONS
DATE:
8/17/26
STATUS:
Regular, Full Time
SALARY RANGE
$47,090.68-$70,705.96
TITLE:
LEGAL ASSISTANT
GRADE:
108
LOCATION:
220 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor
UNION AFFILIATION
AFSCME 2733 Unit B
JOB SUMMARY
Under the supervision of a higher classified employee, serves as a senior worker performing the more difficult and responsible clerical, legal and administrative support tasks, which require independent judgment, understanding of departmental operations, proficiency in data entry/word processing skills, and ability to handle a variety of tasks.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Essential Duties:
Appropriately responds to inquiries from the public as well as judges, police agencies, court personnel, prosecutors, governmental and private agencies using knowledge of departmental rules, practices, and procedures.
Receives, screens and routes high volume, multiline phone calls using judgment, discretion and adnce to rules requiring confidentiality of information.
Interacts with juveniles and adults who via phone or in person with legal questions, and scheduling appointments and interviews for attorney-student intern teams.
Screens and appropriately routes correspondence, reports, and legal documents exercising judgment as to importance and priority.
Daily, on call acceptance or rejection of potential court appointments for twenty-four-hour emergency hearings.
Organizes and maintains an extensive legal record system. Opens, closes, and updates all felony, misdemeanor, delinquency and neglect/abuse juvenile files for District, Circuit, and occasionally the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Prepares, obtains, and files various documents including jury trial requests, motions, court orders, witness lists, subpoenas, pick up orders, hearing reports and other time sensitive materials which are of a confidential nature.
Prepares discovery requests and obtains discovery material such as police reports, search warrants, lab testing reports including digital/electronic discovery from both State and local Prosecutors.
Prepare basic legal documents and court notices and serves the documents as required on clients, witnesses and opposing parties.
Filing of open and closed case files and file retrieval of misdemeanor, felony, and juvenile case files from an offsite storage area.
Generates and s dockets for all Judges and referees assigned to the Juvenile Court on delinquency and abuse and neglect matters.
Locates and retrieves information from OnBase, Defender/data, Odyssey, JIS, X-Jail, and Microsoft Office.
Independently provides a preliminary identification of potential conflicts of interest between clients that would necessitate withdrawal of the Office as attorney of record.
Independently interact with privately retained attorneys and coordinate the transfer of discovery.
Ordering, coordination and administration of office supplies and equipment.
Utilizes a variety of office equipment including but not limited to copiers, faxes, scanner, and ers.
Trains entry level clerical workers in departmental procedures and basic clerical duties.
Assists in the recruitment, and training of student lawyer and investigator interns daily to insure adnce to departmental rules, practices, and procedures.
Performs legal tasks and duties assigned.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Duties require sufficient mobility to work in a normal office setting and use standard office equipment including aputer, vision to read ed materials and aputer screen and hearing and speech sufficient tomunicate in person or over the telephone.
These requirements may be amodated for otherwise qualified individuals requiring and requesting such amodations.
EDUCATION
Possession of a high school diploma, or the equivalent.
EXPERIENCE
A minimum of one (1) year of clerical experience in a legal setting involving typing, and extensive use ofputer applications, keeping of court-related and other legal records, generating and processing legal orders and filing court documents.
Must have knowledge of and familiarity with the Michigan Court system.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Prior to ing, applicants must pass a typing test at 40wpm and pass the clerical exam on the 20th percentile as well as the County Data Entry test.
NOTE:
All clerical and typing tests must be updated every two (2) years.
This class description intends to identify the major duties and requirements of the job and should not be interpreted as all inclusive. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related duties other than those outlined above and may be required to specific job-related knowledge for successful job performance.
