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This is a Temporary Exempt (TEX) Category 17- Limited one (1) year duration position in the Public Defender’s office, which provides legal representation to persons charged with a crime in San Francisco who do not have the financial means to retain their own counsel.
Job Responsibility:
Reviews, processes, routes, files, records such as marriage licenses, fictitious name statements, etc and retrieves legal documents such as court orders
Responds to in-person and telephone inquires from the public, attorneys, litigants, witnesses, victims, police and other law enforcement agencies
checks files and computer records to locate requested information
provides information regarding court and office procedures
Operates computer terminal to perform record researches and data entry functions
Types forms, memoranda, correspondence and notices
assembles legal papers and case files
Files motions and other legal papers in Superior and Municipal Courts
Makes entries in the Register of actions
maintains registers of cases bound over to Superior Court
Tallies and records dispositions of cases
Distributes mail and delivers legal papers to courtroom
Obtains records of prior convictions and imprisonment of felons by contacting criminal justice agencies
Reviews and routes motions to expunge and to seal and destroy records
Examines legal documents to determine acceptability for recording or filing assesses and collects fees and taxes
Answers questions pertaining to regulation requirements of documents
complies by departmental customer service policies in dealing with the general public
Requirements:
One (1) year (equivalent of 2,000 hours) of verifiable experience processing and/or researching documents in accordance with laws, codes and/or regulations in a legal, governmental, real estate or financial services environment
Nice to have:
Excellent customer service or customer relations track record
answering high-volume calls and responding to numerous inquiries from the public and public defender clients
Bilingual skills: speak, read and write in both English and another language
Experience working in a legal or law office environment (within the last five years)
Experience working in an organization that works with communities with a history of disenfranchisement or discrimination, such as the poor and working class, mental health and chemical dependency, etc.