LEGAL SECRETARY

10

222 Schilling Circle,
Suite 108
Hunt Valley, MD 21031

A Legal Secretary is the full performance level of work providing legal secretarial support as a personal assistant to one or more attorneys. The work involves the preparation of legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the conduct of administrative hearings or court cases.

Employees in this classification do not supervise.

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: One year of experience as a legal secretary to include keyboarding legal briefs, pleadings, affidavits, subpoenas and other legal documents; maintaining case files, schedules and logs and verifying legal citations and references.

Note: Additional secretarial or other clerical experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

A minimum of one year of recent experience as a legal secretary (must be within the last five years)

A minimum of one year experience maintaining a Legal Practice Management system, including document generation and management, as well as docketing and scheduling responsibility.

Demonstrated ability to keyboard at a minimum speed of forty words per minute.

Please provide sufficient information on your application (and on separate pages, if necessary) to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment.  All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. 

We will not consider information submitted after this date. 

Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the employment (eligible) list for at least one year.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS  

Online application process is STRONGLY preferred. If the online application process is not available, you may submit a paper application and supplemental questionnaire (by the closing date) to fax # 410-333-7674.

For education obtained outside the U.S., a copy of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service must accompany the application. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date.

The resulting certified eligible list for this recruitment may be used for similar positions in this or other State agencies.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.

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As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.