Legal Aide
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is dedicated to improving the lives and health of Nebraskans. They are seeking a Legal Aide to assist in various legal tasks, including interpreting laws, drafting regulations, providing litigation support, and conducting legal research.
Responsibilities
- Interpreting complex federal and state constitutional, statutory and regulatory laws and recognizing the impact of legislation on the agency and its programs
- Drafting regulations and conduct privilege reviews for compliance with public records requests and discovery requests
- Providing litigation support to the agency and Attorney General's Office, as needed, which may include the handling of appeals filed with the Nebraska appellate courts
- Conducting research for agency attorneys; reviews, studies, searches, and annotates laws, court decisions
- Analyzing law sources to prepare drafts of briefs or arguments for review, approval, and use by attorney
- Writing memorandums relating to areas researched
- Preparing legal files and/or documents and/or correspondence such as briefs, affidavits, motions, Subpoenas, petitions, or memorandums for use by agency attorneys
- Supervises the maintenance of the legal library and organizes current research data
- Assists in drafting legislative bills or amendments to legislative bills
- Assists in research, analysis and revision of agency rules and regulations
- Represents agency in administrative hearings under supervision of a licensed agency attorney
Skills
- Current enrollment in, and completion of one year of law school (approved by the American Bar Association) for Legal Aide I
- Current enrollment at a law school (approved by the American Bar Association) with completion of legal studies sufficient to have attained senior standing for Legal Aide II
- Eligibility for Certification as a Certified Senior Law Student pursuant to Nebraska Revised Court Rules, Chapter 3, Article 7 for Legal Aide II
Benefits
- Comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities
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