Law Clerk (District Temporary, Full Time) - Metropolitan Water District - Los Angeles, CA - EXPIRED
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Job Information:
Company: Metropolitan Water District
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of twenty-six cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. Metropolitan's mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Metropolitan's facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five conventional water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.6 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 800 miles of pipeline, and 16 hydroelectric power plants.
LAW CLERK (District Temporary, Full Time)
The MWD's Legal Department currently has one (1) opening for a District Temporary, full-time Law Clerk at our Headquarters Building in Los Angeles, CA.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
For your application to be considered, a 5-10 page legal document that you have written must be provided in addition to your resume. Please combine your writing sample and your resume and upload/submit them together as ONE document when you apply.
Law Clerks conduct legal research in the preparation of legal briefs, opinions, and similar documents. They also prepare memoranda and other documents summarizing court decisions, administrative board decisions, state and federal statutes, ordinances, and opinions. Areas of legal research may include environmental, energy, water rights, Native American law, regulatory, tort, employment, public finance, real property, construction and contract law.
JOB DUTIES
* Performs legal research and analysis using traditional and online research tools.
* Prepares memoranda and other documents summarizing court decisions, administrative board decisions, state and federal statutes, ordinances, and opinions.
* Provides assistance in all phases of litigation including discovery, motions, and trial preparation by organizing, summarizing, indexing, researching, reviewing relevant documents and preparing exhibits as necessary.
* Assists in preparation of pleadings, petitions, and other relevant court documents.
* May participate on a project team.
* Performs other related Law Clerk job duties as required.
Work Schedule: 9/80, Monday through Friday with alternating Fridays off
Estimated end date of assignment: November 9, 2018
JOB REQUIREMENTS: EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience: Successful completion of first year of law school. Recent graduates (2017) will be considered.
Required Knowledge of: Legal research and writing methods, including electronic legal research tools; and current office technology and equipment.
Required Skills and Abilities to: Perform legal research, analysis and writing using current methodologies and tools; proofread; think critically; problem solve; prioritize and multi-task; communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; work independently and in a team environment; and operate current office equipment including computers and supporting applications.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND VISION REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the job duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job duties.
Physical Demands: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as paper, books, or small parts; driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.
Work Environment: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
Job Related Selection Criteria:
25% Job Preparation (education, experience & training relevant to the position)
25% Written Communication Skills
20% Technical Knowledge (knowledge of substantive law and legal procedure, legal research tools, general office and legal technology)
15% Analytical Skills
15% Oral Communication Skills
100% Total
This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. To receive a copy of the complete job description, please send an email to [email protected]
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call (213) 217-7738 or email [email protected].
For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: http://www.mwdh2o.com/PDF_Careers/benefits.pdf
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