Legal Aide at Nebraska… · Lincoln

Summary: 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 Required Qualifications: - 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 Required Skills: Legal research, Drafting legal documents, laws Important Skills: Administrative law, Litigation support Benefits: Comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities