Legal Aide - Grade NS

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This title exists within Various New York State Agencies and has approximately 165 positions statewide.

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Salary Information for Legal Aide
Title Grade Hiring Rate/yr Job Rate/yr
Legal Aide NS (salary information not available)

All salary grades for trainees titles are non-statutory (NS) equated to the salary grade identified. These grade equations apply to the starting salaries in their respective salary schedule for the traineeship levels.

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Job Duties

LEGAL AIDE, under the direct supervision of an Attorney, gains experience in legal work by assisting professional staff in support of an agency legal program:  

Conducts legal research and analyzes legal decisions, opinions, rulings, and memoranda by selecting principles of law and preparing digests of the points of law involved;
Selects, assembles, and compiles information on statutes, rules of procedure, regulations, other legal instruments, and specific legal subjects;
Maintains records and indices of law cases;
Shephardizes cases and statutes using Shephard's Citations;
Obtains copies of legislative bills and maintains records of the progress of proposed legislation of interest to the agency;
Secures information on court sessions and calendars or on administrative hearing calendars and informs legal staff when cases will be called;
Prepares preliminary drafts of agreements and resolutions, pleadings, opinions, extracts of depositions, etc.;
May conduct preliminary interviews of witness;
May assist in maintaining agency law library by locating or re-shelving books and adding new materials;
Composes routine legal correspondence.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

This title is non-competitive.  No examination is necessary.  However, you must still meet the Minimum Qualifications of the position.

Candidates must be currently enrolled as full-time students at a law school recognized by the New York State Education Department.

How to Apply

An examination is not used to fill this title. You must meet the minimum qualifications of the title in order to be considered for this position. You must apply directly to the agency or agencies that have this title.

Mobility Options

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through transfers opportunities or other examinations.

For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322.

You can also visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists.

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