Exempt Limited Duration Employee (ELDE): This is an at-will position, exempt from the provisions of the City of Oakland Civil Service Rules (per Charter Section 902f). Exempt Limited Duration positions may not exceed a period of one year.
The City of Oakland’s Office of the City Attorney is recruiting to fill one (1) Paralegal vacancy within the Office of the City Attorney. This is an exempt limited duration assignment and is expected to last one year. Join a dynamic and diverse team committed to defending the City of Oakland in various types of litigation and initiating legal action when the community’s quality of life or economic interests are jeopardized.
The ideal candidate will be able to perform complex work to support the City Attorney in advocating the City’s interest in lawsuits filed against or on behalf of the City.
Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Draft legal documents, including propounding and responding to discovery, pre-trial/trial documents, pleadings, motions, correspondence and memoranda.
- Gather, organize, summarize and analyze materials obtained through the pre-trial/project-oriented process.
- Provide paralegal and strategic support to attorneys during the hearing, pre-trial, trial and post-trial process.
- Gather and organize documents for administrative proceedings, including preparation of administrative records.
- Act as liaison between attorneys, clients, witnesses, employees and the public.
- Provide logistical support, including collecting legal documents at a variety of venues.
- Research specific questions of law for precedents, related case law, and/or citations and summarize the results in memoranda or reports.
- Analyze or distinguish cases that may have relevance, and present oral and/or written conclusions to attorney.
- Prepare witnesses to give testimony.
- Assist with public records requests and other inquiries from the public.
- Monitor progress of cases/projects as appropriate.
Interested parties should submit a cover letter and resume by email to: jobs@oaklandcityattorney.org.