California Department of Justice
Job Description and Duties
The Correctional Law Section is one of the largest in the Civil Division of the California Attorney General’s Office, with approximately 125 deputies in several locations statewide.
Our section offers opportunities to work on individual civil rights cases, high-profile matters, appeals, and class-actions. Graduate Legal Assistants in the Correctional Law Section defend state employees in federal and state litigation brought by inmates. Graduate Legal Assistants provide excellent representation to high-ranking government officials as well as correctional administrators and employees.
Duties include:
- Engaging in all aspects of civil litigation, from inception through trial, settlement, or appeal
- Investigating facts and analyzing documentary evidence
- Exercising independence and initiative in cases involving cutting-edge issues of Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
- Carrying a caseload while working collaboratively with supervisors and colleagues to achieve excellent results for the State of California
- Traveling as necessary for depositions, witness interviews, client meetings, and site inspections inside correctional institutions statewide
This is a full-time position, in a collegial office environment, with opportunities for intermittent telework.
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Benefits
Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.
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