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Legal Secretary II - Bilingual

Location: Rochester, NY
Title: Legal Secretary II - Bilingual
Deadline: September 13, 2024 5:00pm
Salary: $35,270 - $48,326 annually
Agency/Dept.: Public Defender's Office

Description of Duties

This is a legal secretarial position responsible for the performance of difficult secretarial work and routine legal clerical tasks designed to assist attorneys.  The work is performed in accordance with general instructions regarding objectives, policies, and procedures and is usually submitted in its final form.  Duties involve operating a variety of office equipment utilized for the preparation and typing of confidential legal documents including, but not limited to, an electronic work station and transcription equipment.   The employee is required to use Spanish daily, whether communicating with program administrators, coworkers, or visitors.  The employee reports directly to and works under the general supervision of an attorney, administrator, Legal Secretary I, or other higher-level staff member.  Does related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma, plus EITHER:

(A)  Two (2) years paid full‑time or its part‑time equivalent secretarial, clerical, legal assistant, or paralegal** experience; OR,

(B)  Successful completion of at least sixty college semester (60) credit hours; OR,

(C)  Satisfactory completion of a regionally accredited paralegal training and instructional program and possession of a certificate of completion; OR

(D)  An equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), and (C) above.

**Paralegal experience can include cooperative education (co-op) or internship experience (paid or unpaid).

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