Drafts or performs research related to the development of policies and procedures in an agency or institution. Interviews and prepares witnesses for hearings or trials, manages a law library, assembles active files and checks for completeness for use at hearings or trials. Prepares exhibits or facsimiles of physical evidence. Performs duties in an administrative law agency, office of legal counsel for an agency or institution, or similar setting to pursue effective handling of litigation, administrative hearings, formal complaints and related legal or quasi-legal procedures and processes. Positions may exercise delegated authority over legal interns with regard to deadlines, schedu1ing, and execution of their assignments.
Positions determine work priorities and carry out assignments with little supervision.
Advice or guidance is sought in complex situations. Employees in this class are responsible for activities which will positively or negatively affect individual citizens, functions of an agency or institution, or the work of other state employees. Work has moderate impact on presentation and outcome of litigation which could cause a loss of public confidence in the employing agency or institution. Contacts include attorneys, grievants, and court and compliance personnel for purposes of requesting, receiving and providing information. Working knowledge of basic legal principles, processes and research methods, and knowledge of office procedures and practices.