Attorney I -- Juvenile Court
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Minnesota Judicial Branch is in need of Attorney I -- Juvenile Court right now, this position will be delegated in Minnesota. For complete informations about this position opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Fourth Judicial District Juvenile Court is seeking a Staff Attorney I to assist judicial officers with specialized juvenile law research and writing. Work inc! ludes performing legal research, analysis, and writing on assignments involving procedural and substantive matters and policy issues.
Assignments are received either orally or in writing with the employee using professional legal principles and practices, statutes, case law, rules or procedures of the Supreme Court or Appellate Court, or Judicial Branch policies and procedures to complete assignments.
This position will report to Court Administration and will receive work direction from the Presiding Judge of Juvenile Court and the Juvenile Court Operations Manager.
Example of Duties:
- Provide legal advice to the juvenile court bench and to juvenile court administration on legal issues affecting juvenile court.
- Review juvenile records requests and advise the presiding judge on whether those records should be released under Minnesota law.
- Train judges and law clerks new to juvenile court on all areas of juvenile! law.
- Train court staff on legislative and rules chan! ges affecting juvenile court.
- Manage all post-permanency child protection motions, including scheduling motion hearings and drafting proposed orders.
- Provide legal advice to court administration regarding the legal sufficiency of all adoptions filed in Hennepin County.
- Manage all adoption hearings and trials, including scheduling hearings and drafting proposed orders.
- Draft and update all juvenile court standing orders.
- Serve as the hearing officer for the status offense and traffic offense arraignment calendars.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Possession of a current Certificate of Admission to the Bar of the State of Minnesota.
- Possession of a law degree from an accredited college or university
- Juvenile Court experience as a law clerk or as an attorney in private or public practice.
- Skill in the operation of a personal computer with word processin! g and legal research software.
- Knowledge of substantive and procedural juvenile law.
- Knowledge of state laws, established precedents, and sources of legal references.
- Knowledge of trial and appellate court procedures and rules of evidence.
- Ability to apply juvenile law to various scenarios.
- Ability to analyze, appraise, organize, and present facts, law, evidence, and precedents concerned in assigned work and to prepare clear and concise documents or reports.
- Ability to research legal issues using printed and computerized sources.
- Ability to apply legal principles and logical thinking to individual cases, problems, and research.
- Ability to decide an issue and render an opinion.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal documents.
- Ability to present material clearly, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to work effectively with judges, court staff, administrative staff, other! employees, and the public.
- Highly organized individual.
- Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing.
- Posted for internal and external application.
- The selection process is a resume-based, skill-matching process. If your skills match the required skills for this position, the department may contact you.
- If you have questions regarding the position please contact Thomas Pohl, Fourth Judicial District HR Coordinator.
- Phone: (612)-348-8745
- Email: thomas.pohl@courts.state.mn.us
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If you were eligible to this position, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Minnesota Judicial Branch.
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This position will be opened on: Thu, 02 May 2013 01:59:54 GMT
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