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Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Court Function: Attend all scheduled court activities with client and family/guardian, including detention hearings, non-issue court settings, trials and psychosocial evaluations.
- Client Contact (in Custody): Visit client in the Juvenile Detention Center or other secure holding facility to gather case information, give case updates, or to assess general well-being of client.
- Evidentiary Function: Seek all necessary evidence related to your client's case(s) through use of subpoenas, open records request, telephone calls/letter writing, investigator requests, and discovery requests of the state.
- Communication with Client & Family/Guardian: Keep client and family/guardian informed of all aspects of case outside of the regular court activities.
- Legal Research: Obtain answers or solutions to client case issues through office research tools, use of appellate division, or seeking answers by soliciting outside agencies or organizations.
- Holistic Approach: Assist client and family/guardian with issues that arise outside the normal course of legal representation, such as housing, education, medical, immigration and mental health.
- Case Review: Assist other members of the Juvenile Division with help with trial and non-trial cases, either with ideas to resolve case issues or physically standing in for other division members unable to attend court or other case-related activities
- Administerial Duties: Maintain client case files, provide new and closed case information to proper staff, make concurrent data entries into office data system, and organize all other materials germane to attorney caseload.
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Education and Licensure:
A Juris Doctorate degree or equivalent.
Current license to practice law with the State Bar of Texas.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Must be able to work in an open office environment and assist attorneys in other divisions within the PDO if requested.
- Effective organizational and time management skills.
- Manages a demanding caseload of cases assigned from juvenile courts.
- Proficient written and oral communication skills and trial skills.
NOTE
Five (5) years' experience as a criminal defense attorney.
Juvenile Law experience.
Bilingual in English/Spanish.
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:
Regular Full-time
Monday – Friday | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Sometimes requires evening and weekend hours.
Salary:
Depends on Qualifications
Based on 26 pay periods
Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards.
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Location: Houston