INTAKE UNIT LEGAL CLERK

Illustrative Examples of Work Performed

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered : This position offers a unique and challenging experience for a highly motivated person. The office is seeking a legal clerk to fill a position within the Intake Unit of the Criminal Division. Responsibilities include calendaring, preparing and maintaining case files for felony screening. This includes the preparation and e-filing of information packages with the Rhode Island Superior Court, data entry into the office case management system and the Superior Court’s Odyssey system, responding to telephone inquiries regarding pending cases and other duties as assigned by the Intake Unit Chief and Supervisor.

Required Qualifications for Appointment

Qualifications : Applicants must possess superior clerical and organizational skills, as well as the capacity to function at a high level in a demanding environment. Additionally, applicants must exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other support staff, attorneys and law enforcement agencies. Candidates must be computer literate and adept at learning new computer programs.

Supplemental Information

RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
INTAKE UNIT LEGAL CLERK
CRIMINAL DIVISION
Paygrade 8717 ($47,461 – $52,717)
May 29, 2024 – June 19, 2024

About the Office : The Attorney General is the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official, protecting and serving the people and interests of Rhode Island through a broad range of duties. Every day, the Office’s attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the state’s communities, improve the economic security of its citizens, safeguard the state’s spectacular natural resources, and restore the public’s trust in government. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorneys General represent the people of Rhode Island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts, and the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and the United States. The Office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states, only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The Office’s attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes and functionally serve as one of the nation’s largest district attorney’s offices, prosecuting all felonies throughout the state.

If applying for the position via mail or email, there is no need to also apply through the online system.
How to Apply: Applicants should mail or email a (1) cover letter summarizing why you are interested and describing the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, (2) resume, and (3) list of three references to:
Aida Crosson
Director of Administration
Office of the Attorney General
150 South Main Street, Providence RI 02903
ACrosson@riag.ri.gov

Equal Opportunity Employer: The Attorney General’s Office is stronger, more credible, and more capable when its employees bring diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to their work. The Office encourages all qualified applicants from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBTQ individuals, and persons with disabilities to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, or covered veteran status.

Other Information: Finalists will be subject to a full background investigation including reference checks. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the background investigation.