Legal Fellow

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Job Profile Summary:
• Provides legal representation, advice and counsel to the institutional community to prevent or minimize impact of legal risks involving the institution and its affiliates.
• Job Description:
• Job Summary
• In keeping with the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU seeks a Legal Fellow to grow in public service through a secondment to various organizations seeking such Fellows to provide legal services.
• This position will be based with the Arizona Attorney General's Office (AGO) and is best suited for an attorney with litigation experience, a background in water law, and a passion for protecting Arizona's natural resources.
• Salary Range: $110,000-$125,000 per year; DOE
• Essential Duties:
• At ASU:
• Actively participate in any coursework and related activities of the fellow program.
• Contribute to the networking and mentoring aspects of the fellows program on an ongoing basis.
• At Secondment Site:
• Provides legal services, ensuring that services are consistent with the strategic goals and priorities of the organization.
• Represents the organization and clients, drafts Government positions, and reviews proposed legislation, regulations, and instructions to help clients make sound, defensible decisions.
• Reviews statutory authorities, other statutory provisions, and applicable case law.
• Provides legal opinions and advice related to proposed instructions, rules, and regulations. Interprets and considers interrelationships between relevant laws and legal guidance for program administration for potential incorporation into clients, operating procedures.
• Prepares responses to questions and concerns related to legal questions or complex factual issues.
• Recommends action to supervisors or senior attorneys on many matters regarding litigation. Identifies and considers relevant facts, legal authorities, and theories.
• Conducts extensive research to ensure that advice is based on relevant facts and law.
• Anticipates consequences of advice and recommendations to ensure that clients, actions based on the attorney's guidance are practical, effective, and legally sound.
• Prepares discovery responses and drafts pleadings, motions, instruments, and briefs.
• Negotiates with private parties with respect to matters that are not in litigation. Determines methods of approach, arguments, and authorities to be relied upon in various types of proceedings. Advises officials as to the desirability of accepting or rejecting offers of compromise in cases.
• Prepares and reviews legal documents, including draft legislation, regulations implementing Ari

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Job Profile: Legal Specialist 3 Job Family: Legal Time Type: Full time Max Pay - Depends on experience: $125,000.00 USD Annual Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

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