Job description

TITLE: Legal Specialist SALARY: $105,000.00

LOCATION: Central Office

JOB DESCRIPTION: Under direction of the Chief Executive Officer or other supervisory official in a state department, institution, or autonomous agency, performs confidential legislative, legal, and policy-influencing research related to department programs, in conformance with guidelines established by the State Attorney General; acts as liaison between a state department and the Office of the Attorney General in receiving, formulating, and transmitting requests for legal advice on behalf of a state agency; prepares reports and recommendations on the impact of proposed or existing legislation; does related work as required.

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

Graduation from an accredited law school with Juris Doctor (J.D.) or a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.) degree.

-OR-

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE: Three (3) years of experience involving legal or legislative research, drafting of rules, regulations, legislation, amendments, and/or the interpretation of statutes.

NOTE: Appointees currently matriculating in an accredited law school as an LL.B or J.D. candidate may substitute such enrollment for the three (3) years of required non-supervisory experience on a year-for-year basis.

NOTE: The legal specialist may be a fulltime law student working for the state on a limited part-time basis or during periods when law school is not in session.

PLEASE INCLUDE RESUME AND COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS(UNOFFICIAL COPIES ARE ACCEPTABLE) IN YOUR RESPONSE. POSTING TITLE AND NUMBER MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR E-MAIL. ALL ATTACHMENTS MUST BE SENT IN PDF OR WORD FORMAT ONLY. ADDITIONALLY, YOU MUST PROVIDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS. TO BE CONSIDERED, RESPONSES MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN

Forward Response To:Civilian Recruitment – Office of Human Resources

Central Office Regional Personnel Services, Region 6

P.O. Box 863

Trenton, NJ 08625-0863

Emailed resumes are to be sent only

The New Jersey Department of Corrections is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $105,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Day shift

Application Question(s):

• Must have a law degree

Work Location: One location

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