Closing Date: 23rd October, 2026
Description:
Job Responsibilities:- Conduct legal research and prepare briefs for individual cases
- Consult with a Commissioner, offering legal recommendations on cases
- Draft, review, and edit the Commissioners' order instructions and orders for clarity and accuracy
- Assist in the courtroom with hearings
- Review and summarize written evidence and exhibits, including medical records
Preferred Qualifications:
- Must be enrolled in or recently graduated from an ABA-accredited law school
- Excellent research skills
- Written and verbal communication
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to prepare memos and decisions
- Strong attention to detail
- Critical thinking skills with the ability to learn and apply SC Workers' Compensation laws and regulations.
- Strong computer skills with the ability to learn the Workers' Compensation technology system.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to plan and organize work activities and prioritize task completion.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, policies, and procedures and organizational functions.
- Knowledge of applicable terminology and research practices.
- Taken a class on workers' compensation or SC Administrative Law
- Taken an advanced legal writing course
Additional Comments:
- This is a Time-Limited Position that does not provide benefits.
- This Position is expected to work 20-25 hours a week with the Commission.
- The hourly wage will be $20 an hour