Closing Date: 15th June, 2024
Description:
Summary of Duties:Prepares cases for defense of indigent persons charged with criminal offenses; interviews clients and prospective witnesses; prepares or oversees the drafting of briefs, memoranda, pleadings, and other legal papers; conducts legal research; represents misdemeanor, felony, or juvenile clients in court arraignments, pre-trial hearings, trials, dispositions, and other proceedings; interviews clients in custody and makes initial decisions concerning such things as bail, release from custody, and mental competency to stand trial; determines need for expert witnesses; locates appropriate experts and schedules them for trial if needed; performs related work as required.
Qualifications:
- 0-3 years of experience
- Must be an active member and in good standing with The Florida Bar
- Must be willing to reside in the 16th Circuit within a reasonable time of accepting employment
- Good knowledge of criminal law and procedure
- Good knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of legal research and investigation
- Good knowledge of judicial procedures and the Rules of Evidence
- Good knowledge of the pleading and practice of effective presentation of court cases
- Ability to analyze legal documents and instruments
- Ability to appraise and organize facts to present evidence and other material in written and oral form
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with prosecutors, judges, and other professionals, as well as clients and the general public
- Good skills in conducting legal research and analysis of data
- Good skills in determining proper courses of action and presentation of facts and arguments
- Ability to manage a case load while maintaining adequate levels of communication and attention to individual clients.
- Ability to make regularly scheduled court appearances; conduct case evaluation, investigation and preparation including but not limited to witness interviews, legal research, motion preparation, and related work as required; Occasional unscheduled matters may arise
- Ability to recognize potential conflicts of interest requiring recusal
- Basic computer skills
