Starting Pay: $40.8922 Hourly ($85,056)
After 1st Year: $43.1484 Hourly ($89,749)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from an accredited law school and a member of the State Bar of Michigan in good standing;
AND One (1) of the following;
Judicial clerkship experience, Internship/Externship experience, Law School Clinic Experience, or Moot Court Team Experience
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Performs a wide variety of legal tasks in Circuit (Criminal and Family Court), District Court with occasional Probate Court Appearances.
STATEMENT OF TASKS:
- Appears at arraignments, Pretrials, Probable Cause Conferences, preliminary Examination, preliminary hearings, review hearings, dispositional hearings and misdemeanor sentence hearings;
- Represents the People in traffic Enforcement matters before the District Courts;
- Represents the People in Probation Violation and Show Cause matters;
- Conducts trials in misdemeanor, juvenile delinquency, neglect-abuse and mental commitment cases;
- Assists senior APA staff in conducting felony trials or other complex litigation matters;
- Interviews complainants and police officers relative to criminal cases the APA is prosecuting to prepare for court hearings;
- Conducts legal research;
- Attends community meetings and law enforcement agency meetings at the direction of the elected prosecutor;
The statement of tasks above is intended to be sufficient to identify the class and be illustrative of the many duties that may be assigned. It should not be interpreted to describe all of the duties an employee assigned to this class may be required to perform.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILTITIES:
- Must be conversant in the Michigan Court Rules, Michigan Rules of Evidence and Michigan Rue of Professional Conduct;
- Ability to conduct computer assisted legal research using WestLaw or Lexis/Nexis;
- Ability to analyze legal problems and present findings in an orderly manner;
- Effective oral and written communication skills;
- Strong interpersonal communication and relationship building skills;
- Ability to become proficient in criminal law, neglect abuse law, delinquency matters;
- Ability to become proficient in trial practice;
- Able to attend work regularly and work under very stressful, fast paced conditions;
- Ability to take direction from senior staff members.
- Ability to work independently, collaboratively, and respectfully in a complex, multicultural work environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.
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