**Duties**:
As a Paralegal Specialist (TITLE 5) with the Texas National Guard, your duties will include, but will not be limited to:
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- Provides research, analysis, guidance, and support to administer courts-martial, non-judicial punishment, administrative boards and other legal actions and administrative processes. Reviews procedures, timing criteria and documents relative to the administration of justice under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and associated state/territory code. transcript files and exhibits.
- Supports the state/territory Alternative Dispute Resolution program. Advises senior leaders and organizational managers on the suitability of various disputes for resolution through the use of ADR methodologies by promoting program awareness, as well as planning for and providing timely advice or support needed to employ ADR program interventions.
- Serves as the primary point of contact for claims. Accepts complaint, summons, documents, or inquiries; identifies the type or purpose; screens for completeness; and identifies the action to be performed. Serves as a point of contact for ethical determinations. Screens requests for ethics opinions and gathers the applicable facts. Analyzes the specifics of each situation.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

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- Provides research, analysis, guidance, and support to administer courts-martial, non-judicial punishment, administrative boards and other legal actions and administrative processes.
- Manages the Preventative Law Program. Facilitates legal training for unit readiness non-commissioned officers and Directorate of Manpower and Personnel, or others by request, on a variety of topics including but not limited to: the military justice system (both Federal and state/territory), inquiries and investigations, unlawful command influence, adverse administrative actions, administrative separations, the Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, urinalysis testing and other issues affecting traditional guard members and NG full-time employees.
- Serves as the primary point of contact for claims. Accepts complaint, summons, documents, or inquiries; identifies the type or purpose; screens for completeness; and identifies the action to be performed. As required by the action, performs preliminary investigation and gathers pertinent information, research legal and factual issues, interviews claimant, involved parties and potential witnesses and builds case files, and recommends disposition of claim.
- Reviews changes in regulations on the Freedom of Information Act and updates and advises other legal personnel and field staff of changes. Consults and assists in formulation of NGB regulations regarding the release of information. Reviews Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests
- Performs other duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:
**Appointment Factor(s)**: This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position.

**Remarks**:

- This is an indefinite excepted position; acceptance of an excepted position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Indefinite appointments are used when there is a need for a temporary position to extend beyond one year or management expects the position to become permanent at some time in the future. Competitive procedures must be used when filling a position on an indefinite basis.
- This is a developmental position.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance within 12 months of appointment.
- May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
- Direct deposit is mandatory.

**Qualifications**:
**In describing your experience in your resume, please be clear and specific. Assumptions regarding your experience will not be made.**
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**Specialized Experience**:
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- OR
- Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.
- **Specialized Experience**:
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1-year specialized experience, education, or training equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the formal and informal rules of evidence and skill necessary to evaluate the adequacy and/or admissibility of evidence, to request additional data or further investigation, when needed, or to develop narrative or graphic exhibits to support specified legal arguments and coordinate actions with other federal agencies or state and local jurisdictions that have closely related responsibilities.
- OR
- Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.
- **Combination of Education and Experience**:A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 1