Legal Assistant

6 days ago


Fort Defiance, Arizona, United States Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Full time
Job Description

Job Summary:

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Law Clerk to join our team. As a Law Clerk, you will be responsible for providing legal support to our attorneys and management team, assisting with research, drafting documents, and maintaining accurate records.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct research and analyze legal documents to investigate facts and law of cases
  • Prepare memoranda, correspondence, case law briefs, and legislative summaries
  • Draft and maintain affidavits of documents and document files and case correspondence
  • Research and analyze law sources to prepare drafts of briefs or arguments for review, approval, and use by attorney
  • Provide opinions on documents and policies and attend meetings concerning tribal regulatory matters
  • Assist in drafting appropriate ordinances and policies that support NTUA and the Navajo Nation's self-governance objectives
  • Evaluate information to determine compliance with standards and use relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards
  • Keep up to date with technical and apply new knowledge to the position
  • Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work
  • Use computer and computer systems to program, write software, set up functions, enter data and process information
  • Identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
  • Receive, screen, evaluate, and determine appropriate response to all written correspondence received by the office
  • Prepare correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, memos, forms, ordinances, and other legal documents and communications from drafts, recordings, or verbal instruction as requested
  • Establish and maintain an effective filing and retrieval system for highly confidential files and records
  • Perform legal research (e.g., statutes, regulations, case law, policies), including analysis of legal positions
  • Attend Navajo Nation Council meetings as requested
  • Review contracts for goods and services for compliance with procurement laws and internal policies and ensuring that NTUA's best interest are reflected in all transactions
  • Provide legal counsel, advice, and opinions to NTUA employees regarding Navajo Nation, Federal and State laws, policies, rules, and regulations
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • High School Diploma or GED Certificate
  • Juris Doctor or LLM from an accredited law school
  • Member of the Arizona State Bar Association or admitted to practice in another state bar with the ability to obtain AZ State Bar within one year of employment
  • 1 year of experience in the practice of law for private, public or government preferred
  • Utility law experience preferred
  • Navajo law experience preferred. Ability to obtain Navajo Nation Bar Licensure within one year of employment is required
  • Valid Driver's License (subject to motor vehicle record review)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Navajo Preference
  • Navajo Veteran Preference

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is an equal opportunity provider and employer.



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