Paralegal Specialist (Appeals)
Department of Justice - Houston, Texas
Posted Jun 10, 2026
Benefits
- Parental leave
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- Non-birth-parent leave
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- Family-building benefits
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- Fertility benefits: Not verified
- Adoption assistance: Not verified
- Surrogacy assistance: Not verified
- Mental health support
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- Relocation assistance
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- Childcare support
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- Learning budget
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- Salary
- $71K-$112K From the posting source
- 401(k) match
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $117,235 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +2.6% - Average
22% below the BLS role benchmark for legal aggregate.
Matched to SOC 23-1011 - Legal aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
Schedule
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- Weekend work
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Application
- Cover letter
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- Assessment
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- Deadline
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Where they hire
Hires in: TX From the posting source
About this role
Paralegal Specialist (Appeals) Houston, Texas Summary For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. For more information on the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. Duties If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for Paralegal work. Typical work assignments will include: Performing extensive and thorough legal research into the legislative history, precedent cases, decisions, and opinions that may be applicable to particular legal matters. Drafting initial legal and administrative briefs, U.S. Attorney Office motions, oppositions to defense motions and correspondence for Assistant U.S. Attorneys review. Organizing data and developing trial exhibits such as statistical charts, graphs, and timelines to be presented in court as corroborative evidence. Preparing and organizing trial exhibits, documents, memoranda, reports and correspondence relating to cases for review by Assistant U.S. Attorneys review. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. Education All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov OR Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United
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