Legal Clerk I - Second Filing Unit

at  City of Philadelphia

Company Description
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AGENCY DESCRIPTION

The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (“FJD”) is the Philadelphia County Court System and is composed of two courts: the Court of Common Pleas and the Municipal Court. The mission of the FJD is to adjudicate cases and provide services to the community within our jurisdiction while ensuring fair, timely, and accessible justice to the people of Philadelphia. The FJD is part of the Unified Judicial System reporting in to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Job Description
This position requires a thorough knowledge of the Civil Rules of Procedure, and the ability to utilize and apply that knowledge, when ascertaining the pertinent facts at issue from a litigant attempting to complete a Civil Filing in the Philadelphia Municipal Court.
In order to apply and be considered for this position, please visit https://fjdcareers.phila.gov/Cyberweb/ to complete an application and upload a resume.

COMPETENCIES, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to give, extract and summarize information from interviewed applicants clearly and concisely.
• Ability to reason, apply common sense, and understand and carry out instructions furnished in writing or orally.
• Ability to resolve problems arising from standard situations.
• Thorough knowledge of applicable rules, regulations and procedures as they apply to the assigned function.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, superiors and coworkers.
• Ability to correctly complete Small Claims, Landlord and Tenant, and Nuisance complaint forms.
• Knowledge of computers and their applications.

OPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Possession of a Philadelphia Municipal Court Mediator certificate.
  In order to apply and be considered for this position, please visit https://fjdcareers.phila.gov/Cyberweb/ to complete an application and upload a resume.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and one to two years of progressively responsible clerical experience processing legal instruments and documents.

OR

• Equivalent combinations of training and experience providing the characteristics required to perform the essential functions of the class may substitute.
• Computer application skills needed to utilize the CLAIMS system.
• Successful completion of a criminal background investigation.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of a position in this class.
• Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination is recommended.

In order to apply and be considered for this position, please visit https://fjdcareers.phila.gov/Cyberweb/ to complete an application and upload a resume.
Additional Information
In order to apply and be considered for this position, please visit https://fjdcareers.phila.gov/Cyberweb/ to complete an application and upload a resume.
Salary Range: $38,125 - $41,440 (W08)

THE FOLLOWING DUTIES ARE TYPICAL FOR THIS POSITION. THESE ARE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS EXCLUSIVE OR ALL-INCLUSIVE. OTHER DUTIES MAY BE REQUIRED AND ASSIGNED.

• Ability to give information clearly and concisely.
• Ability to extract and summarize pertinent information from applicant interviews.
• Thorough knowledge of applicable rules, regulations and procedures as they apply to the assigned function in Municipal Court, i.e., Municipal Court Civil Rules, PA Rules of Civil Procedure, etc.
• Examines legal instruments to determine information for posting to dockets.
• Abstracts, summarizes and records filing dates, types of legal instruments, and in some cases, substance of legal documents into dockets.
• Returns incorrect documents for appropriate action if necessary.
• Processes documents in accordance with standard procedures.
• Examines legal instruments to determine applicability of posting into indexes of judgments and liens.
• Extracts pertinent information onto work sheets for indexing purposes into a variety of registers.
• Searches dockets and indexes in order to serve the public with information.
• Accepts filings from staff, judges, attorneys and other interested parties and exemplifies and certifies essential documents for legal or personal transactions.
• Processes incoming official and essential legal documents for inclusion into a system of court records according to procedural rules.
• Checks court documents for errors and serves as a quality control check.
• Performs terminal or PC data entry on legal filing turn‑around documents from hand written or coded material.
• Maintains a court record filing system with adequate controls, standards, and access restrictions.
• Processes outgoing records to microfilm.
• Resolves and responds to inquiries concerning court documents or actions, especially scheduling.
• Prepares legal documents for dissemination or appropriate legal action by signature.
• Distributes documents to correct destinations and may hand deliver legal documents or records.
• May verify the location of defendants.
• Instructs others on proper procedural steps.