Legal Administrative Specialist

About the Office: The United States Attorney’s Office, District of South Dakota’s mission is to impartially enforce and uphold the laws of the United States. We are committed to improving public safety, protecting the financial interests of the nation, and ensuring equal justice for all.

The district’s main office is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with branch offices located in Pierre and Rapid City. This position is located in Sioux Falls, SD.

More information about the U.S. Attorney’s Office, South Dakota, can be found at:  http://www.justice.gov/usao/sd/

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Job Description:
If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for legal administrative support. At the full performance level, you will provide a variety of legal and technical support services to the United States Attorney's Office Criminal Division in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. If selected, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training as needed. Duties include:

• Using technology and automated software to draft routine correspondence; examining, preparing and processing a variety of technical legal documents, including     complaints, briefs, motions, orders, answers, pleadings, and subpoenas;
• Providing assistance to attorneys in trial and grand jury preparation; assembling exhibits, affidavits, discovery and other legal documents; assembling and organizing files and documents for federal records retention; maintaining calendar of assigned active cases including case tracking, hearing, and trial dates, and scheduling conferences and interviews; prepare travel authorizations, itinerary, and securing transportation and hotel reservations; producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications and electronically file legal pleadings.
• Proofread, format, and cite-check legal briefs, memoranda, and other legal documents for grammatical and spelling errors, as well as content and citation checks.
• Manage, organize, review, and summarize incoming and outgoing discovery in electronic or other format in compliance with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
• Operates a variety of computer software and computer equipment, printers, scanners, and audio-visual devices to create special exhibits that can be effectively     used as exhibits in hearing or trial, including charts, spreadsheets, diagrams, photographs, and models.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Conditions of Employment:

·        Applicant must be a United States Citizen or National.

·        Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory preemployment adjudication. This includes fingerprints, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.

·        If you are a male applicant born after December31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov.

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

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Application Process

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package with USAJOBS via the following link:

Legal Administrative Specialist

- Required: Your responses to the Online Occupational Questionnaire (This is completed automatically during the apply online process).

- Required: Your resume cannot exceed two pages - you will be deemed ineligible and receive no further consideration if your resume exceeds two pages - see USAJOBS for formatting requirements. Include relevant employment history as outlined below for each job:

• Official position title (if Federal, include series/grade),
• Employer name and contact information,
• Start and end dates (for full consideration you must include month, day, and year),
• Indicate full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and
• A list of duties performed and accomplishments.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

-Required if you meet qualifications based on education: An unofficial college transcript (Note: If you are selected for this position, official transcript will be required prior to your first day.) and foreign education evaluation documentation, if applicable, as described under the "Qualifications" section of this vacancy announcement.

-Required, if applicable: Veterans' Preference documentation.

Point of Contact: Kailene Frey, HR/Training/Public Affairs Officer-kailene.frey@usdoj.gov.

Application Deadline: Applications must be received no later than May 18, 2026.

Note: The District of South Dakota is not responsible for lost/misrouted or delayed transmissions.

Number of Positions:  1

Travel: Employment will require occasional travel to court at designated sites within and outside the District of South Dakota and may include to the Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center in Columbia, SC.

Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized.

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