Paralegal Specialist

Created at: October 01, 2025 01:14

Company: Library of Congress

Location: Washington, DC, 20001

Job Description:

This position is located in the American Law Division, Congressional Research Service. The position description number for this position is 336786. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. The incumbent of this position will work a compflex or flextime work schedule. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.
Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to cite-check, format, and edit legal materials. ** Ability to conduct legal research. ** Ability to prepare legal materials for publication. Ability to solve problems and make decisions. Ability to interact collaboratively with others. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
As a Paralegal Specialist, you will support ALD’s Legislative Attorneys by researching and verifying legal citations; formatting written products consistent with applicable style manuals including the Bluebook; analyzing legal and factual issues within ALD’s responsibility; proofreading and editing a wide variety of ALD products; providing technical assistance on the use of legal software and databases; updating, maintaining, and troubleshooting ALD’s internal and public-facing websites; and providing support for major CRS legal programs and initiatives, including congressional client outreach, seminar programs, constitutional print and web publications, and legal citation training and support. Strong cite-checking, Bluebooking, writing, legal research, and technological skills are essential. Experience with XML tagging is beneficial but not required. CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for more than a century. CRS is well known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective, and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation's best thinking on public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that ensures the Service is well positioned to anticipate and meet the information and analytical research needs of a 21st-century Congress. Paralegal Specialist duties include: Cite-checks ALD written products and researches legal citations to ensure propositions are accurate, correct, complete, and fully supported by valid legal authorities. Revises textual citations and footnotes to comply with applicable style manuals, including the Bluebook. Gathers authoritative legal information, using both traditional and electronic resources. Assists ALD Legislative Attorneys in analyzing legal and factual issues. Selects, assembles, summarizes, and compiles substantive legal information, including legislative histories. Analyzes and organizes legal, factual, and archival records. Uses legal software and online research databases to assist Legislative Attorneys in authoring, editing, and publishing written content. Proofreads and edits a wide variety of ALD written products, including reports, presentations, outreach communications, and testimony. Advises ALD Legislative Attorneys to ensure products conform to CRS editorial standards using applicable style manuals, including Bluebook and the CRS Style Guide, and to resolve editorial and publishing issues. Provides Legislative Attorneys with technical assistance with ALD software, hardware, custom web applications, legal research databases, and more. Researches IT tools and internal publishing applications systems to support ALD’s publications. Recommends technical and editorial standards for published material. Manages competing priorities and ensures deadlines are met. Supports major CRS legal programs and initiatives, including congressional client outreach, seminar programs, constitutional print and web publications, and legal citation training.


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