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ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Starting Pay: $40.8922 Hourly ($85,056)
After 1st Year: $43.1484 Hourly ($89,749)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from an accredited law school and a member of the State Bar of Michigan in good standing;
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One (1) of the following: Judicial clerkship experience, Internship/Externship experience, Law School Clinic Experience or Moot Court Team Experience.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Performs a wide variety of legal tasks in Circuit (Criminal and Family Court) and District Court with occasional Probate Court Appearances.
STATEMENT OF TASKS:
- Appears at arraignments, pretrials, probable cause conferences, preliminary examinations, preliminary hearings, review hearings, dispositional hearings and misdemeanor sentence hearings;
- Represents the People in traffic enforcement matters before the District Court;
- Represents the People in probation violation and show cause matters;
- Conducts trials in misdemeanor, juvenile delinquency, neglect-abuse and mental commitment cases;
- Assists senior APA staff in conducting felony trials or other complex litigation matters;
- Interviews complainants and police officers relative to criminal cases the APA is prosecuting to prepare for court hearings;
- Conducts legal research;
- Attends community meetings and law enforcement agency meetings at the direction of the elected prosecutor.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILTITIES:
- Must be conversant in the Michigan Court Rules, Michigan Rules of Evidence and Michigan Rule of Professional Conduct;
- Ability to conduct computer assisted legal research using WestLaw or Lexis/Nexis;
- Ability to analyze legal problems and present findings in an orderly manner;
- Effective oral and written communication skills;
- Strong interpersonal communication and relationship building skills;
- Ability to become proficient in criminal law, neglect abuse law, delinquency matters;
- Ability to become proficient in trial practice;
- Able to attend work regularly and work under very stressful, fast paced conditions;
- Ability to take direction from senior staff members;
- Ability to work independently, collaboratively and respectfully in a complex, multicultural work environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.
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