• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Loan forgiveness
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Pension plan
• Vision insurance

Full job description

Job Title: Assistant State’s Attorney – Entry Level 1-5 years’ Experience, Criminal Division

Reports to: Supervisor and Deputy Supervisors of the Criminal Division

Location: Criminal Prosecutions Bureau, Chicago, IL municipal courts and surrounding suburban districts including Skokie, Rolling Meadows, Maywood, Bridgeview, and Markham

Bureau: Criminal Prosecution’s Bureau

Division/Unit: Misdemeanor, Appeals, Child Support, Traffic, 1st Municipal, Juvenile, Suburbs, Domestic Violence and Alternative Prosecutions

Application deadline: Rolling

General Description:

The Criminal Prosecutions Bureau of the Cook County State’s Attorney Office is seeking an entry level Assistant State’s Attorney in the Misdemeanor, Criminal Appeals, Traffic, Domestic Violence Units, and the Juvenile Justice Bureau.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Will be arraigning beneath the Criminal Code of the State of Illinois The Collaborator State’s Lawyer
• Will be required to oversee misdemeanor and activity caseloads, as well as handle preparatory hearings, amazing jury arraignments, and bond hearings
• Will be anticipated to work closely with numerous law requirement offices and speak to the Individuals of the State of Illinois in hearings and trials
• Work well with individuals from differing communities, work freely, have fabulous time administration abilities and be self-initiating
• Successfully communicate the mission and values of the CCSAO to individuals of the community
• Planning misdemeanor and activity cases for mien
• Prosecute movements, petitions, seat and jury trials and all capacities related to the previously mentioned trials
• Work with witnesses and casualties to plan for declaration, either amid trial or some time recently the Fantastic Jury.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must have a law degree (J.D.) from an certify law school
• Be either a part in great standing with the Illinois bar, , or qualified for confirmation to Illinois bar on Movement (correspondence)
• Must have 1 or more a long time of criminal law encounter
• Great lawful inquire about and legitimate composing capacities
• Illustrate the capacity to express sound lawful contentions both orally and in composing, as well as express the method of reasoning for choices made
• A strong work ethic and appear consideration to detail and responsibility
  Capacity to work autonomously as well as be portion of a group, counting court staff

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 or more years of criminal practice
• 1-2 years of prosecutorial practice
• 1-2 years trial experience either at the misdemeanor or felony level

Working Environment:

In this part, the Partner State’s Lawyer will be alloted to cover topographical ranges (i.e. Chicago, Rural Courthouses, etc.) in Cook Province. The Collaborator State’s Lawyer will be arraigning beneath the Criminal Code of the State of Illinois. The Right hand State’s Lawyer will be required to oversee misdemeanor and activity caseloads.

The Partner State’s Lawyer will be anticipated to work closely with different law authorization offices and speak to the Individuals of the State of Illinois in hearings and trials. The Right hand State’s Lawyer must be able to work well with individuals from assorted communities, work autonomously, have fabulous time administration abilities and be self-initiating. The Collaborator State’s Lawyer must be able to viably communicate the mission and values of the CCSAO to individuals of the community.

Physical Requirements:

Light work. Light work includes lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with visit lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Indeed in spite of the fact that the weight lifted may be exceptionally small, a work is in this category when it requires a great bargain of strolling or standing, or when it includes sitting most of the time with a few pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls.

To be considered able of performing a full or wide extend of light work, you must have the capacity to do significantly all these exercises. In case somebody can do light work, we decide that he or she can moreover do inactive work, unless there are extra constraining components such as misfortune of fine ability or failure to sit for long periods of time.

Benefits

At Cook Province, we accept in contributing in you, our esteemed worker. We get it that your well-being straightforwardly impacts the quality of benefit we offer to our community. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits bundle planned to bolster your wellbeing, budgetary steadiness, and work-life adjust. Here’s a preview of what we offer:

Select from a assortment of restorative, dental, and vision plans to best suit your lifestyle and needs. We offer a vigorous Paid Time Off (PTO) program, counting excursion, individual, and debilitated take off, as well as 13 paid occasions. As a open benefit manager, our representatives may qualify for the Open Benefit Advance Absolution (PSLF) program. Our Representative Assistance Program offers secret counseling and referral administrations to assist you explore life’s challenges. And of course, a benefits arrange through Cook Province.

Take after this connect to the Cook District Benefits and this interface to Cook District Annuity Support on the off chance that you need to memorize more approximately our astounding advantage scope. The CCSAO does not give movement help.

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