Legal Secretary – Attorney General’s Office

Position Information

Agency Level: State

Agency: Attorney General’s Office

Job Title: Legal Secretary

Job Reference/ID Number: 1101-25-034

Work Location: Detroit, MI

Department: Criminal Trials Division

Salary: $23.22 – $32.20 Hourly

Position: Limited-Term

Posting Date: 10/10/2025

Application Deadline: 10/26/2025

Job Description

Job Overview:

Legal Secretary 7-9 (Organized Retail Crime – Limited Term).
This position provides legal secretary services to litigation attorneys in the Criminal Trials Division.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Duties include docketing, maintaining/organizing case files, maintaining the calendars for Assistant Attorneys General, scheduling of meetings, compiling important statistics, as well as preparation of search warrants, investigative subpoenas, complaints and warrants that initiate criminal prosecution, including Organized Retail Crime Cases, forfeitures and diversion cases.

List of Responsibilities and Duties:

• This position requires maintaining reports for all cases handled for yearly/quarterly reporting.
• The position requires an understanding of the legal criminal process and procedural requirements of the district and circuit courts in the State of Michigan.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education
Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school.

Experience
Legal Secretary 7
Two years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year equivalent to 6-level administrative support experience.

Legal Secretary E8
Three years of administrative support experience where use of a personal computer to prepare correspondence, reports, charts, etc., or to enter/retrieve/update information is an essential part of the work, including one year involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7.

Legal Secretary 9
Four years of office experience involving administrative support practices, including two years involving legal secretarial practices equivalent to a Legal Secretary 7 or one year equivalent to a Legal SecretaryE8.

Application Instructions:

You must upload a Cover Letter, Resume and official transcript to the Attachments section of your application to be considered for this position.

Apply Here: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/michigan/jobs/4959161/legal-secretary-7-9-organized-retail-crime-limited-term-criminal-trials-div?department%5B0%5D=Attorney%20General&sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

Additional Information:

Some positions may require stenographic skills.
View the job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/L/LegalSecretary.pdf (Download PDF reader)

Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator (Download PDF reader) for the agency that posted this position vacancy.