Attorney-Advisor (General)

US-Office-of-the-Solicito; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

DOI Solicitor's Office in Boise, Idaho seeks candidates who are licensed U.S. lawyers to join the Boise Field Solicitor Office. The position supports the Department of the Interior's client agencies with diverse legal services and ethics concerns.

Applicants must meet federal qualification standards for GS-13 or GS-14 levels, including law degree from ABA-accredited school and active bar membership, with years of professional legal experience post-law school to qualify.

Qualifications

• Must be a law school graduate with LL.B. or J.D. degrees.
• Must be an active member in good standing of a state bar.
• GS-13 requires at least 3 years of professional legal experience after law school graduation.
• GS-14 requires at least 4.5 years of professional legal experience after law school graduation.
• Substitute one year of experience with a second professional law degree or other qualifying criteria.

Responsibilities

• Experience includes paid and unpaid work, including volunteer service, which counts toward qualifications.
• Qualification standards are outlined in the OPM Handbook and agency announcements.

Skills

Bar admission

Licensed attorney

Education

LL.B. or J.D. degree

Job description

With an emphasis on high ethical standards, excellence in public service and the delivery of superlative advice and counsel, DOI Solicitor's Office performs the legal work for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and manages the Departmental Ethics Office and Departmental FOIA Office. The Boise Field Solicitor Office strives to provide sound legal services to its client agencies in an effort to fulfill the Department's diverse and wide-ranging mission.

Basic Qualification Requirements

Applicants must be law school graduates with LL.B. or J.D. degrees AND applicants must be an active member in good standing of a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bar.

• To qualify for a GS-13 applicants must possess at least 3-years of professional legal experience following law school graduation;
• To qualify for a GS-14 applicants must possess at least 4.5-years of professional legal experience following law school graduation;

For any of the grades indicated above you can substitute one year of experience with any of the following:

• have a second professional law degree; OR
• meet any of the criteria indicated below:

1. academic standing in top one-third of law school graduating class;
2. graduation with academic honors;
3. significant participation on the law school's law review;
4. significant participation in the law school's moot court competition;
5. significant participation in a clinical legal aid program;
6. significant summer law office clerk experience; or
7. other equivalent evidence of clearly superior achievement.

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.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM's website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.