Attorney-Advisor (General)

US-Office-of-the-Solicito; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DOI Solicitor's Office in Reston, VA seeks attorneys at GS-12 to GS-14 levels with strong legal experience following graduation. Active bar status in a U.S. jurisdiction is required, with experience thresholds for each grade.

Additional qualifications and alternative evidence of achievement are described in the announcement. Applicants should be prepared to meet the professional and academic criteria outlined, including potential substitutions and the breadth of experience accepted by the

Qualifications

• Must be a law school graduate with LL.B. or J.D.
• Active bar membership in good standing required
• GS-12 requires 2+ years of professional legal experience after law school
• GS-13 requires 3+ years of professional legal experience after law school
• GS-14 requires 4.5+ years of professional legal experience after law school
• Second professional law degree can substitute for experience
• Other evidence: top academic standing, honors, law review, moot court, clinical aid, or equivalent experience
• Experience includes paid and unpaid work, including volunteer service

Skills

Bar admission in good standing

Professional legal experience

Education

J.D./LL.B.

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. With more than five hundred total employees, more than four hundred of which are licensed attorneys, the Office strives to provide sound legal services 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 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-12 applicants must possess at least 2-years of professional legal experience following law school graduation;
• 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.