Attorney-Advisor (General)

US-Office-of-the-Solicito; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Office of the Solicitor is seeking attorneys with a J.D. or LL.B. and active bar membership to support federal legal work in Washington, DC. Positions range from GS-12 to GS-14 with related experience requirements.

Compensation aligns with the federal GS pay scale in the DC locality. Candidates should show strong written and oral advocacy, research, and analysis. Applicants should be prepared to apply rigorous legal analysis, work collaboratively, and meet all qualification

Qualifications

• Must hold a law degree (J.D. or LL.B.).
• Active bar admission in a U.S. state, DC, or Puerto Rico.
• GS-12 requires 2+ years of professional legal experience post-law school.
• GS-13 requires 3+ years of professional legal experience post-law school.
• GS-14 requires 4.5+ years of professional legal experience post-law school.
• Experience may include volunteer service and professional roles.

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Legal research

Team collaboration

Education

J.D. or LL.B. degree

Job description

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-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 also 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.

Candidates should have excellent oral communication, writing, research and analysis skills, and the ability to work effectively with other people, and exercise sound judgment.

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.