U.S. Department of the Interior
ATTORNEY-ADVISER
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Job Description
- Req#: 802838900
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- 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;
- have a second professional law degree; OR
- meet any of the criteria indicated below:
- academic standing in top one-third of law school graduating class;
- other equivalent evidence of clearly superior achievement.
- significant summer law office clerk experience; or
- significant participation in a clinical legal aid program;
- significant participation in the law school's moot court competition.
- significant participation on the law school's law review;
- graduation with academic honors.
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 United States Department of the Interior and manages the Departmental Ethics Office and Departmental FOIA Office. With more than 500 total employees, more than 400 of which are licensed attorneys, the Office strives to provide sound legal services to fulfill the Department's diverse and wide-ranging mission.
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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.
Applicants must also meet the following:
GS-13/14: In addition to meeting the basic qualification requirements described above, applicants must also have the following additional years of professional legal experience for the grade level indicated:
For any of the grades indicated above you can substitute one year of experience with any of the following:Candidates should have excellent oral communication, writing, research and analysis skills, and the ability to work effectively with other people, and exercise sound judgment.
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About the company
The United States Department of the Interior is a federal executive department of the U.S. government. It is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States, as well as programs related to historic preservation. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department, with most of the remainder managed by the United States Department of Agriculture's United States Forest Service. The department was created on March 3, 1849.