Jobs

Application Deadline:  Monday, January 18, 2021

Link to USAJOBS vacancy announcement (JP-21-015): USAJOBS - Job Announcement

About the Office: 

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), is responsible
for ensuring that recipients of federal financial assistance from the DOJ are not engaged in prohibited discrimination.
The OCR ensures that no person, based on race, national origin, color, sex, religion, disability, or age is excluded from
participation in, denied the benefits of, subjected to discrimination under, or denied employment in connection with any
activity, program, or service receiving federal funding. The primary objective in accomplishing this mission is to secure
prompt and full compliance with all civil rights laws and regulations so that needed federal financial assistance may
commence or continue.

Our office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified individuals from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons with disabilities.

Job Description: 

Responsibilities

This position serves as a Deputy Director and has responsibility for the development, coordination and evaluation of programs to ensure that recipients of Federal financial assistance from OJP comply with applicable civil rights laws, regulations, guidelines, and Executive orders.

Serves as Agency Liaison for Legal Issues Regarding Civil Rights Law
Serves as an OCR primary point of contact for complainants and external agencies and participates in workgroup or intra/inter agency meetings or public forums related to complaint investigations or strategic initiatives. Addresses civil rights cases or legal problems that have the effect of substantially broadening or restricting the activities of an agency. Is responsible for recognizing when matters under discussion are of such precedent-setting nature or of such importance that recommendations must be cleared with superiors before being made public.

Confers or negotiates with top administrative personnel in DOJ OJP, private industry, or state, local, or foreign governments on important legal and policy questions pertaining to civil rights law. Advises and assists congressional committees and their staffs in drafting legislation, or gives expert testimony before congressional hearings on legislative proposals pertaining to civil rights matters. Delivers briefings and presentations affiliated with civil rights law at seminars and other outreach programs for the agency. Facilitates meetings and post-meeting question and answer sessions on civil rights matters. In the course of regular business, the incumbent establishes and maintains effective working relationships with recipients of federal financial assistance, State governments, law enforcement organizations, and important stakeholders.

Prepares Legal Reports and Opinions on Civil Rights Matters
Create reports on OCR's program performance based on formal, organically created measures. Provides information briefings to the OCR Director, the OJP Assistant Attorney General, and DOJ senior management on OCR performance and cases. Ensures effective communication with OJP senior leadership to ensure urgent and compelling matters are addressed and appropriately elevated as needed. Independently conducts investigations or negotiations, plans an approach, and develops completed decisions, reports, briefs, opinions, contracts, or other products affiliated with difficult civil rights issues affecting a significant segment of public interest.

Supervisory and/or Managerial Responsibilities
Supervises a group of employees performing work at the GS-15 level and below. Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit. Provides technical expertise to the OCR employees and assigned staff, and directly oversees a number of OCR personnel. Provides training for OCR staff to ensure standard practices support the overall success of the OCR. Communicates program and management goals to OCR staff, identifies targeted results/outcomes, and advises on the establishment of timeframes. Allocates and adjusts resources in response to workload and priority changes and plans, organizes, and assigns OCR work. Ensures OCR compliance with DOJ's policies, including OJP Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program. Implements policy set by the OCR Director and assists the OCR Director in applying the policies consistently in the OCR. Reviews processes and practices for efficiency and utility, implementing improvements in a continuous improvement process.

Performs the administrative and human resource management functions relative to the staff supervised. Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters. Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests. Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.

Procurement General Attorney

National Security and Cyber Law General Attorney

Cyber Law General Attorney

Legal Forfeiture Attorney

Privacy and Civil Liberties Attorney

Critical Incident Response Attorney

Employment Law General Attorney

About the Office: 

The attorney reports to the Office of Chief Counsel, Management Division, Washington, DC, and is embedded in the Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations (OPRSO), Internal Affairs Division (IAD) located in Crystal City, Virginia. The attorney serves as legal advisor to management officials, to include the Special Agent in Charge, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge and other management staff in the IAD, OPRSO.

Our office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified individuals from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons with disabilities.

Job Description: 

The attorney coordinates and handles legal work in connection with the investigation of complaints and allegations of administrative or criminal misconduct, or other integrity violations, involving ATF personnel; advises on the evidence needed to support findings of misconduct and potential disciplinary penalties; and assists in the drafting of clear and persuasive investigative reports that establish a legally sufficient basis for administrative misconduct findings.

Application Deadline: Friday, January 8, 2021

https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/attorney-advisor-337

About the Office: 

The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG), one of the premier federal inspector general offices, performs audits, evaluations, investigations, and special reviews of the personnel and programs of the DOJ components including the FBI, DEA, Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, and the U.S. Attorneys' Offices. The OIG's mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct, and promote integrity, economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Department programs and operations. The OIG carries out its responsibilities with a nationwide work force of investigators, auditors, inspectors, attorneys, and support staff. OIG employees are provided with an array of benefits, outstanding development and training opportunities, and the opportunity to earn various forms of monetary and honorary recognition for significant contributions to the success of the OIG's mission. We are seeking motivated, dedicated, and talented professionals. If you are ready for a rewarding career with a dynamic organization, we encourage you to apply for this position with the OIG. The featured position of Attorney-Advisor is located in the OIG's Office of General Counsel (OGC). OGC's function, generally, is to provide legal advice and counsel on a broad range of topics to the IG and to OIG management and staff. This vacancy may be used to fill other similar and/or comparable positions throughout the agency within the stated duty station.

Our office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified individuals from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons with disabilities.

Job Description: 

As an Attorney Advisor, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing critical legal advice and technical services in support of the OIG's core oversight mission. Typical work assignments include:

1. Providing legal opinions or memoranda on complex and difficult issues of law relevant to general OIG operations or to particular OIG audits, investigations, inspections, or reviews, which encompass criminal, national security, ethics, and other issues.

2. Engaging in meetings, personal contacts, and telephone conferences with top legal and administrative personnel in the Department of Justice and other federal agencies, on important legal and policy questions and issues.

3. Acting as the principal attorney in charge of the preparation and presentation of cases before administrative bodies, and serving as the OIG's liaison with the litigating DOJ component in litigation to which the OIG is a party.

4. Analyzing and preparing recommendations for OIG responses to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and reviewing OIG reports for Privacy Act protected and proprietary information to clear such reports for public release.

5. Consulting and coordinating with OIG investigators in preparing recommendations for suspension and department actions by the Department against financially irresponsible parties doing business with the Department. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

*** If you are interested in applying for this position please click on the below link.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/588423300

Summary

DRS and SPL are each seeking one or more experienced attorneys for these positions.

The attorneys selected will be dedicated to the selecting Section's work pursuant to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control ("HCFAC") Program, with an emphasis on the Section's matters that seek to enforce compliance with the ADA's integration mandate by preventing unnecessary segregation of persons with disabilities in institutions such as mental health facilities, nursing facilities, and other congregate settings. Applicants who wish to be considered by only one of the Sections should identify that Section in the applicant's cover letter.

Responsibilities

The incumbent will be responsible for duties such as, but not limited to: (1) personally handling sensitive and/or complex investigations, litigation, and negotiations; (2) contributing to the development of strategies and priorities for HCFAC and Olmstead enforcement; (3) coordinating with other federal agencies to develop strategies for effective and efficient information sharing and case referrals; and (4) conducting outreach. The incumbent will be responsible for screening and developing new matters, conducting comprehensive investigations involving in-person visits, interviewing witnesses, working with experts, analyzing data, drafting written recommendations including legal analyses, litigating Olmstead claims and negotiating, monitoring, and enforcing settlement agreements. Litigation associated with these investigations is typically complex, involving extensive discovery, pretrial motions practice, preliminary injunction hearings, trials, and post judgment enforcement. This position requires travel and may require extended hours.

About the Office: 

The Civil Rights Division (Division) of the Department of Justice, created by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The Division is primarily responsible for enforcing federal statutes and executive orders that prohibit, among other things, unlawful discrimination in education, employment, housing, police service, public accommodations and facilities, voting, and federally funded and conducted programs. The Division also has jurisdiction to enforce constitutional prohibitions on certain conduct by law enforcement agencies and public residential institutions, such as health care and correctional facilities.

The Criminal Section (CRM or Section) of is seeking Attorney Advisers for its internal Cold Case and Legal Research Unit. The Section investigates and prosecutes federal civil rights offenses, including deprivations of rights under color of law, hate crimes, human trafficking, and interference with reproductive health care services. The Cold Case and Legal Research Unit obtains and reviews records of civil rights murders that occurred before 1980 and makes recommendations about whether such cases are prosecutable. The unit also reviews and redacts cold case files before they are provided to the National Archives for inclusion in a public data base.

Our office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified individuals from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons with disabilities.

Job Description: 

Responsibilities

• Review investigative files, some of which are extensive, relating to civil rights ?cold cases? and evaluate applicable law to analyze whether such cold case files have prosecutive merit.
• Apply applicable law to review and redact cold case files for transfer to the National Archives.
• Conduct legal research and writing to support the Section?s mission.
• Participate in reviewing and recommending comments to legislative proposals or policies to ensure that Section interests are appropriately represented.
• Participate in privilege screening investigative files to ensure that the trial team is not exposed to Fifth-Amendment protected material or Attorney-Client privileged information.

Qualifications: 

Required Qualifications:

Applicants must possess a J.D. from an American Bar Association accredited law school, be an active member of the bar in good standing (any jurisdiction), and possess the minimum years of post-professional law degree experience commensurate to the grade level of eligibility, as shown below. Applicants also must have strong, demonstrated qualifications in the following areas: academic achievement; substantive knowledge and expertise in law, rules, and regulations pertaining to civil rights and criminal procedure or with substantially similar laws, rules and regulations; written and oral communication skills; the ability to analyze complex issues; skill and experience working collaboratively and productively with others; organizational skills; attention to detail; professional judgment; initiative; and the ability to excel in a fast-paced, demanding environment. In addition, applicants must have outstanding professional references.

Possessing the minimum post law degree legal experience does not guarantee the applicant will be selected at that grade level.

• GS-12 - minimum 1 year post-JD legal experience
• GS-13 - minimum 1.5 years post-JD legal experience
• GS-14 - minimum 3 years post-JD legal experience
• GS-15 - minimum 4 years post-JD legal experience

Preferred Qualifications:

The following qualifications are preferred, but not required: (1) experience investigating, prosecuting, or analyzing cold cases; (2) experience writing about complex legal topics; (3) a substantial knowledge of federal constitutional law or federal hate crime law; (4) significant legal research experience; (5) experience writing for or editing law reviews, journals, or similar legal publications; (6) knowledge and experience leading or participating in filter teams; and (7) experience working cooperatively and productively with a range of people. Experience gained from judicial clerkships, law review, moot court, clinical experience, and skills and experience working cooperatively and productively with a range of people, such as charging parties, witnesses, respondents, disadvantaged or disenfranchised groups, opposing counsel, judicial or administrative officials, advocacy groups, law enforcement personnel, and the staff of other federal or state governmental agencies are, also preferred.

Salary: 

$86,335 to $170,800 per year

Travel: 

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Application Process: 

he complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on Monday, December 28, 2020.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes:

1. Cover Letter

2. Resume

3. A complete Occupational Questionnaire

4. Writing sample of no more than ten pages (a brief or comparable analytic legal exposition that is your work product)

5. Veterans' Preference Documentation, if applicable

6. Sch A documentation, if applicable

To apply for this position, see page at https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/586015600

Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applications. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudicate matters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicating matters in which this Office is involved so that we can evaluate any potential conflict of interest or disqualification issue that may need to be addressed under those circumstances.

Application Deadline: 

Monday, December 28, 2020

Relocation Expenses: 

Not Authorized

Number of Positions: 

2 - Full Time Excepted Service Positions

For more information and to apply, please click here.

Summary

If selected, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for conducting investigations dealing with difficult and complex matters involving all aspects of the securities market.
These positions are located in the Division of Enforcement in Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities

• Works with experienced enforcement staff members to conduct investigations of potential violations of the federal securities laws. Develops investigative or litigation plans and adjusts as appropriate during the course of an investigation.
• Works with experienced enforcement staff members to conduct investigations of potential violations of the federal securities laws. Develops investigative or litigation plans and adjusts as appropriate during the course of an investigation.
• Evaluates documentary evidence to determine whether sufficient evidence exists to establish violations of federal securities laws.
• Provides management with advice and work product exhibiting knowledge and understanding of relevant law and facts.
• Uses sound judgment and determine the quality, accuracy and relevance of information or data, analyze information to identify relationships and trends, and integrate and synthesize facts to reach reasonable conclusions.
• Communicates with agency officials at all levels, including supervisors, coworkers, staff in courts and private industry, and other agencies.
• Organizes work, set priorities, and works with senior enforcement staff members to determine short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
• Develops innovative solutions to address issues and problems or involving novel or unexplored questions of law or policy.

For more information and to apply, please click here.

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia seeks two staff attorneys for its public benefits law unit. Since 1932, Legal Aid has provided civil legal assistance to clients in individual cases and engaged in systemic reform.  Currently, we represent clients in cases involving housing, domestic violence/family, public benefits, and consumer law. We also work on immigration matters and help individuals with the collateral consequences of their involvement with the criminal justice system. From the experiences of our clients, we identify opportunities for law reform, public policy advocacy, and systemic impact and appellate litigation. For more information about Legal Aid please visit our website, www.LegalAidDC.org, and our blog, www.MakingJusticeReal.Org.

Tasks and Duties

Legal Aid has a broad and energetic public benefits law unit currently consisting of thirteen full-time attorneys and one volunteer staff attorney. The unit helps families and individuals overcome legal barriers to accessing essential safety net benefits such as Unemployment Insurance, SNAP, SSI, Social Security, TANF, Medicaid, and DC Alliance. Unit attorneys represent and advise clients in matters before federal and local agencies, including the D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings, and engage in systemic policy advocacy and litigation on behalf of our client community. The staff attorney will handle a caseload of public benefits matters (including ones involving access to public benefits for non-citizens) and engage in community outreach, policy advocacy, and systemic reform efforts. The attorney will be based out of Legal Aid’s main NW office but will also help staff intake hours at its community offices in SE Washington, D.C.  (Note: As a result of the public health emergency, Legal Aid is currently operating remotely and, dependent on current circumstances, the individual hired for this position may start their employment working remotely and participate in remote hearings at the D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings.)

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following:

 A demonstrated commitment to social, economic, and racial justice;

• Strong legal, organizational, oral and written communication, and leadership skills;
• The ability to work collaboratively with clients, Legal Aid staff, legal and social services providers in other organizations;
• Legal experience in public benefits work and/or immigration work a plus;
• Litigation and/or advocacy experience a plus; and
• Fluency or proficiency in Spanish, Amharic, or another language prevalent in Legal Aid’s client community strongly preferred, but not required.

Membership or eligibility for membership in the DC bar is required.

Legal Aid values an inclusive, diverse workplace and does not unlawfully discriminate on any basis prohibited by law.  Legal Aid encourages applications from all interested persons of any race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. We strongly encourage applications from people with personal experience with the criminal justice system and/or with lived experiences in the communities we serve.

Salary and Benefits

The attorney will be paid in accordance with Legal Aid’s competitive attorney salary scale based on years of experience, with a starting salary of $54,756 for an entry-level attorney who has just passed the bar, followed by a salary step each year thereafter. Legal Aid offers a generous benefits package.

To Apply

The position is available immediately.  Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. Position remains open until filled. 

For more information, please click here.

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia seeks a Staff Attorney for its Consumer Law Unit. Since 1932, Legal Aid has provided civil legal assistance to clients in individual cases and engaged in systemic reform. Currently, we provide individual representation in domestic violence/family law, housing, public benefits, consumer law and appellate matters. We also work on immigration matters and help individuals with the collateral consequences of their involvement with the criminal justice system. From the experiences of our clients, we identify opportunities for law reform, public policy advocacy, and systemic impact and appellate litigation. For more information about Legal Aid please visit our website, www.LegalAidDC.org, and our blog, www.MakingJusticeReal.org.

Tasks and Duties

Legal Aid has a broad and energetic consumer law practice. We give priority to cases in which our lawyers can assist clients to preserve their limited assets, most commonly by working to avoid foreclosure and/or preserve homeownership or guarding against abusive debt collection practices. In addition to maintaining an active litigation docket, we engage in systemic policy advocacy on behalf of our client community. At full capacity, our unit is staffed by one supervising attorney, three senior staff attorneys, two staff attorneys, one volunteer staff attorney, and a legal assistant.

Consumer law attorneys work out of Legal Aid’s main office in Northwest DC, its community office in Southeast DC, and its court-based offices in DC Superior Court. The Staff Attorney will be expected to conduct initial client interviews, maintain a caseload of consumer law cases, and engage in community outreach, policy advocacy and systemic reform efforts. Among other things, the Staff Attorney would be expected to staff the Consumer Court-Based Legal Services Project focusing on debt collection actions and the Foreclosure Prevention Project, both of which provide low-income litigants with access to temporary, same-day legal representation in consumer law matters being heard in DC Superior Court. (Note: As a result of the public health emergency, Legal Aid is currently operating remotely. Depending on current circumstances, the individual hired for the position may start their employment working remotely, participate in remote hearings at DC Superior Court, and work on non-consumer law matters to meet the most urgent needs of our client community during the pandemic.)

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• A demonstrated commitment to social, economic, and racial justice;
• Strong litigation, organizational, oral and written communication, and leadership skills;
• Experience in legal services, preferably with a background in consumer law;
• The ability to work collaboratively; and
• Fluency or proficiency in Spanish, Amharic, or another language prevalent in Legal Aid’s client community strongly preferred, but not required.

Membership or eligibility for membership in the DC bar is required.

Legal Aid values an inclusive, diverse workplace and does not unlawfully discriminate on any basis prohibited by law.  Legal Aid encourages applications from interested persons from diverse backgrounds of any race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, personal appearance, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. We strongly encourage applications from people with personal experience with the criminal justice system and/or with lived experiences in the communities we serve.

Salary and Benefits

The attorney will be paid in accordance with Legal Aid’s competitive attorney salary scale based on years of experience, with a starting salary of $54,756 for an entry-level attorney who has just passed the bar, followed by a salary step each year thereafter. Legal Aid offers a competitive benefits package.

To Apply

The position is available immediately.  Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. Position remains open until filled. 

For more information, please click here.

Hi talented lawyer friends! MacArthur’s Supreme Court & Appellate program is hiring for three appellate fellowship positions, and I’m hoping you can spread the word to your recent law school grad friends. These positions are ideal for someone coming off a clerkship or another fellowship (unfortunately, current law students can’t apply).

• A one-year fellowship focused on combating sexual assault in prison through strategic appellate litigation, amicus work, and communications strategy. That posting is live here, and hiring is beginning immediately.
• A two-year fellowship focused on building MacArthur’s docket in state courts of appeal and supreme courts, focusing on expanding protections for prisoners and criminal defendants under state constitutions.
• A two-year fellowship focused on expanding the scope of Kingsley v. Hendrickson, 576 U.S. 389 (2015) (lowering mens rea for excessive force claims in pretrial detention facilities), to other kinds of facilities (including immigration detention centers) and other kinds of prison conditions claims (including denial of medical care and failure to protect claims).

All positions will start in the spring (ideally February or March). Fellows can work from either our DC or our Chicago offices once it's safe to be in person. And salary range is $50,000 for one year of experience up to $95,000, depending on experience (all positions require at least one year of experience). For more information, please contact:

Easha Anand
Supreme Court & Appellate Counsel
510 588 1274
macarthurjustice.org
2443 Fillmore St., #380-15875
San Francisco, CA 94115