- Position Title
- Attorney-Advisor (Open Continuous)
- Agency
- DHS Headquarters
- Announcement Number
- DE-11023789-21-OGC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, February 22, 2021 to Monday, February 21, 2022
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans' Preference?
2.
ALL US CITIZENS
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Select all series that you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one series.
Assessment 1
Carefully read the following descriptions of experience. Select the one that best describes your qualifications for the Attorney Advisor, GS-0905-11/12. Make sure that your resume supports the responses that you select.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
I am a graduate of a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association and an active member in good standing of the bar of state, territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Must have first professional law degree (LL.B or JD) or the second professional law degree (LL.M.)
2.
For GS-0905-11: I have the first professional law degree (LL.B. or JD); AND superior law student work. Superior law student work or activities as demonstrated by one of the following:
- Academic standing in the upper third of the attorney's law school graduating class.
- Work or achievement of significance on one of the attorney's law school's official law reviews or journals.
- Special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school (e.g., membership in the Order of the Coif, winning a moot court competition, or membership on the moot court team that represents the attorney's law school in competition with other law schools).
- Full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program as opposed to one-time, intermittent, or casual participation.
- Significant summer law office clerk experience.
- Other evidence of clearly superior accomplishment or achievement.
3.
For GS-0905-12: I have the first professional law degree (LL.B. or JD) or the second professional law degree (LL.M.), AND either one (1) year of professional legal experience (equivalent to the GS-11 level), or one (1) year of judicial clerkship.
4.
Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. By agreeing to the statement below, you are confirming that you have reviewed your responses to this questionnaire for accuracy, and verify that your responses accurately describe your current level of experience and capability. Failure to agree to the statement below will disqualify you from further consideration for this position.