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Position Title: Paralegal Specialist
Agency: Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys
Announcement Number: 25-EDNY-127005498-DE Opens in new window
Open Period: Friday, May 2, 2025 to Thursday, May 8, 2025

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Eligibilities

Preferences

1. In the last five years, based on the closing date of this announcement, have you served or are you currently serving as an Executive Branch political, Schedule C, or Non-career SES appointee? You can find out if you have held one of these appointment types by looking at your Standard Form 50s in your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF), in Section 5 where the legal authorities are listed.

A political appointee is an appointment made by the President without confirmation by the Senate (5 CFR 213.3102(c)) OR an assistant position to a top-level federal official if filled by a person designated by the President as a White House Fellow (5 CFR 213.3102(z)).
A Schedule C appointee occupies a position excepted from the competitive service by the President, or by the Director of OPM, because of the confidential or policy-determining nature of the position duties (5 CFR 213.3301 and 5 CFR 213.3302).
A Non-career SES appointee is approved by the White House and serves at the pleasure of the appointing official without time limitations (5 CFR 317 Subpart F).

A. Yes

B. No

2. This is not a remote position, you will be required to report to the duty location.

A. I understand, I am willing to report to the duty location.

B. I am not willing to report to the duty location.

Assessment 1

Thank you for your interest in a position with the Department of Justice (DOJ). Your responses to this assessment questionnaire, in conjunction with the other portions of your completed application, will be evaluated in making screening decisions. 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 will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit this application.

For each of the following questions, please select the response that best describes your education and/or experience. You may only select one response for each question. If you feel that your education or experience exceeds all of the descriptions for a particular question, choose the description that is the closest level to the experience or education that you possess.

1. Select the statement that best describes how you meet the education and/or experience requirement for the Paralegal Specialist, GS-0950, Recent graduate position at the GS-07 level.

A. I have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in scope and responsibility to the GS-5 grade level in Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). My qualifying experience includes three (3) of the four (4) following: • Performing legal research and/or legal analysis; • Preparing legal briefs, summaries and/or correspondence by gathering and/or analyzing data; • Utilizing automation resources and/or technology (i.e. digital imaging applications, graphic design software, audio visual equipment, trail presentation program); • Performing legal duties such as reviewing case materials, summarizing witness testimony, maintaining due date calendars and/or arranging Court appearances.

B. I possess one full year of graduate level education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree from an accredited college or university and my education demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (You must provide supporting transcripts).

C. I possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a course of study that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work and I meet at least one of the requirements for superior academic achievement (SAA): 1. Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses. 2. Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- Applicants must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum. (Grade-point averages are to be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9.) 3. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society -- Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies. Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision. (You must provide supporting transcripts).

D. I have some specialized experience as described in A, but less than one year; and I have more than one year but less than two years of education as described in B. I have computed the percentage of the requirements that I meet, and the total is at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond one year by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. (You must provide supporting transcripts).

E. My education or experience is not reflected in the above statements.

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