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Attorney-Adviser
Defense Legal Services Agency · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
Serves as an Attorney-Adviser providing senior legal counsel to the Military Justice Review Panel (MJRP). This position is located in Arlington, Virginia. This is an excepted service position and does not confer competitive status.
What You'll Do
- →This is an Excepted Service position in the 0905 Attorney series and is governed by DoD Instruction 1442.02, Personnel Actions Involving Civilian Attorneys.
- →The incumbent performs a range of senior legal duties, which typically include: Providing expert legal advice, analysis, and counsel to the Military Justice Review Panel (MJRP) on statutory responsibilities related to independent periodic reviews and assessments of the operation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
- →Advising the Staff Director, Military Justice Review Panel (MJRP) on maters arising under Article 146, UCMJ, and other advisory entities requiring such support.
- →Conducting extensive legal research and analysis of case law, statutes, regulations, policy issuances, congressional reports, testimony, and data related to military justice, criminal law and other complex or emerging legal issues.
- →Reviewing, analyzing, and providing comments on proposed legislation, draft legislative language, and legislative reports, including identifying legal implications and resolving issues related to Department of War and MJRP legislative proposals.
- →Performing detailed comparative legal analysis of military, federal, state, and comparable foreign justice systems to support research, policy development, findings, and recommendations.
- →Working in a team to organize legal research plans; preparing reports, findings, recommendations, letters, memoranda, and briefing materials; coordinating hearings, site visits, interviews, and presentations; and ensuring compliance with applicable information management, safeguarding, and advisory board requirements.
- →Exercises significant initiative in accomplishing the position's assigned missions.
- →Ensures that the supported organizations comply with all applicable laws, rules, and procedures governing advisory committees and is responsible for ensuring the production of timely, high-quality written reports and correspondence.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must possess a first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- ✓Education alone is not sufficient for qualification at the GS-15 level; applicants must also meet the active bar membership and specialized experience requirements described in this announcement.
- ✓Applicant must possess a professional law degree, (Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (J.D.)), from a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of any state, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia, and be an active member of the bar in good standing.
- ✓You must submit a copy of both your law school and college transcript with your application.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted.
- ✓Official transcripts will be required if you are selected for the position.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/approved.html Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
- ✓It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, please click Foreign Education.
Personality Fit
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