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Attorney Advisor (CLC Attorney)
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Posted 55 days ago
About the Role
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
What You'll Do
- →The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Edgefield is part of the South Carolina Consolidated Legal Center, which provides litigation support to the United States Attorneys' Offices for inmate litigation arising out of several facilities including: FCI Bennettsville, FCI Edgefield, FCI Estill, and FCI Williamsburg.
- →The legal practice of the South Carolina CLC covers a wide variety of issues focusing on correctional and constitutional law, which is a practice that relies heavily on constitutional law, tort law, and other administrative law.
- →This practice is primarily civil in nature.
- →This practice also involves providing legal guidance and support to Federal Bureau of Prison employees through internal and administrative processes (e.g. administrative claims).
- →The legal issues covered include, but are not limited to inmates' access to to courts, conditions of confinement (e.g., medical care, religious accommodations, etc.), post-sentencing processes (e.g., sentence computations and inmate discipline), and post-sentence administration (e.g., First Step Act eligibility determinations).
- →The selected is expected to provide advice and guidance to all levels of staff at any of the facilities covered by the South Carolina CLC, including members of the Executive Staff.
- →The selected will also be expected to communicate with defense attorneys, prosecutors, federal courts, and agency officials.
- →The selected must have thorough knowledge of all aspects of BOP policy and practice as he/she may be required to appear in District Court on short notice to explain and advocate the agency's rationale for its correctional management decisions.
- →The selected is expected to perform extensive legal research and writing independently with minimal oversight and is also expected to learn and adapt to BOP protocols in order to achieve optimal levels of advocacy and persuasion.
- →The duties of this position may at times require frequent and direct contact with individuals in confinement who are suspected or convicted of serious criminal offenses.
- →It has also been determined that the duties of this position require experience and knowledge of the on-the-job responsibilities of a primary law enforcement officer working in a detention facility.
- →Because of the nature and mission of this position, it requires "hands-on" understanding of the issues encompassed in working within an institution.
- →The incumbent may be called on to perform as a law enforcement officer in a correctional environment during training, emergency situations, times of staff shortages, and under any other type of correctional operating crisis.
- →Specific correctional responsibilities may include custody and supervision of inmates, responding to emergencies and institution disturbances, participating in fog and escape patrols, and assuming correctional officer posts when necessary.
Requirements
- ✓Veterans: There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring.
- ✓Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions.
- ✓See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if applicable.
- ✓ONLY if education is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement.
- ✓Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable).
- ✓All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, Click Here.
- ✓Foreign Education: For information regarding foreign education requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education website: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
- ✓If you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.
- ✓See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
- ✓Selective Service Requirement: http://www.sss.gov U.S.
- ✓Citizenship is Required.
Benefits
- ★The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.
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- ★Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- ★Unless otherwise required by law, the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits employees of the U.S.
- ★Department of Justice or a federal contractor acting on its behalf from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history record, either in writing or orally, before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.
- ★Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint within 30 days of the date of the alleged non-compliance directly to the hiring office using the contact information listed in the announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8d6239e3-43dc-4a0a-8d00-95b1dfb6af01
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