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Attorney Advisor (General)
Drug Enforcement Administration · Posted 17 days ago
Hybrid Arlington, VA $122K – $197K Apply by Jul 14, 2026 Attorney ENTJINTJINTPISTJ OperationsEducation
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This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administrator (DEA), Office of Chief Counsel. This position serves as the principal legal advisor to DEA's Administrator on all administrative, domestic and international criminal, civil, intelligence, regulatory, and asset forfeiture related law issues raised by DEA's worldwide drug enforcement and intelligence efforts. Department of Justice (DOJ) agencies post experienced attorney job announcements on the DOJ Careers page.
What You'll Do
- →The Intelligence Law Section is dedicated to supporting all facets of DEA's Office of National Security Intelligence and providing legal support to all agency components on intelligence law.
- →The attorneys coordinate interagency transactions (including memoranda of understanding and agreements, and joint duty assignments), assist in developing procedures and reviewing legislation related to intelligence gathering, sharing, use, disclosure in criminal cases and defensive counterintelligence.
- →Other Duties Include: Provide critical legal counsel on the collection, analysis, and dissemination of drug-related intelligence worldwide.
- →Provide guidance to intelligence personnel on legal aspects of investigations, ensuring compliance with federal laws, regulations, and policies regarding drug trafficking.
- →Advise DEA's Intelligence Division on the legality of intelligence-gathering operations and international law enforcement coordination.
- →Support DEA's Intelligence Division by ensuring that classified and law enforcement sensitive intelligence information, including tactical and strategic data, is handled according to legal standards.
- →Analyze the legal implications of intelligence initiatives, proposed legislation, and agency regulations.
- →Assist in developing information that contributes to major drug organization investigations, seizures, and arrests.
- →Work with special agents and international partners to facilitate the legal sharing of intelligence to disrupt international criminal organizations.
Requirements
- ✓A J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
- ✓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 these criteria, see www.ed.gov.
- ✓Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the 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.
- ✓For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: ww.naces.org/members.php.
Personality Fit
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