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General Attorney (Ethics)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) is seeking an energetic and dedicated attorney to join the Ethics Law Division's Washington, D.C. location. One or more positions may be filled using this vacancy announcement.
What You'll Do
- →OPLA is the largest legal program in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), employing over 3,000 attorneys nationwide to provide a full range of legal services to all ICE programs and offices.
- →OPLA's Enforcement, General Law, and Litigation (EG&L) divisions, through close client engagement, advance ICE's homeland security and public safety mission by providing expert legal advice and guidance to ICE personnel enforcing our nation's immigration, customs, and criminal laws and policies.
- →Counsel in EG&L also defend the operational authorities and decisions of ICE officers and agents in federal courts and support the advocacy of ICE attorneys before immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), with special emphasis on cases involving criminal aliens, human rights violators, and aliens who threaten our national security.
- →An ICE ethics attorney will work as a member of a collaborative team in the Ethics Law Division within EG&L to provide training and guidance on the Executive Branch Standards of Conduct program for government employees and on attorney professional responsibility matters.
- →Selected attorneys will be provided requisite training and will then be given significant responsibilities and will be expected to craft persuasive, legally supportable positions to address the needs of agency operational components.
- →Selected attorneys will be expected to routinely provide timely legal opinions to ICE officers and agents, division management, and leadership within OPLA, ICE, and the DHS Office of the General Counsel Headquarters.
- →OPLA will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations when appropriate.
- →If reasonable accommodation is required for any part of the application process, please contact the OPLA representative listed on this announcement.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or LLM degree.
- ✓Please see Required Documents for more information.
- ✓A student loan repayment incentive may be available; if such an incentive is available and is authorized, a service agreement will be required.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7f00d0e3-05a4-413b-8713-27dca15c8eeb
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