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General Attorney (Human Rights/Human Trafficking/Victim Assistance)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
Join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of the Principal Legal Advisor's (OPLA) Human Rights Violator Law Division (HRVLD) as Counsel and leverage your legal experience to pursue accountability in cases relating to human rights, war crimes, and human trafficking.
What You'll Do
- →OPLA is the largest legal program in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), employing over 3,000 attorneys nationwide.
- →OPLA provides a full range of legal services to all ICE programs and offices and serves as the exclusive representative of DHS in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
- →The selected attorney will fill the Counsel position and primarily serve as DHS's agency counsel for one of the few teams within the U.S. government handling legal matters for a wide range of human rights accountability related cases and issues.
- →HRVLD attorneys work closely with a wide range of ICE program offices, both domestically and internationally.
- →HRVLD attorneys also work closely with the DHS Office of the General Counsel Headquarters (OGC HQ), other DHS component legal offices; as well as numerous other U.S. government agencies.
- →Specialized knowledge of human rights violations in the Balkans is preferred.
- →The selected attorney will immediately be given significant responsibilities and will be expected to research and craft persuasive, legally supportable positions to address the needs of agency operational components.
- →Timely oral and written guidance will be routinely provided to ICE officers and agents, division management, and senior leadership within OPLA, ICE, and OGC HQ by the selected attorney.
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: add28843-ee4a-42a5-b281-86a7b6c59556
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