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Law Clerk
Securities and Exchange Commission · Posted today
About the Role
The Division of Trading and Markets (TM) is seeking Law Clerks. TM establishes and maintains standards for fair, orderly, and efficient markets and regulates the major securities market participants, including broker-dealers, self-regulatory organizations (commonly known as SROs, which include stock exchanges, FINRA, and clearing agencies), and transfer agents. TM is organized according to subject areas, and Law Clerks assist on a variety of matters within a particular office's jurisdiction.
What You'll Do
- →In this role as a Law Clerk, you will be responsible for: Working with attorneys and other Division staff on complex matters involving difficult issues of law by conducting research, analyzing legal data, preparing legal memorandums, and assisting in a wide variety of legal support assignments relevant to the specialized functions of the various rulemaking offices.
- →Exercising professional judgment in examining and evaluating legal standards under the federal and state laws and rules.
- →Verifying facts from SEC records and ensures the accuracy of legal citations and that final released documents are in proper form.
Requirements
- ✓You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
- ✓Unless otherwise stated:(1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course.
- ✓If you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts or equivalent by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓Qualifying education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Internal Applicants: OHR will verify education qualifications for internal applicants using documents in the Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
- ✓If required transcripts or certificates are not present in your eOPF, you will be required to provide them to OHR.
- ✓If selected, a start date will not be established until official transcripts are received.
- ✓FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓For more information, click here.
- ✓Applicants may also find the following helpful: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) is an association of 19 credential evaluation services with admission standards and an enforced code of good practice.
- ✓Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) is an association of 10 credential evaluation services with a board of advisors and an enforced code of ethics.
Personality Fit
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