Attorney - Advisor (Clc Attorney) - Annapolis Junction, United States - U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Justice

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Annapolis Junction, United States

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Description

Summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.

This job is open to
Federal employees - Excepted service

Current excepted service federal employees.

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

The public

U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Clarification from the agency

Duties

The Mid-Atlantic Consolidated Legal Center (CLC) is part of a team which is involved in the legal operations associated with several correctional institutions: the Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland; the Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown, West Virginia; the Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis, Tennessee; the Federal Correctional Complex, Hazelton, West Virginia, and the Nashville and Baltimore/D.C.

Re-entry Offices.

The CLC Attorney handles a wide variety of legal issues focusing on correctional law, which is a practice that relies heavily on constitutional law, tort law, and other administrative law.

This practice is primarily civil in nature and involves providing extensive litigation support to the U.S. Attorney's Offices.

This practice also involves providing advice and guidance to all levels of staff within the CLC, including senior leaders and communication with defense attorneys, prosecutors, federal courts, and agency officials.

The CLC Attorney will 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 rational for its correctional management decisions.

The legal issues covered include, but are not limited to inmates' access to the courts (e.g., access to counsel and legal materials, etc.), 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 CLC Attorney will have the opportunity to work with regional and institution management and line staff with respect to policies within the purview of the Bureau of Prisons and institutions in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

The Practice areas related to this position are: Correctional Law, Constitutional Law, and Health/Medical.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment
See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
U.S. Citizenship is Required.
- connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more).

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:
Applicants must have a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction), and have at least one (1) year post-J.D. legal or other relevant experience.

Preferred qualification:
Prior experience in correctional law is preferred, but not required.

Education

See Qualifications Section for education requirements, if applicable.

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.

Additional information

Special Conditions of Employment Section:

Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certificate.

Current Federal Law Enforcement Employees:

A prerequisite of the secondary law enforcement position is the completion of the mandatory courses in "Introduction to Correctional Techniques Phase I and Phase II".

If you have not completed the mandatory courses in "Introduction to Correctional Techniques Phase I and Phase II", you are ineligible for secondary law enforcement position(s) and coverage but may still be considered for a non-law enforcement position.

If you are not a current Bureau of Prisons employee, you must submit training records demonstrating you have completed the mandatory courses in "Introduction to Correctional Techniques Phase I and Phase II" to your hiring Human Resource office prior to appointment.

Individuals selected who are under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) or Civil Service Re