Attorney Adviser - Washington, United States - US Merit Systems Protection Board

US Merit Systems Protection Board
US Merit Systems Protection Board
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Washington, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:


  • The duties described are for the fullperformance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
  • The duties may include, but are not limited to:
  • Prepares decisions for the Board to consider in the form of draft Orders, Final Orders, and Opinions and Orders, together with supporting explanatory memoranda that will provide the basis for the Board to act.
  • Reviews case record to determine whether the party who filed the petition for review has made a case warranting review by the Board, or whether the case should be reopened on the Board's own motion.
  • Identifies and analyzes factual and legal issues embodied in the case records and carries out research to provide the Board a basis for its decision on all issues identified.
  • Engages regularly in intensive research on novel legal issues, using whatever research tools are necessary.

Requirements:


Conditions of Employment:


  • You must be a US Citizen.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
  • As a condition of employment, a background investigation may be required for this position.
  • Direct Deposit : Per Public Law all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • This position is part of the bargaining unit represented by the Merit Systems Protection Board Professional Association.

Qualifications:


  • To qualify, you must be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a state, Territory, or the District of Columbia and meet the following requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
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GS-905-11: a. The second professional law degree (LL.M.); or b. the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus one year of professional legal experience; or c. the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) plus superior law student work (i.e, academic standing in the upper 1/3 of an accredited law school graduating class; work or achievement of significance on the law school's official law review or moot court board; special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school-such as, election to Order of the Coif; winning of a moot court team which represents the law school in competition with other law schools, full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program-as opposed to intermittent or prior to "casual participation"; significant summer law clerk experience; or other evidence of clearly superior achievement).
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GS-905-12:The first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.)

plus one of the following:
a.

One year of professional legal experience at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-11; or two years of professional legal experience, one of which must be at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-11; or b.

Second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus one year of professional legal experience at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-11; or c.

One year of professional experience; plus superior law student work (i.e, academic standing in the upper 1/3 of an accredited law school graduating class; work or achievement of significance on the law school's official law review or moot court board; special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school-such as, election to Order of the Coif; winning of a moot court team which represents the law school in competition with other law schools, full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program-as opposed to intermittent or prior to "casual participation"; significant summer law clerk experience; or other evidence of clearly superior achievement).


GS-905-13:The first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.)

plus one of the following:
a.

Superior law student work plus two years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-12; or b.

Three years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-12; or c.

Second professional law degree (LL.M.) plus two years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at the level of difficulty comparable to the GS


GS-905-14: The first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.)

plus one of the following:
a.

Superior law student work plus three years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at a level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-13; or b.

Four years of professional legal experience in employment law applicable to federal employees and agencies, one of which must be at level of difficulty comparable to the GS-905-13; or c.

Second professional law deg
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