Law Clerk, CG-0904-11/12
2 weeks ago
-Provides legal research and analysis.
-Demonstrates knowledge of corporate, commercial, constitutional, and administrative law, as well as knowledge of statutory construction.
-Prepares legal documents such as complaints, motions, briefs, and regulations, and legal memoranda/forms.
-Complete assigned tasks and/or projects of limited scope and complexity designed to develop skills and proficiency.
-Prepares legal opinions on a wide variety of subjects.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
The candidate selected will be offered a time limited appointment not-to-exceed 14 months which may be extended to a maximum of two years upon acquiring bar membership.
Additionally, if you are not admitted to the bar within 14 months of appointment, the appointment terminates.
Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Employment Conditions .
Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required
Qualifications
In order to qualify for the Honors Attorney Program, you must meet the following qualification criteria.
Please read below to determine the grade at which you would qualify based on your education and experience:
CG-11:
1.) A current law school student in the final year of law school graduating from an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school between December 2024 and June 2025, or a full-time graduate student in the final year of study which began immediately following law school; and 2.) Be in at least the upper thirty-three percent (33%) of your law school class and/or have an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least a 3.00 unrounded based on a scale of 4.00. NOTE: If your law school does not calculate class rank, and also does not provide traditional grades or a GPA, you should include a link to the school's grading policy and should provide a narrative explanation of how your law school performance correlates with our requirements.
CG-12:
1.) A J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school; and 2.) A current judicial law clerk, who's judicial clerk experience began no longer than nine months after law school graduation and has been no longer than three years in length; and 3.) Be in at least the upper thirty-three percent (33%) of your law school class and/or have an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.00 unrounded based on a scale of 4.00. Note: If your law school does not calculate class rank, and also does not provide traditional grades or a GPA, you should include a link to the school's grading policy and should provide a narrative explanation of how your law school performance correlates with our requirements.
Admission to the bar is not a prerequisite to applying and being considered for the Honors Attorney Program, but is expected during the first fourteen months of FDIC employment. Recent law school graduates who join the FDIC before bar examination results are available must provide evidence of bar admission as soon as possible after admission. Those not admitted to the bar within fourteen months will be separated from the FDIC.
Education
See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.
For CG-12 ONLY: Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an ABA-accredited law school
Additional information
To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here .
TELEWORK OPTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. For more information on telework at the FDIC, please reference the available telework options for this position here .
If selected, you may be required to serve a trial period.
Selected candidates will be assigned to our headquarters offices in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia.
The Honors Attorney Program appointment is for a period not-to-exceed 24 months. While a permanent appointment beyond the temporary 24-month appointment cannot be guaranteed, successful completion of the Honors Attorney Program may lead to a permanent appointment in the FDIC's Legal Division.
If at the time of successful completion of the Honors Attorney Program and permanent appointment in the FDIC's Legal Division, an Honors Attorney is permanently assigned to a Regional Office duty station, relocation benefits may be available.
This position is advertised as an OPEN CONTINUOUS with a final closing date of 08/23/2024. Applicants that apply before each closing date of the cut off dates listed below or when a request for an additional vacancy is submitted will be considered.
Due to the high volume of qualified applicants expected to apply, a first cut-off date of 07/26/2024 will be used.
A second cut-off date of 08/09/2024 will be used.
If the resulting candidate pool is not sufficient to meet the hiring needs, all candidates who apply by the closing date of this announcement will receive consideration.
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