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General Attorney
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Jacksonville, Florida and 1 more · Closes in 9 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or owe allegiance to the United States. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Experience: You must have more than three years of professional legal experience that fits the duties of this job at the GS-14 level. If you already work as a federal attorney, you must have one year at GS-13 (or equivalent) within 30 days of the closing date, or have served at GS-14 or higher before.

Education: You must have finished a full law school program accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and earned a first professional law degree (LLB or JD). Foreign law degrees need an evaluation showing they are equal to a U.S. accredited program.

Licenses and certifications:

Current law license and good standing with a bar of a U.S. state, territory, D.C., or Puerto Rico

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of two pages or less showing employer, job title, month and year dates, and hours per week Official law school transcripts (photocopies accepted at first, certified copies before starting) Official bar membership certificate dated within three months of submission Notarized sworn statement on fitness to practice law, dated within three months of submission Writing samples such as briefs or memos, up to ten pages total Cover letter Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable SF 15 and proof such as DD Form 214 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: Your application is reviewed for eligibility and then rated on five areas of knowledge and skill, including contract law and clear legal writing. If you appear to have overstated your qualifications, you may lose consideration, and missing documents can make your application incomplete.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Attach a copy of your bar certificate, or you will be rated ineligible.
If you qualify through education, include your law school transcripts with your application.
Show hours per week and month-year dates for each job on your resume, and keep it to two pages.

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