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General Attorney
U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command · Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania · Closes in 17 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, The public, Federal employees - Competitive service.
The job is open to the public, including U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Current and former federal employees may also apply, and Army Materiel Command internal candidates are considered before outside applicants.
Experience: You need two years of professional legal experience after you were admitted to the bar, matching the duties of this job at the GS-13 level. The Attorney Qualifying Authority may make an exception for applicants with special qualifications.
Education: You need a first professional law degree, either a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or a Juris Doctorate (J.D.), from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association when you graduated. The Army General Counsel may make an exception if a candidate has superior qualifications and no well-qualified candidates from accredited schools are available. Degrees must come from a school recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- Active membership in good standing in the bar of a state, territory, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico
- Active bar membership that permits representing the federal government in courts
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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 17 days (November 20, 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: Applicants are first checked for minimum qualifications, then rated on how well their application shows skills in technical legal research, legal and policy guidance, and managing a heavy caseload of clients with complex needs. Missing required information can result in an ineligible rating or a lower overall rating.
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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, and list hours per week and month/year dates for every job, or your application may be marked incomplete.
- List every state bar where you are an active member in good standing on your resume.
- Get your good standing certificate and fitness to practice statement ready now, since they are due within 14 days of an interview request and must be dated within 3 months of your application.
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