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Supervisory Consolidated Legal Center (CLC) Attorney
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System · Florence, Colorado · Closes in 10 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: Federal employees - Excepted service, The public, Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista.

Open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Current federal employees in the excepted service and Peace Corps or AmeriCorps VISTA alumni with the required service can also apply.

Experience: You need at least 3 years of legal or other relevant experience after earning your J.D. degree. Prior supervisory experience and experience in correctional law are preferred. The announcement does not name a specific grade level for this experience.

Education: You must have a J.D. (law degree). The degree must come from a school accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body.

Licenses and certifications:

Active member of a U.S. state or territory bar

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 Cover letter highlighting relevant experience Resume of no more than 2 pages, with start and end dates as MM/YYYY and hours worked per week Law school transcripts showing school name, student name, degree, and date awarded List of references Writing sample SF-50 proving prior federal law enforcement coverage, if you are above the maximum entry age DD-214 and SF-15 if you claim veterans' preference Official transcript before your first day, if selected based on education

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 10 days (November 13, 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: You will be rated on how well your submitted documents meet the qualifications, and your grade level will match what your resume and transcripts support. Missing required documents or not following the required format often leads to removal from consideration.

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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:

Do not apply on USAJOBS. Email your full packet to cscofield@bop.gov with 'Attorney Advisor (Supervisory CLC Attorney)' in the subject line.
Keep your resume to 2 pages and show start and end dates as MM/YYYY plus weekly hours for each job.
Upload law school transcripts and a writing sample, since both are required and missing items can lead to removal.

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