Overview
Law Clerk II – USAO Jobs in Reston, USA at CACI International
Job Title:
Law Clerk II – USAO
Job Category:
Legal
Time Type:
Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: DOJ MBI
Employee Type:
Regular
Percentage of
Travel Required:
Up to 10%
Type of Travel:
Local
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* The Opportunity:
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* CACI is looking for talented Law Clerk II professionals to support the Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys in various United States Attorney Offices to provide legal support services on various criminal and civil cases to enhance efforts to combat crime and enforce immigration laws.
The Law Clerk II position is a great opportunity for law clerks seeking the opportunity to tackle substantive and complex legal issues and to gain hands-on experience applying your knowledge to assist with high profile cases being investigated and litigated by the Department of Justice. This opportunity will also enhance your knowledge and understanding of the litigation life cycle as you assist with investigations from discovery through trial and appeal.
CACI is also committed to growing our eDiscovery workforce and has included tuition reimbursement for Relativity and ACEDS certifications! This is a great opportunity for someone to grow their careers. Please apply if you are interested to hear more!
** Responsibilities:*
* + Works with the assigned Attorney Advisors and/or supervisory attorneys and determines applicable administrative statutory and regulatory law, and identifies possible defenses, violations, or causes of action.
+ Assesses and analyzes relevant policy, program, and legislative initiative work to determine applicability and prepares written work products characterized by a sound definition of the legal issue or problem; thorough consideration of applicable guidelines and relationships with other program areas; complete appropriate analysis; and makes recommendations that effectively address the issue or problem.
+ Assists with reviewing, supporting, and implementing policy and guidelines to support the work of the USAOs and their programs, processes, and requirements. Assesses, reviews, and analyzes various legislative and regulatory initiatives to determine impact on work of USAOs and EOUSA.
+ Develops an understanding of all applicable federal, state, or local laws and keeps abreast of any new criminal and civil rules and procedures. Alerts Attorney Advisors to all potential issues while conducting reviews and analyzing and interpreting data as it relates to relevant programs and/or casework.
+ Oversees practice with regard to immigration, civil, and criminal, violent crime, fraud, human trafficking, drugs, and other program areas, which includes, but not limited to: receiving and docketing, calendaring and tracking due dates, contacting appropriate Attorney Advisor/Support Staff regarding locating relevant files, data, and other case and/or program-related information; assessing and analyzing relevant data, preparing written work products, legal memoranda, briefs, or other draft responses for review by appropriate Attorney Advisor.
+ Incumbent analyzes statutes, legislative intent, judicial precedents, agency rules and regulations, and law review articles as they relate to assignments, cases, and tasks to include those of an especially complex or unprecedented nature. Supports Attorney Advisor by briefing attorneys on pertinent facts, issues and case law.
+ Drafts correspondence and legal documents for attorney’s signature.
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The Contractor shall provide a candidate that possesses the following qualifications:
+ Law degree (J.D.)
+ License by a state bar (Preferred)
+ U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain adjudication for the requisite background investigation
+ Valid state driver’s license
+ Minimum two (2) years of professional litigation work experience. Specific immigration (Habeus Corpus, Denaturalization) litigation work experience is beneficial.
+ Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
+ Ability to make responsible decisions on short notice and adapt to unexpected developments
+ Physically located within the general geographic commuting radius of EOUSA or a USAO office
+ Working knowledge of the Federal Rules of…
Title: Law Clerk II – USAO
Company: CACI International
Location: Reston, USA
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