STUDENT TRAINEE (LAW CLERK)

QUALIFICATION: All applicants must have completed at least 1 full academic year of graduate level education (e.g., law school) or Eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) Provision and completion of a bachelor's degree. You must submit your transcripts.

For additional information on SAA, General Schedule Qualification Policies (opm.gov) Required Documents: Resume Unofficial Transcripts (undergraduate & law school) Proof of school enrollment/class registration (i.e. law school transcript or enrollment letter) Motivational Statement (limited to 1 page) Online Application (Questionnaire) completed in USAJobs.gov Geographic Preferences Memorandum KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Knowledge and understanding of diverse legal issues.

Ability to communicate legal issues and principles effectively orally and in writing. Skill in conduction thorough legal research on a variety of issues. Skill in properly analyzing facts and legal questions. Skill in conducting a proper legal investigation to obtain facts. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

1. With supervision, performs tasks that are developmental and recurring in nature that require application of basic occupational field theory and principles in the technical area of legal services. 2. With supervision, conducts investigations to obtain evidentiary data and recommend an agency course of action. 3. With guidance, drafts, negotiates, or examines contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities. 4. Works closely with senior attorneys, assists in the performance of legal research, analysis of legal decisions, opinions, ruling, memoranda, and other legal decisions, prepares/writes digests of points of law involved.