Student Trainee (Legal)

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Basic Qualifications: You MUST meet the definition of a STUDENT for the duration of your appointment. The definition of a student is: an individual accepted for enrollment or enrolled and seeking a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) in a qualifying educational institution, on a full or half-time basis (as defined by the institution in which the student is enrolled), including awardees of the Harry S.

Truman Foundation Scholarship Program under Public Law 93-842. Students need not be in actual physical attendance, so long as all other requirements are met. An individual who needs to complete less than the equivalent of half an academic/vocational or technical course-load immediately prior to graduating is still considered a student for purposes of this Program.

To qualify for this internship at a GS-7 grade level, you must have: Completed one (1) full academic year of graduate level education (One full academic year of graduate education is the number of credit hours determined by the college, university to represent one (1) year of full-time study); OR Completed a bachelor's degree and eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership; OR Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.

Grade-point average (G.P.A.) Grade-point averages are to be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9.

Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.

Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society -- Applicants can be considered eligible based on membership in one of the national scholastic honor societies recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies

The Student Trainee (Legal) is a summer internship position located within the Office of the Counselor to the Inspector General. The primary purpose of this position is to provide a variety of legal assistance to attorneys in the Office of the Counselor including conducting legal research, composing legal memoranda, assembling and organizing materials for administrative trials, and preparing summaries and outlines of hearings.

As a Student Trainee (Legal), you will: Conduct legal research in matters arising under the U.S. Constitution, United States Code, Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, utilizing tools such as Westlaw and the Commission's website and in-house library.

Research and analyze issues for attorneys using reference sources such as legislative history, treatises, administrative decisions, Federal district and circuit court decisions, and Supreme Court decisions. Prepare memoranda reflecting Merit Systems Protection Board (M.S.P.B.), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (E.E.O.C.), and Federal Court case law precedent discovered during the course of legal research and applies precedent to pertinent facts in cases before judges.

Prepare draft memoranda, based upon analysis of the legal research, for review by an Administrative Law Judge. Prepare drafts of decisions, orders, and notices, based upon results of the legal research, in cases before an Administrative Law Judge. Review filings, briefs and settlement proposals. Summarize briefs for hearings.