3Ls: Apply by Sunday 9/13 for Post Grad Job with Corps of Engineers
Post Grad Civilian Legal Job with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, Apply for virtual OCI by September 13
The USACE Legal Services Community of Practice is a national law firm with Counsel offices in approximately 50 cities around the globe. These offices employ approximately 450 attorneys. We are counselors to decision-makers and practice preventative law, playing a critical role in the planning and development of USACE projects to facilitate smooth and effective execution. We employ knowledge management tools such as collaborative on-line practice groups to provide high quality services, and we regularly interface with our partners in other Federal, State and local agencies to deliver vital projects that are critical to states, local communities and the nation’s economic well-being and security. As attorneys, our mission is to represent USACE as an organization in diverse practice areas such as contract law, environmental law, fiscal law, litigation, real estate law, legislation, labor and employment law, international law, admiralty, intellectual property law, negligence, water rights, and ethics. Our goal is to operate our community of practice as a unified and integrated system that ensures sound, timely and responsive advice and representation for program clients and commanders. USACE’s far ranging mission responsibilities worldwide offer legal practitioners a unique opportunity to serve the public interest and hone their legal skills on cutting edge issues of national importance.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Chief Counsel’s Civilian Honors Program
We select a limited number of graduating law students to participate in the Civilian Honors Program. The program is designed to attract outstanding individuals from diverse backgrounds and specialty areas seeking a legal career in a federal agency with a varied and complex practice in legal fields such as government contracts law, environmental law, real estate law, administrative law, labor/personnel law and litigation. We recruit highly qualified students from the nation’s leading law schools to fill positions in over 50 offices worldwide. The program provides new attorneys challenging work, significant responsibility and unparalleled development opportunities to serve the public and gain valuable legal experience in the process. For more details about our practice visit: http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cecc/cm/welcome.htm
Recruiting Process: USACE recruits both through on-campus recruiting and the direct submission of application materials. Our on-campus recruiting efforts include interview programs and regional minority and other job fairs. Candidates who are selected through this screening process are then interviewed by the Chief Counsel. Candidates approved by the Chief Counsel are pre-qualified and are eligible to interview with the head of the legal office where a potential opening is located. Offers of employment are made after a candidate is interviewed and selected by the head of the legal office where the opening is located.
Selection Criteria: Generally, only those students who are in the top one-third of their law school class will be considered. However, this criterion may be waived for applicants who demonstrate unusual compensating qualifications, such as significant pertinent public service experience, technical background, or other academic degrees. Candidates must also exhibit excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstration of academic excellence such as law review, Order of the Coif or similar honors, or competitive participation in moot court is highly desirable. To be considered, applicants must be third-year law students or Master of Laws candidates who will graduate no later than June of their academic year of application or law school graduates currently participating in a judicial clerkship program. Only U.S. citizens are eligible to apply. Each person selected into the Civilian Honors Program must undergo a complete security investigation in order to obtain a security clearance.
APPLY via Symplicity OCI, “FALL 2020 OCI: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers” by Sunday September 13. Virtual Interviews will be held on Friday September 18.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, see the detailed brochure found at the link below:
