{"id":32727,"date":"2024-07-21T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=32727"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:14:31","slug":"3ls-homeland-security-attorney-honors-program-apply-from-8-1-to-9-2-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/3ls-homeland-security-attorney-honors-program-apply-from-8-1-to-9-2-24\/","title":{"rendered":"3Ls: Homeland Security Attorney Honors Program, Apply from 8\/1 to 9\/2\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary\u2019s Honors Program for Attorneys (Honors Attorney Program) offers highly qualified individuals the unique opportunity to start their legal career by addressing some of the most critical and challenging issues facing our Nation today. The broad range of issues DHS handles and the rotational aspect of the program offers Honors Attorneys experiences in a variety of practice areas, allowing them to build knowledge, consider various career paths, gain valuable insight into the Department and its Components, and make meaningful contributions to the DHS mission.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary&#8217;s Honors Attorney Program offers two options:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"survey-processed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/office-general-counsel\">DHS Headquarters Office of the General Counsel (OGC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DHS offers the option of rotations within OGC and Component agencies&#8217; counsel offices in the National Capital Region. DHS Headquarters OGC Honors Attorneys may rotate to offices that handle national security law, immigration law, litigation, legislation, regulatory practice, international law, intellectual property, maritime safety and security, transportation security, border security, cybersecurity, fiscal and appropriations law, federal procurement, and environmental law. Honors Attorneys are given a significant amount of responsibility early in their careers, often handling highly visible or legally significant cases and issues.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a class=\"survey-processed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/office-general-counsel\">Office of the General Counsel<\/a>\u00a0page for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"survey-processed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/opla\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honors Attorneys also have the opportunity for placements with OPLA beyond the National Capital Region. These Honors Attorneys do not rotate between offices but are placed in the OPLA headquarters or field locations throughout the country. Through this option, recent law school graduates have the opportunity to focus in the Department&#8217;s immigration enforcement mission area and gain valuable trial court experience.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) is the largest legal program in the Department of Homeland Security, with over 1,400 attorneys. Congress chartered OPLA to represent the agency in administrative immigration litigation before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and to provide specialized legal advice to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, agents, and other personnel. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in over 60 cities across the country, OPLA is a national law firm offering an array of professional opportunities to talented attorneys committed to serving our Nation.<\/p>\n<p>ELIGIBILITY:<\/p>\n<p><strong>OGC Headquarters and\u00a0ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment in the Honors Attorney Program. To be eligible, applicants must be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Highly qualified third-year law students attending an accredited institution who will be expected to be awarded a J.D. prior to October of the next year (or fourth-year students graduating from four-year programs, combination programs, or LL.M. programs immediately after law school from accredited schools); or<\/li>\n<li>Federal or state judicial law clerks with no more than two years of clerkship experience prior to the October start date for the Honors Attorney Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exceptions to these eligibility requirements are unlikely, but will be considered on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Honors Attorney Program is highly competitive. We seek a diverse applicant pool composed of candidates with well-rounded backgrounds, demonstrated intellectual and analytical abilities, excellent judgment, and a demonstrated interest in public service.<\/p>\n<p>DHS selects candidates based on multiple factors, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Superior academic achievement: 3.5 GPA or above<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> or top 1\/3 class ranking<\/span><\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills;<\/li>\n<li>Participation in law review or a secondary law journal, moot court, trial advocacy, legal aid, or clinical experience;<\/li>\n<li>Specialized academic studies or post-graduate work or extracurricular activities that relate to the missions of DHS and its component agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>FOR MORE INFORMATION, including application instructions, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/homeland-security-careers\/honors-attorneys\">https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/homeland-security-careers\/honors-attorneys<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary\u2019s Honors Program for Attorneys (Honors Attorney Program) offers highly qualified individuals the unique opportunity to start their legal career&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-services"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32727"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32730,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32727\/revisions\/32730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}