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This position is located in the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP)
The supervisor is Margaret Bupp, ASLBP Chief Counsel
This position is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.
08/01/2018 to 09/03/2018
$88,450 - $95,139 per year
GG 11
3 vacancies in the following location:
No
Occasional travel - Travel for trainings, hearings in the vicinity of licensed facilities, and association meetings.
No
Term - Term Not to Exceed 2 years.
Full-time - Full Time
Excepted
12
No
No
ASLBP-2018-0001
506621600
ASLBP law clerks have the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects and cases, and to serve with a variety of judges. Individual assignments are made by the Chief Counsel, who acts as a “gatekeeper” to help clerks manage their work load, as law clerks are generally assigned to several cases or matters at any given time. Typical assignments include drafting judicial decisions and orders, conducting legal research, preparing legal memoranda, and providing assistance to Licensing Boards during evidentiary hearings. Clerks are often assigned to work on a particular case for an extended period of time and therefore are involved in the development of a case from its earliest stages, including rulings on standing and contention admissibility, discovery disputes and, ultimately, conducting an evidentiary hearing and drafting merits decisions on those evidentiary presentations. The two year clerkship term generally runs from September to September, however a start date earlier than September 2019 may be available based upon agency need and candidate availability.
Because Licensing Boards often conduct hearings and oral arguments at a location in the vicinity of the nuclear facility that is the focus of a particular case, clerks may have the opportunity for some travel over the course of their service with the Panel. For additional information, see Location of ASLBP Hearings.
Applicants must have an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 based on a scale of 4.0. Graduate law students and judicial clerks should not have any significant post-J.D. legal employment.
Judicial Law Clerk Program, applicants must be either (1) third-year law students who will earn their J.D. by June of the academic year of application; (2) graduate law (LL.M) students in their last year of study; (3) current judicial law clerks whose clerkship ends no later than September of the year following application or (4) indiviuals who received a J.D. in May or June of 2018.
Using federal grade and salary levels, ASLBP judicial law clerks will typically start at grade GG-11, step 10. After one year of satisfactory job performance, and assuming admission to the Bar of any state or the District of Columbia, an ASLBP law clerk is eligible for a promotion to grade GG-12, step 6. The full performance level for judicial law clerks is GG-12.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Due to the nature of law clerk duties, the ASLBP places a premium on: (1) legal analysis and writing skills; (2) law review, comparable journal experience or moot court experience; (3) an interest in administrative/regulatory law and/or environmental law as evidenced by coursework, law school clinical experience or internships/externships; and (4) academic achievements. While a technical or scientific background may be useful it is not required.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Your application for this vacancy must be received online via the USAJOBS application system BEFORE 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to submit a complete online application, you will not be considered for this position.
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Furthermore, paper applications will not be accepted unless hardship circumstances can be demonstrated. Requests for extensions WILL NOT be granted.
If applying online poses a hardship for you, the Human Resources Specialist listed on the vacancy announcement will provide assistance to ensure that applications are submitted online by the closing date. Applicants must contact the Human Resources Specialist during business hours BEFORE the closing date of the announcement and speak to someone who can provide assistance for online application submission.
You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume. Breadth, recency, and length of experience in the field; training, awards, and commendations; past and current performance; and community or outside professional activities will be considered to determine your level of knowledge, skill or ability for this position. To begin the application process, select the "Apply On-line" button to the right on this screen. Then follow the prompts to login/register, submit all required supplemental documents, and complete the application process.
You may check the status of your application at any time after the announcement closes by logging onto USAJOBs and selecting “Application Status.”
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/506621600. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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