Attorney-Adviser (General) (Honors Attorney)
Company
Other Agencies and Independent Organizations - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Location
Multiple Locations
Type
Full Time
Job Description
Summary
This position is located in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Each Honors Attorney is placed in a particular office/division and may have an opportunity to rotate to different offices or other federal agencies to develop additional skills.
The 2025 Honors Attorney class will begin in the fall of 2025 (late August through early October).
This is a time limited appointment not to exceed two years and is typically converted to a permanent appointment based on agency needs.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements:
- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National
- A trial period may be required.
- Public Trust - Background Investigation will be required.
- Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
This is a position established to provide developmental experience to recent law school graduates in the Honors Attorney Program. To be eligible, applicants must be either:
(1) current law students who expect to graduate before August 1, 2025, and meet Superior Academic Achievements requirements: Includes at least a 3.5 GPA (on a 4.00 point scale) or equivalent, graduation with honors, graduating in the top 15% or higher in their class or other evidence of Superior Academic Achievement;
OR
(2) attorneys who graduated from law school after August 1, 2021 with superior academic achievements, and who, at the time of appointment, will have spent no more than one year since graduating law school in a position other than a graduate education program, judicial clerkship, public-interest position, or comparable activity
**To be qualifying experience, Law Clerkships must begin after law school.
Qualifications:
Law Degree: Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B., J.D. or equivalent. Anticipated degrees must be obtained by August 1, 2025.
Bar Membership: Applicants must be a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or join such a bar within 14 months of appointment. **Applicants who are a current member of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will be placed into the CN-51, CN-52 or CN-53 level attorney positions. Applicants who are not yet a member of the bar will be placed into the CN-51 grade level as a Law Clerk on a 14-month appointment until successful completion of the Bar Examination. Those not admitted to the Bar within 14 months will be separated from the CFPB.
Experience requirements for the CN-51: Superior Academic Achievement as described in the eligibility section.
Experience requirements for the CN-52: Superior Academic Achievement as described above and one year of clerkship, fellowship, or comparable experience.
Experience requirements for the CN-53: Superior Academic Achievement as described above and three years of clerkship, fellowship, or comparable experience.
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.
Education
Law Degree: Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited law school with an LL.B., J.D. or equivalent. Anticipated degrees must be obtained by August 1, 2025.
Additional information
OTHER INFORMATION:
- We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
- This announcement may be used to fill like positions in other organizations within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, lawful political affiliation, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, protected genetic information, parental status, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.
- This is a bargaining unit position, however, you may also be placed into a non-bargaining unit position depending on the particular office for which you will be selected. The Union that represents CFPB employees is the National Treasury Employees Union ("NTEU"), Local Chapter 335.
- We offer opportunities for telework.
- We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.
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Bureau employees are subject to government-wide ethical standards of conduct, financial disclosure requirements, and post-employment prohibitions, which applicants may review at www.oge.gov. In addition, employees must comply with the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (5 CFR 9401), which, among other things, prohibit an employee or the employee's spouse or minor child from owning or controlling a debt or equity interest in an entity supervised by the Bureau. Regulations also impose restrictions on the outside activities of certain Bureau employees, including examiners and attorneys. Applicants may review the Bureau ethics regulations and a summary of the regulations at www.consumerfinance.gov. Questions regarding these requirements and prohibitions should be directed to the Bureau Ethics Office at [email protected].
The locality pay you receive will be determined by your duty location: Washington D.C., or Regional Office.
CFPB uses an experience-based process to set pay for employees. Experience is evaluated and credited using the employee's résumé. To ensure that all of your prior work experience (e.g., internships, volunteer work, details, part-time, self-employment, secondary jobs, etc.) is considered and accounted for, please ensure that your résumé covers the following:
- your entire work history with specific start and end dates (MM-DD-YYYY) provided for each listed position
- hours worked per week for each position
- degrees and the dates conferred (MM-YYYY)
Part-time experience will be credited pro-rata based on a 40-hour work week, while work of 32 hours or more will be rounded up to full-time experience. If you have multiple positions that have overlapping start and/or end dates, only 40 hours of experience will be credited for a given work week. Refer to Resume Tips for more information on how to submit a comprehensive résumé. See information on our base pay ranges and salary structure.
Our comprehensive benefits are among the most generous in the federal government. They include:- Challenging and rewarding work benefiting American consumers - Opportunities for development and advancement- Comprehensive Federal health, vision, dental, life, and long-term care insurance programs.
Date Posted
08/29/2024
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