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Summary About the Position: The Army Materiel Command (AMC) Command Counsel's Honors Program is available to recently graduated attorneys who will be admitted and good standing with a state bar at the time of their selection. The program offers a position as a GS-11 and the opportunity to acquire significant training and experience in various legal practice areas. Positions are open to individuals on a rolling basis who have superior academic qualifications or relevant experience. Responsibilities As an AMC Command Counsel’s Honors Program attorney, you will work for one of several major Army Commands including their respective activities. Depending on your based on your interests, qualifications, and the staffing needs of the particular legal office you will have the opportunity to work in diverse practice areas. Potential practice areas include environmental law, government contract and fiscal law, labor and employment law, federal administrative and national security law, and civil litigation and legal assistance. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Current and former Federal employees and US Citizens. Qualification Requirements: Applicants must meet the following minimum qualification requirements: 1) Education: Assignments require the first professional law degree (Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctorate (J.D.)). Applicants for initial appointment into attorney positions must be graduates of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association at the time of the applicant's graduation. The Army General Counsel may make an exception upon a showing that a candidate possesses superior qualifications and that no well-qualified candidates from accredited law schools are available. 2) Bar Membership: Although applicants may apply prior to bar admission, at the time of selection, they must be active members in good standing (as defined by the pertinent bar) of the bar of a State, territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 3) Professional Legal Experience GS-11: In addition to their first professional law degree (Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and active bar membership at the time of selection, applicants must possess one or more special qualifications, such as a second professional law degree (Masters of Laws (LL.M.); academic standing in the upper third of the attorney's law school graduating class; work or achievement of significance on one of the attorney's law school's official law reviews or journals; special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school (e.g., membership in the Order of the Coif, winning of a moot court competition, or membership on the moot court team that represents the attorney's law school in competition with other law schools); full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program; significant summer law office clerk experience, or other evidence of clearly superior accomplishment or achievement. 4) Time in Grade (current Federal employees): Candidates selected for advancement will normally have completed at least one year of service that is one grade lower than the position to be filled. The selecting official may request a waiver of the one year requirement in cases where hardship or inequity exists. NOTICE OF VETERAN'S PREFERENCE: There is no formal rating system for applying veteran's preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of the Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., DD Form 214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty") to their submissions. Education Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Professional Services Career Field position. Multiple positions in various locations may be filled from this announcement. Management has the prerogative to select at any grade. If selected at the GS-11 grade, after a year or more of service you may be non-competitively promoted to the grade of GS-12, if management determines at that time that you meet the qualifications/professional legal experience requirements set forth in relevant regulations, including Army Regulation (AR) 690-300. Promotion to GS-12 or GS-13, however, is NOT automatic. You must meet the minimum qualifications set forth in the regulations before you can be considered for promotion.