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Attorney Advisor (CLC Attorney) Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 08/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 8, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Victorville, CA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $104,349 - $190,627 per year Pay scale & grade
GS 12 - 14
Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number
CO-2026-0407
Control number 875305600 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Clarificion from the agency • Attorney Appointments are in the excepted service.
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Duties Help The legal practice the Los Angeles Consolided Legal Center (CLC), with office locion the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville, CA (FCC Victorville), covers a wide variety of issues focusing on correctional law, either through administrive channels or litigion in federal court. Issues include such mters as inmes' reasonable access to the courts (e.g., access to legal merials, legal correspondence, and torney-client s), conditions of confinement (e.g., medical care, diet and religious accommodions, housing assignments, hygiene & sanition), and post-sentence administrion (e.g., sentence compution and inme discipline). This position is part of the Los Angeles CLC, and the position is loced FCC Victorville, as part of a legal team th oversees legal mters in the Central District of California associed with Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) operions, which includes the following correctional institutions: Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles (MDC LOS), Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island), Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc (FCC Lompoc), and the Federal Correctional Complex Victorville (FCC Victorville). As a member of the Los Angeles CLC, the incumbent is expected to provide advice and guidance to all levels of staff these correctional facilities, including members of the Executive Staff. The incumbent may also be required to handle other BOP legal mters (including litigion) as assigned, which are outside the Central District of California and pertain to other BOP institutions. The incumbent must possess excellent communicion and organizional skills and the ability to work closely and communice clearly with defense torneys, prosecutors, federal courts, and agency officials. The incumbent is expected to possess excellent skills in both legal research and writing, as the position requires incumbent to perform extensive work in these areas with minimal oversight. The incumbent must have thorough knowledge of all aspects of BOP policy and practice as he/she may be required to appear in District Court on short notice to explain and advoce the agency's rional for its correctional management decisions. The duties of this position may times require frequent and direct contact with individuals in confinement who are suspected or convicted of serious criminal offenses. It has also been determined th the duties of this position require experience and knowledge of the on-the-job responsibilities of a primary law enforcement officer working in a detention facility. Because of the nure and mission of this position, it requires "hands-on" understanding of the issues encompassed in working within an institution. The incumbent may be called on to perform as a law enforcement officer in a correctional environment during training, emergency situions, times of staff shortages, and under any other type of correctional opering crisis. Specific correctional responsibilities may include custody and supervision of inmes, responding to emergencies and institution disturbances, participing in fog and escape prols, and assuming correctional officer posts when necessary. The incumbent may be required to conduct p down and visual searches of inmes and search inme work or living areas for contraband. The incumbent must be prepared to use physical control in situions where necessary, such as in fights among inmes, assaults on staff, and during riots or escape tempts. The Practice areas reled to this position are: Correctional Law, Civil Litigion, and Constitutional Law. Requirements Help Conditions of employment See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Selective Service Requirement:
http://www.sss.gov U.S. Citizenship is Required.
Veterans :
There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention (e.g., the DD 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documention) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed ( the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note th SF 15 requires supporting documention associed with service- connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be ded 1991 or ler except in the case of service members submitting official stements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing th his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or th he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the stement or retirement orders must indice th the disability is 10% or more). Qualificions Applicant must possess a J.D. degree and be an active member of the bar (any U.S. jurisdiction).
Preferred qualificions:
Prior and extensive experience in correctional law and/or federal civil litigion is preferred, but not required. Educion See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable . ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion:
For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S.
Department of Educion website:
Recognition of Foreign Qualificions . If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an
OFFICIAL
transcript prior to your first day on duty. Additional informion This is a primary law enforcement position. Although 5 U.S.C. 3307 established a maximum entry age of 36 for initial appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution, applicants for this announcement can be considered up to age 39. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you must submit a SF-50 to verify prior coverage. Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. A prerequisite requirement of this position is the successful completion of 'Introduction to Correctional Techniques, Phase I' locally and, the sisfactory completion of a mandory course in 'Introduction to Correctional Techniques, Phase II' the Staff Training Academy.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Congress generally prohibits agencies from employing non-citizens within the United Stes, except for a few narrow exceptions as set forth in the annual Appropriions Act (see, https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/non-citizens/ ). Pursuant to DOJ component policies, only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigrion Review, U.S. Trustee's Offices, and the Federal Bureau of Investigion. Unless otherwise indiced in a particular job advertisement, qualifying non-U.S. citizens meeting immigrion and appropriions law criteria may apply for employment with other DOJ organizions. However, please be advised th the appointment of non-U.S. citizens is extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country considered on a case-by-case basis. All DOJ employees are subject to a residency requirement. Candides must have lived in the United Stes for least three of the past five years. The three-year period is cumulive, not necessarily consecutive. Federal or military employees, or dependents of federal or military employees serving overseas, are excepted from this requirement. This is a Department security requirement which is waived only for extreme circumstances and handled on a case-by-case basis Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion. All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check and must pass a review of their income tax filing history. Applicants should familiarize themselves and comply with the relevant rules of professional conduct regarding any possible conflicts of interest in connection with their applicions. In particular, please notify this Office if you currently represent clients or adjudice mters in which this Office is involved and/or you have a family member who is representing clients or adjudicing mters in which this Office is involved so th we can evalue any potential conflicts of interest or disqualificion issues th may need to be addressed under those circumstances. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. To learn more, please the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . Unless otherwise required by law , the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits employees of the U.S. Department of Justice or a federal contractor acting on its behalf from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history record, either in writing or orally, before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint within 30 days of the de of the alleged non-compliance directly to the hiring office using the contact informion listed in the announcement. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This position is processed under Direct Hire, veteran's preference and Cegory Ring procedures do not apply. Applicants evalued utilizing the documention submitted and considered for the grade level in which the resume and/or educional transcripts supports. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. To learn more, please the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . Unless otherwise required by law , the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits employees of the U.S. Department of Justice or a federal contractor acting on its behalf from inquiring about an applicant's criminal history record, either in writing or orally, before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint within 30 days of the de of the alleged non-compliance directly to the hiring office using the contact informion listed in the announcement. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents
Required Documents Help Resume:
Resume limited to 2 pages showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.) To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented: Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Include the number of hours worked per week.
College transcript:
includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE :
If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day. SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable. Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants must submit a resume, list of references, a cover letter (highlighting relevant experience) and a writing sample by August 8, 2026, to Robert J. France, Regional Counsel Rfrance@bop.gov . Applicions must be received on or before the applicion deadline de below: August 8, 2026 FOR
MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO
https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/ DO
NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON-LINE.
Submit a complete/detailed resume or curriculum vitae. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Resume or curriculum vitae must contain all informion listed in the Qualificions Section. Submit supporting documents (i.e. transcripts, certificion, registrion, and/or license, if applicable). A complete applicion packet (including optional questionnaire responses) MUST be submitted directly to the following email address: Rfrance@bop.gov . Agency contact informion Robert J. France, Regional Counsel Phone 972-352-4200 Rfrance@bop.gov Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps Applicants must submit a resume, list of references, a cover letter (highlighting relevant experience) and a writing sample by August 8, 2026, to Robert J. France, Regional Counsel Rfrance@bop.gov . Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request
Required Documents Help Resume:
Resume limited to 2 pages showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.) To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented: Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Include the number of hours worked per week.
College transcript:
includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE :
If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day. SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable. Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants must submit a resume, list of references, a cover letter (highlighting relevant experience) and a writing sample by August 8, 2026, to Robert J. France, Regional Counsel Rfrance@bop.gov . Applicions must be received on or before the applicion deadline de below: August 8, 2026 FOR
MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO
https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/ DO
NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON-LINE.
Submit a complete/detailed resume or curriculum vitae. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Resume or curriculum vitae must contain all informion listed in the Qualificions Section. Submit supporting documents (i.e. transcripts, certificion, registrion, and/or license, if applicable). A complete applicion packet (including optional questionnaire responses) MUST be submitted directly to the following email address: Rfrance@bop.gov . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Robert J. France, Regional Counsel Phone 972-352-4200 Rfrance@bop.gov Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps Applicants must submit a resume, list of references, a cover letter (highlighting relevant experience) and a writing sample by August 8, 2026, to Robert J. France, Regional Counsel Rfrance@bop.gov . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week • Apply by 08/08/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 8, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Victorville, CA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $104,349 - $190,627 per year Pay scale & grade
GS 12 - 14
Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number
