Are you interested in a rewarding and challenging opportunity? Join the U.S. Department of Justice! This position is that of an Attorney-Adviser, with the working title of "Special Litigation Counsel, eLitigation," and referred to hereinafter as Special Litigation Counsel.

Duties

The Special Litigation Counsel is the principal attorney responsible for: Designing and executing an elitigation modernization roadmap. Designing and executing a strategic roadmap that continuously improves the Division's electronic discovery and electronic litigation (collectively, elitigation) effectiveness. This includes defining success indicators related to our elitigation performance, tracking our progress against those indicators, working with internal and external stakeholders to develop and refine our elitigation roadmap, and being responsible for implementing the process, role, and tool improvements in the roadmap. Developing and implementing resources to track best practices. As the Special Litigation Counsel for eLitigation, you will reshape the way the Division handles and presents electronic evidence across the Division's diverse practice groups, exercising full responsibility for developing and leading a robust elitigation practice. This includes: (1) identifying and adopting best practices and technology to identify, preserve, collect, process, review, analyze, produce, and present electronically stored information (ESI) and other evidence most efficiently and effectively, and (2) developing guidance materials and template documents for use by investigative and litigation teams to implement those best practices into their day-to-day workflows, and (3) implementing these best practices, technology, and resources into practice and ensuring their utilization. Assessing and addressing elitigation training needs. Evaluating and addressing comprehensive elitigation training needs of Division staff, including line attorneys, professional administrative staff, and management. This includes (1) developing and coordinating the development of training programs and materials, (2) presenting and co-presenting trainings, and (3) identifying and arranging for external facilitators to conduct training. Tracking emerging legal and technical issues in elitigation. Researching and providing counsel to Division leadership on how legal and technical developments in elitigation may hinder, or could enhance, our ability to enforce federal civil rights laws, including in complex, highly-visible investigations and litigation. This includes understanding the implications of elitigation on both civil litigation (housing/lending discrimination, discrimination in educational settings, voting rights, constitutional policing, disability rights, employment discrimination, and more) and criminal prosecutions (hate crimes, human trafficking, excessive use of force, violence against healthcare providers, and more). Providing legal advice and counsel. Serving as an authoritative source of legal advice and guidance on elitigation issues for individual investigation and litigation teams. This includes working with teams investigating and litigating against state and local governments, police and corrections departments, school districts, healthcare systems, large corporations in all sectors, and other sophisticated defendants with leading legal representation. Representing Division interests in elitigation. Representing and advocating for the Division on Department and interagency working groups and committees focused on developing and implementing strategies to help the government conduct its enforcement work in effective and efficient ways by harnessing and adapting to the emerging and evolving legal and technology landscapes.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. from an American Bar Association accredited law school, be an active member of the bar in good standing (any jurisdiction) and possess the minimum 4 years of post-professional law degree experience. Applicants also must have strong, demonstrated qualifications in the following areas: significant experience handling complex affirmative litigation (especially in federal court); substantive knowledge and expertise in eDiscovery and/or eLitigation; academic achievement; written and oral communication skills; the ability to analyze complex issues; skill and experience working collaboratively and productively with others; organizational skills; professional judgment; initiative; and the ability to excel in a fast-paced, demanding environment. In addition, applicants must have outstanding professional references. Preferred Qualifications: The following demonstrated qualifications are preferred but not required: substantive knowledge and expertise in the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the work of the Division or substantially similar laws, rules, and regulations; judicial clerkships (especially in federal court), law review, moot court, clinical experience, and skill and experience working cooperatively and productively with a range of people, such as charging parties, witnesses, respondents, disadvantaged or disenfranchised groups, opposing counsel, judicial or administrative officials, advocacy groups, law enforcement personnel, and the staff of other federal or state governmental agencies, are also preferred.

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet these criteria, see www.ed.gov.

OR

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Colby Shearer
• Email: [email protected]