For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao

Duties

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Student Trainee under the Pathways Internship Program. You will provide assistance to the Jacksonville Office by providing limited legal assistance services as well as a variety of office support services. Typical work assignments will include: Prepares, processes, and reviews a variety of legal documents; Uses general reference sources to gather information to assist attorneys in performing legal research duties; Receives telephone calls and visitors; and Maintains a variety of legal and general office files. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress. Travel Required: None

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• You must meet half-time student enrollment requirements.
• You must submit a transcript or proof of enrollment with your application.
• You must be at least 16 years of age or older.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• If selected, you may be required to serve a trial period.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this internship ALL of the following requirements must be met: Student Status: Definition of a student - applicant must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, two-year or four-year college or university, graduate/professional school, or certificate program equivalent to at least one academic year of full-time study (go to http://www.ed.gov/accreditation to verify accreditation status) pursuant to 5 CFR 362. You must be considered in good academic standings by the school. Individuals must be taking at least a half-time academic, vocational, or technical course load leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate. "Half-time" is defined by the school in which the student is enrolled. Grade Point Average: You must have at least a 2.5 GPA. Citizenship: Student Interns must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) Background Investigation: You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. Pathways Participant Agreement: All interns are required to sign the Participant Agreement. Qualification requirements as outlined below. GS-5:To be eligible at the GS-5 level, you must have: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in Federal service or gained in the private sector; or completion of four academic years of post high school leading to a bachelor's degree or equivalent degree; or a combination of both specialized experience and education. Specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible clerical, office automation, or other work that that involved experience reviewing documents with legal implications for accuracy and completeness (e.g. court documents, real estate documents, contracts, insurance or benefits claims, mortgage or loan applications, tax forms or other types of legal documents); typing and formatting correspondence and forms; maintaining file systems; and obtaining needed information from files or general reference sources. Combining Education and Experience: A combination of specialized experience as described above and education must equal 100% of the requirements when combined. Please note, only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours of a course of study leading to a bachelor's degree is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirements. To be qualified, you must type at least 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors. (A typing test may later be required.)

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov.

Foreign Education Note: You may use foreign education to meet qualification requirements if you send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency in with your transcript. 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 http://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 Middle District of Florida 400 North Tampa Street Suite 3200 Tampa, FL 33602 US
• Name: Casey Austin
• Phone: (813) 274-6043
• Email: [email protected]