U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CRIMINAL DIVISION
RESIDENT LEGAL ADVISOR - BANGLADESH
About the Office: The mission of the Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) is to develop and administer technical and developmental assistance designed to enhance the capabilities of foreign justice sector institutions and their law enforcement personnel, so those institutions and their personnel can more effectively combat terrorism, organized crime, corruption, financial crimes, trafficking in persons and other types of crime, in a manner consistent with the rule of law, and can more effectively cooperate regionally and with the United States in combating such crime.
Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The Office seeks an experienced Assistant United States Attorney or Department of Justice Trial Attorney to serve as Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) for Bangladesh. This assignment is for a term of one year, with the possibility of an extension for a second year, contingent on available funding. (This is a reimbursable detail.) The RLA represents the Department of Justice and OPDAT in the implementation of an OPDAT justice sector assistance program. During his or her tenure, the RLA will provide assistance regrading a variety of criminal justice projects, with specific emphasis on: development of anti-money laundering, asset forfeiture, counter-terrorism, and anti-corruption legislation and enforcement capabilities. Aid also will be provided to help create a career prosecution service. The RLA will work closely with Bangladeshi law enforcement and government officials, including prosecutors, investigators, judges, legislators and bank regulators to carry out the assistance program. The RLA may also be called upon to provide advice to the government on criminal justice legislation and on a range of issues relating to the administration of justice, rule of law programs and anti-trafficking in persons.The Office seeks an experienced Assistant United States Attorney or Department of Justice Trial Attorney to serve as Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) for Bangladesh. This assignment is for a term of one year, with the possibility of an extension for a second year, contingent on available funding. (This is a reimbursable detail.) The RLA represents the Department of Justice and OPDAT in the implementation of an OPDAT justice sector assistance program. During his or her tenure, the RLA will provide assistance regrading a variety of criminal justice projects, with specific emphasis on: development of anti-money laundering, asset forfeiture, counter-terrorism, and anti-corruption legislation and enforcement capabilities. Aid also will be provided to help create a career prosecution service. The RLA will work closely with Bangladeshi law enforcement and government officials, including prosecutors, investigators, judges, legislators and bank regulators to carry out the assistance program. The RLA may also be called upon to provide advice to the government on criminal justice legislation and on a range of issues relating to the administration of justice, rule of law programs and anti-trafficking in persons.