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The Office of the Solicitor is hiring dedicated attorneys in multiple subject areas for our D.C. headquarters. Put your law degree and legal experience to good use by contributing to a noble mission: to serve and protect American workers, prepare them for new and better jobs, and to ensure the safety and fairness of American workplaces!
Experienced and new attorneys are being recruited to fill specific vacancies and some newly-created positions within the Office of the Solicitor. We are currently soliciting resumes for attorney positions available now and throughout the year at GS-11 through GS-14 levels in the national office. Attorney hiring will include permanent, excepted service attorney positions as
well as time-limited positions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. 111-05 (ARRA or the "stimulus bill"). Those positions with expiration dates may be extended or may be re-appointed to permanent positions.
How to Apply: To express interest, send a cover letter and resume to one or more of the email addresses listed below for review by that Division. Attorneys are encouraged to submit information to no more than three legal Divisions. Your cover letter should clearly identify the position(s) and grade(s) for which you are interested in being considered, and whether you are interested in being considered for permanent and/or time-limited positions. In the resume you submit, please identify the beginning and end dates (including month, day and year) for each attorney position or legal experience. If you have veterans' preference eligibility, ICTAP/CTAP eligibility, or any other hiring preference, please note that information in your cover letter or resume. Please do not include your social security number on your submission. The Office of the Solicitor will not pay relocation expenses or moving costs. Your cover letter and resume must be in a file format that can be printed from Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (WordPerfect and plain text files meet this criterion). Do not send files in compressed format (e.g., files with the ".zip" extension).
Some vacancy announcements will continue to be posted on USAJOBS — so check there too!
Each of the National Office divisions of the Office of the Solicitor listed below has at least one position vacancy, and the division will be reviewing submissions received through at least May 15, 2009 for these openings. Interested attorneys are encouraged to submit materials by May 15, 2009. Submissions received after that date will be reviewed to the extent positions remain available, and to fill other vacancies that may occur. We encourage you to check back on this website for updated information regarding attorney vacancies and employment opportunities and to search USAJOBS for attorney positions in the Office of the Solicitor.
The following divisions do not have current openings but are accepting resumes for potential future hiring.
If you are not sure which specific Divisions you are interested in, you may send your resume to SOLGeneralResume@dol.gov in order to be considered for future general attorney vacancies as they may become available.
You will receive an acknowledgement that your submission has been received. Resume submissions will be reviewed by individual Divisions of SOL. You may be contacted for an interview or to submit further information. We will retain resumes for six months, and review them as positions and needs arise over the next six months.
Persons selected for further consideration and/or interview may be required to provide a writing sample and will be required to provide the following additional documentation prior to interview. You will be notified if this documentation is requested of you and how to submit it. You will not be required to submit a document if it does not apply to you.
- Proof of a professional law degree (L.L.B., J.D., LL.M) from an accredited law school is required. Proof of the law degree can be provided in the form of your official or unofficial transcript, a copy of your diploma or a copy of your wallet diploma.
- Proof of an active bar membership certification from a state, territory of the United States, District of Columbia, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is required. Proof of bar membership can be in the form of a copy of state bar certificate, wallet bar card, or on-line screen shot of bar verification.
- For status candidates (current or former federal employees), a copy of your most recent SF-50, which includes your current grade and position as well as eligibility status.' Incomplete SF-50 forms will not be considered.
- Any applicant wishing to claim ICTAP/CTAP eligibility must submit an official letter conferring such eligibility for it to be considered.
- If you are claiming veterans' preference, submission of a DD-214 form, DD-215 form or Discharge Orders is required to confirm veterans' preference eligibility.
Attorney appointments within the Office of the Solicitor are positions in the excepted service not the competitive civil service. There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Office of the Solicitor considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. If you have veterans' preference eligibility or ICTAP/CTAP eligibility, please note that information in your cover letter or resume, and include documentation of that eligibility with your submission (e.g., ICTAP/CTAP eligibility letter; DD-214, DD-215 Forms, or discharge orders).
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.
If you need an accommodation for any part of the submission, application and hiring process, please make this request in your cover letter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis
The Office of the Solicitor selects many volunteer interns each year through Volunteer Service USAJOBS. These positions are without compensation but are highly sought after because of the responsibility and experience they offer. A significant number of volunteer opportunities are located in Washington, D.C. and others may be available in one of our
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