United States Postal Service
Office of General Counsel
Law Department

Welcome to the United States Postal Service Law Department home page. Staffed with over 200 career attorneys in offices across the country, the Law Department provides top-quality, in-house legal representation to the United States Postal Service, an independent establishment of the executive branch. The Law Department effectively functions as a large law firm with an enormously varied practice. Attorneys for the Postal Service practice in many areas, including: labor and employment, commercial, torts, economic regulation, finance, contracts, intellectual property, real estate, legislation, administrative, international, information, government ethics, and consumer protection law.

Job Opportunities

• Information for Summer Intern and Entry Level Positions 
  • Law Department Recruitment Booklet (PDF)
• Law Department Recruitment Booklet (HTML)
• Law Department Recruitment Brochure (PDF)
• Law Department Recruitment Brochure (HTML)
• Positions for Secretaries, Paralegals and other support staff

About the Law Department

• Mary Anne Gibbons, General Counsel (PDF)
• Mary Anne Gibbons, General Counsel (HTML)
• NALP Current Workplace Questionnaire (PDF)
• NALP Current Workplace Questionnaire (HTML)
• NALP Government Questionnaire Form

Legal Information

• US Postal Service & Section 508
• REDRESS -- Resolve Employment Disputes Reach Equitable Solutions Swiftly
• Judicial Officer Administrative Decisions

Related Links

• Title 39, United States Code
• Title 39, Code of Federal Regulations
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• National Labor Relations Board
• Merit Systems Protection Board
• Postal Rate Commission
• Universal Postal Union
• ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools
  

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