ATTORNEY ADVISOR (GENERAL)

Full Job Description

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an Attorney-Advisor in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' (AFOSI's) Judge Advocate Directorate's National Security Law Division and to serve as legal counsel on issues relating to national security law, including counterintelligence law, intelligence law, cyber law, counterterrorism law, and insider threat.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: You MUST have successfully completed a full course of study in a school of law accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and have the first professional law degree (LLB or JD).

In addition, at the time of application, you must provide proof, dated within four months of application, of "active" status with a bar of the highest court of a State, U.S.

commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. On-line information is allowed as long as it shows that you are in "active" status.

Specialized Experience: In addition to the basic requirement: you must have professional legal experience in excess of three (3) years that commensurate with the position's duties and responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1.

Extensive knowledge of the professional field of national security law, including the ability to analyze legal precedent; to conform policy and practice to the confines of the law and/or regulations; and to coordinate legal solutions with various divisions within the command.

Must be able to apply this knowledge and develop strategies for unique and complex factual predicates in novel and time-sensitive situations, as required by the command's unique law enforcement and counterintelligence mission.

2.

Extensive knowledge of techniques and knowledge of various titles of law necessary to independently identify and analyze both issues of fact and issues of law with relation to counterintelligence law, intelligence law, cyber law, and counterterrorism law.

Ability to independently write clear and comprehensive legal reviews, legal briefs, memoranda, instructional material, and other documents relevant to all aspects of the AFOSI mission and appropriate for specified levels of command, from highest to lowest, and to present high-quality briefings, lectures, and speeches to high-level audiences on short notice.

3.

Extensive knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methods of legal research of various sources, such as statutes, executive orders, manuals, directives, issuances, computerized reference sources (i.e., Lexis and/or Westlaw), court decisions, administrative decisions, precedent case law, and commercial legal publications, sufficient to perform in-depth legal research into the legislative history, precedent case law, decisions, and opinions which bear on particular legal issues.

4.

Extensive knowledge of various titles of law necessary to independently identify and analyze both issues of fact and issues of law with relation to military justice, electronic surveillance, intercepts, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, agency information release, complaints resolution, criminal investigations, nuclear convoy missions, civil rights, Constitutional law, administrative law, ethics, and search and seizure.

5.

Extensive knowledge and skill in fact finding, problem analysis, problem solving, and interpreting laws, directives, and policies, and the ability to apply that knowledge to make decisions or recommendations that may result in significantly changing, interpreting, or developing important public policies or programs.

6. Extensive knowledge of DoD, Air Force, and AFOSI structures and operation procedures and the ability to work independently to identify issues relevant to AFOSI's multiple mission areas.

Ability to independently prepare and present, both orally and in writing, relevant information required to process requests and to provide comprehensive legal opinions on issues related to counterintelligence law, intelligence law, cyber law, counterterrorism law, and insider threat law; and AFOSI's full-spectrum investigative and counterintelligence mission.

At the time of application, you must provide proof, dated within four months of application, of "active" status and in good standing with a bar of the highest court of a State, US commonwealth, US territory, or the District of Columbia.

On-line information is allowed as long as it shows that you are in "active" status and dated within four months of application.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: The incumbent must be an attorney and a graduate of an accredited law school.

The incumbent must be admitted to the practice of law before the highest court of a state, territory, possession, or commonwealth of the United States, and must maintain an active law license in at least one of the jurisdictions identified above.

The incumbent must recertify annually regarding the incumbent's state bar standing. Major Duties:

The incumbent is an attorney on matters that typically include:

complex and difficult legal and factual questions that require original and creative endeavor to craft a reasonable balance between protecting the civil and related privacy rights of U.S.

persons with the need to conduct law enforcement and lawful counterintelligence activities in furtherance of national-level, Department of Defense (DoD), and U.S.

Air Force national security interests; and

novel and highly-technical questions in a controversial and evolving area of the law, cyber law, affecting the national security of the United States, DoD, and U.S.

Air Force, that is likely to set important precedents and can have the effect of substantially broadening or restricting investigative, intelligence, and force protection activities undertaken by the DoD.

The incumbent provides advice and counsel directly to all levels of command regarding the interpretation and application of legislation, regulations, decisions, opinions, and other legal authorities/instruments regarding counterintelligence activities, to include the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Executive Order 12333, Director of National Intelligence Directives, DoDM 5240.01, and applicable DoD and USAF issuances.

The incumbent provides guidance concerning the initiation and conduct of counterintelligence investigations and operations involving military members, civilian employees, and others within the United States and worldwide to ensure legal sufficiency of those investigations and operations and resulting reports.

The incumbent performs other duties as assigned, to include but not limited to, providing command-level advice and guidance on a full range of legal issues confronting law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including but not limited to, to military justice, electronic surveillance, intercepts, Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, agency information release, complaints resolution, criminal investigations, nuclear convoy missions, civil rights, constitutional law, administrative law, ethics, and search and seizure.

These taskings will often, but not always, occur in the absence of the primary attorneys assigned to these subject matter areas, or in matters so voluminous or complex that the primary attorneys require additional assistance.