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Duty location may be McLean, VA or Bethesda, MD.
Seeks highly qualified 1L, 2L, 3L, or LLM students for its internship program. Interns will take on a variety of duties, which include:
Assisting attorneys in providing oral and written advice to senior officials and counselors in the ODNI.
Preparing memorandums on legal and policy issues facing the Intelligence Community (IC).
Making presentations to OGC and ODNI leadership on legal topics. - Working with other agencies on national security litigation, policy, and related topics.
Supporting ODNI components to ensure compliance with relevant statutes and regulations.
Revising and vetting regulations and internal policy directives.
Assisting the OGC in the administration of the agency and the wider IC.
The position will expose interns to numerous areas of law and related policies, including; national security law, intelligence law, procurement and acquisition law, personnel law, government ethics, budget and fiscal law, administrative law, legislative support, government informational practices under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act, and intellectual property law.
OGC works to provide practical, accurate, and timely legal guidance and counsel to ODNI, to safeguard the legal rights of American citizens, and to ensure that all employees and contractors assigned to ODNI comply with U.S. law and any applicable regulations and directives.
OGC's mission also includes supporting ODNI in carrying out the statutory responsibility of that office to ensure that IC elements that are part of the National Intelligence Program comply with the Constitution and laws of the United States. To this end, OGC works closely with legal officers across the IC to coordinate the development of legal mechanisms to facilitate the implementation of ODNI policies within the larger constitutional, statutory, and regulatory framework that bounds IC Provide assistance to OGC senior attorneys and leadership on areas of law affecting ODNI's duties and responsibilities under the National Security Act, Presidential directives, Executive Orders, and other related laws and policies.
Starting at $0 Without Compensation (GS 9)