As a Legal Student Trainee, you will do some or all of the following.....
- As a Legal Student Trainee, you will do some or all of the following;
- Receive training in the principles, practices, concepts, work processes, regulations and statutes of one or more General Counsel functional areas designed to provide a career oriented introduction to DFAS and the General Counsel.
- Assignments include developmental experiences to prepare the incumbent for increasingly more complex work in the General Counsel arena. Assignments may be supplemented by on-the-job and/or formal training in the occupation.
- Independently plan, organize, and conduct studies of legal issues and cases generally encountered in the assigned area.
- Performs research on assignments from the Directorates Deputy General Counsel (DGC) and Assistant DGC by examining legal documents, historical files, and other legal resources on inquiries relating to a myriad of legal subjects.
- Examination is to evaluate the procedural and technical sufficiency of the action or legal matter; and, to evaluate factual and other information presented.
- Utilize manual and automated legal research methods to locate, extract, and compile relevant materials to assist the legal staff.
- Identifies pertinent facts and issues for research, suggests legal interpretations of reference materials, and prepares initial summary recommendations for attorneys.
- Drafts and edits legal and non-legal memoranda, research reports, and correspondence.
Starting at $23.71 Per Hour (GS 7)
