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Attorneys

There are no current attorney vacancies in the Office of Regional Counsel. For questions, please contact:

William Keener (keener.bill@epa.gov)
Recruitment Coordinator
Office of Regional Counsel (ORC-1)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, California 94105

(415) 972-3940

Recent Graduates - Honors Attorney Fellowship

The Office of Regional Counsel seeks applications from third-year law students for the Region 9 Honors Attorney Fellowship. This is a two-year Fellowship working in the San Francisco, California office, and the Fellow is expected to commit to the full term. The deadline to apply for the 2010 Fellowship is October 1, 2009.

The EPA Region 9 Honors Attorney Fellowship is designed for a recent law school graduate with excellent academic credentials and a strong interest in an environmental law career and the public sector. It provides an opportunity for entry-level attorneys to practice law in a leading governmental environmental organization, and to receive extensive training in and exposure to environmental law and policy work in the public sector. The Region offers new attorneys significant responsibility, the opportunity to handle a complex caseload that includes enforcement and counseling work, and extensive training and mentoring from dedicated colleagues with recognized expertise. The Region offers a diverse and supportive work environment.

Eligibility

The Honors Attorney Fellowship is available to recent law school graduates. Only applicants who graduate no later than Summer 2010 from an ABA accredited law school are eligible. Fellows must be bar members, or have membership pending or awaiting bar exam results.

The Fellowship will begin in the Fall of 2010.

Pay

Prior to admission to the bar, the salary will be at the GS-9 level (currently starting at $55,015). After admission to a bar of any State, U.S. territory, Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia, the salary will be at the GS-11 level (currently starting at $66,652 per year). Relocation expenses are not authorized.

Application Process

Please submit the following no later than October 1, 2009:

Selected applicants will be invited for interviews in San Francisco (at the candidate's expense) in November, 2009, or telephone interviews may be conducted when appropriate. A writing sample will be required of each selected candidate prior to the interview. Offers will be made by late November or early December 2009.

Applications for the Region 9 Honors Attorney Fellowship should be sent or e-mailed to:

John Lyons (lyons.john@epa.gov)
Fellowship Coordinator (ORC-3)
Office of Regional Counsel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, California 94105

Note: e-mail submissions should include "2010 Fellowship Application" in the subject line of the message. Documents may be attached in Word, WordPerfect, or PDF formats.

For questions, contact John Lyons, Assistant Regional Counsel at (415) 972-3889.

Honors Attorney Fellowships in Other EPA Offices

Other EPA Regional Counsel Offices and EPA Headquarter's Office of General Counsel have Honors Attorney Fellowship programs. See the information below for more information:

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Law Clerks and Interns

Law Clerks

We operate a small summer law clerk program. For our summer 2010 program, we expect to invite up to four second year law students to participate in our 10-week program. Our summer law clerk program generally begins in late May or early June.

If our budget does not allow us to provide paid clerkships, we may ask students to come as volunteers, in which case they may wish to defray costs by seeking grants from their law schools. If the budget permits, paid clerkships will be offered at a rate of GS-9 Step 1 for law students entering their third year. (Visit Office of Personnel Management for the most current federal locality pay table for the San Jose/San Francisco area.)

Summer law clerk applications (cover letter, resume, legal writing sample and law school transcript, if available) should be submitted by October 15, 2009. Interviews will be conducted by telephone in November and it is expected that final decisions will be made in December 2009. A writing sample will be requested prior to all interviews.

If you have questions, please contact John Lyons (lyons.john@epa.gov) at (415) 972-3889.

Interns

During the school year, we accept law students as volunteer interns receiving credit in connection with a clinical program. If you have questions, please contact John Lyons (lyons.john@epa.gov) at (415) 972-3889.

Application Process

Law students should e-mail or send their resumes to: John Lyons

Applicants should mail their resumes to:

John Lyons
Law Clerk Coordinator (ORC-3)
Office of Regional Counsel
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, California 94105

John Lyons (lyons.john@epa.gov)

Note: e-mail submissions should include "Law Clerk Application" in the subject line of the message. Documents may be attached in Word, WordPerfect, or PDF formats.

For questions, contact John Lyons, Assistant Regional Counsel at (415) 972-3889.

EPA is an equal opportunity employer. Selection for any position will be based solely on merit without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, political affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, marital or family status or other differences.

EPA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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