SIU School of Law

Job Posting Details

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington DC 20549-2000
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SIU Job Number:	3173
Firm or Agency:	Securities and Exchange Commission
Job Title:	Law Clerk
Duties:	The SEC's mission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The agency seeks high-caliber individuals who share the same values of integrity, fairness, accountability, resourcefulness, teamwork, and commitment to excellence. The Advanced Commitment Program is a highly selective program that allows lawyers to begin work as law clerks after graduation and before they pass the bar. The program is designed for third-year law students, LLM and JD/MBA graduates and judicial law clerks. Law clerks are hired to work in one Division/Office. Their title is switched to Attorney-Advisor upon being admitted to a state bar association. A Law Clerk is hired into one Division/Office and assigned duties for entry-level attorneys in the specific Division/Office to which they are assigned. This position is subject to a one year probationary period. This position is with the Chicago Regional Office (Enforcement).
Job Location:	Chicago, IL
Job Contact:	Maya C. Samms
Type of Postion:	Full Time Permanent
Position Category:	Government
Hours per week:
Salary Range:	60k - 70k
Req. Years of Experience:	0 - 1 Years
Application Deadline:	12/15/2009
Starting Date:
Need Resume:	yes
Need Employer Application:	yes
Need a Writing Sample:	yes
Need a Law Transcript:	yes
Need an Undergraduate Transcript:	no
Need a Letter of Application:	no
Need References:	no
Need Salary History:	no
Other Application Needs:	Cover Letter
Preferred Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:	Key Requirements: US Citizen or Citizen of an Allied Nation of the U.S. Graduating from or have graduated from an accredited law school Have at least a 3.0 grade-point average, B average or equivalent. Meet educational requirements specified in announcement: Applicants must have completed at least one of the following between December 2009 and September 2010 to be eligible for this position : - Last year of law school - Last year of an LLM program or - Last year of their first judicial clerkship Security Clearance: Entrance on duty is contingent upon completion of a pre-employment security investigation. Favorable results on a Background Investigation may be a condition of employment or selection to another position. Selective Service System (Male Applicants): To be eligible for Federal employment, male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify at the time of appointment that they have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under Selective Service law.
Benefits:	The Federal government offers a number of exceptional benefits to its employees. The following Web addresses are provided for your reference to explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees. Flexible Spending Accounts - The Federal Flexible Spending Accounts Program (FSAFeds) allows you to pay for certain health and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars. For additional information visit: https://www.fsafeds.com/fsafeds/index.asp Health Insurance - The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program offers over 100 optional plans. For additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave - Most Federal employees earn both annual and sick leave. For additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance - The Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program (FEGLI) offers: Basic Life Insurance plus three types of optional insurance, for additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Long Term Care Insurance - The Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) provides long term care insurance for Federal employees and their parents, parents-in-law, stepparents, spouses, and adult children. For additional information visit: http://www.ltcfeds.com/ Retirement Program - Almost all new employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan. The three tiers are: Social Security Benefits, Basic Benefit Plan, Thrift Savings Plan. For additional information visit: http://www.opm.gov/retire/index.asp This link provides and overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal employees. http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei61.asp
Comments:	When applying for this position a questionnaire. To receive of copy of this questionnaire please go to: http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?JobID=83724213&sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&q=+09-289969-ACP+&AVSDM=2009-10-01+14 percent3a41 percent3a00&rc=2&TabNum=5 Please read all the instructions carefully. Failure to follow the instructions may result in your not being considered for this position. For additional information regarding Schedule A appointment eligibility visit: https://www.opm.gov/disability/PeopleWithDisabilities.asp. You may learn more about accessibility at the SEC by visiting http://www.sec.gov/eeoinfo/sec_access.htm. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes both of the following parts: 1. Your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire, and 2. Your résumé and any other documents specified in the Required Documents section of this job announcement. Use Application Manager for convenience and quickest processing. Track your progress to a Complete Application Package using the My Application Packages checklist and status displays in Application Manager. Your Application Package status must be Complete by Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Step 1 Option A: Application Manager To begin, choose one of these options: 1. If your résumé is going to come from the USAJOBS Resume Builder, you begin the process by clicking the Apply Online button near the bottom of this page. Your résumé will be attached only to the Application Package you complete and Submit immediately after you click the Apply Online button for this job announcement, not to any Application Packages you may already have created. 2. If your résumé is going to be one you prepared outside of USAJOBS Résumé Builder, click this link to begin the process: Online Questionnaire. To return to Application Manager at any time, use whichever one of the links you used to begin as described above, or simply go to http://applicationmanager.gov/. Option B: Paper Qualifications Questionnaire If it is not possible for you to use Application Manager, you can write your answers on paper. Follow these steps: 1. You can print a copy of this job announcement so that you can read the questions offline. 2. Obtain and print a copy of the OPM Form 1203-FX, which you will use to provide your answers. You can obtain the form at this URL http://www.opm.gov/Forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf or by calling USAJOBS by Phone at (703) 724-1850; after the introduction, press 1, and listen for instructions. 3. You may submit the Form 1203-FX, resume, and any supporting documents either by fax, by mail or in person. By Fax: If you are faxing a completed Form 1203-FX, do not use a separate cover page. Simply make sure that all six pages of the Form 1203-FX are on top of any other documents you are faxing. The fax number is 1-478-757-3144. Feed all documents into your fax machine top first so that we receive them right-side up. Note: If you are only submitting supporting documents see the Submitting Documents instruction in Step 2 below. By mail or in person: Office of Human Resources 100 F Street NE Washington , DC 20549 Attention: Name of HR Specialist ET289969 Required Documents: Step 2 - Please submit your required documents with your application. Required documents include: Resume (1-2 page uploaded document preferred) Transcripts (unofficial or official) Veterans Preference documentation (If requesting Veterans Preference Consideration) Miscellaneous a. Transcript (Unofficial or Official) b. Cover Letter and a c. Writing Sample. Strong writing skills are essential to our work here at the SEC. It should demonstrate your ability to analyze complex legal issues and communicate such information clearly and effectively. You may submit a brief, legal memorandum or other document that you wrote for a legal writing class assignment, research project, job, or internship. It should not exceed 10 pages in length. Please submit excerpts from your writing sample if the original document exceeds 10 pages. Submitting Documents If you upload your documents using Application Manager, DO NOT FAX the same documents. To verify uploaded documents have been processed, please wait one hour to ensure they have cleared the virus scan. You can verify that your uploaded documents are attached to your application by checking the Details tab of your Application Manager account https://applicationmanager.gov/ for this vacancy announcement. Your documents will display under the Details tab in the Document area. Faxed documents will take 2-3 business days to process. To fax documents, you MUST use the special cover page. Print the pre-populated cover page on the upload documents screen of Application Manager. Or, you may click this link http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf to print a copy of the cover page. When faxing documents, follow the procedures outlined below. Include the 8-character Vacancy Identification Number ET289969 Provide your Social Security Number and full name in the spaces provided or we will not be able to associate your document(s) with the rest of your application. You may submit multiple documents for the same vacancy announcement using one cover page. Fax your cover page and documents to 1-478-757-3144. Faxed documents submitted with missing information will not be processed. The following will prevent your documents from being processed: Not using the special cover page mentioned above. Missing, incomplete, or invalid Vacancy Identification Number Missing or incomplete Social Security Number or name Note: If you have documents in your Application Manager account from a previous vacancy announcement they can be opened, copied and saved then reused as an upload file for this vacancy. Uploading your documents will speed the processing of your application for this announcement. Contact Information: Maya C. Samms Phone: (202)551-4118 Email: Recruit@sec.gov Or write: Office of Human Resources 100 F Street NE M/S 3030 Washington, DC 20549