{"36":"yes","38":"U.S. Department of Transportation","39":"","40":"Senya Waas, Attorney Advisor","41":{"street":"1200 New Jersey Ave SE","street2":"","city":"Washington","state":"DC","zip":"20590","country":"United States"},"42":"senyaann.waas@dot.gov","43":"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov","44":"","46":"2018-08-15","47":"2018-08-15","48":["Permanent Position - 3L"],"49":"group","50":["cover","transcript"],"52":"preferred","53":"preferred","54":"","55":"","56":"preferred","57":"preferred","58":"Top 50% Required","59":"Job Description:\r\n\r\nU.S. Department of Transportation Honors Attorney Program\r\nThe Department\u2019s Honors Attorney Program offers new law graduates (and recent law graduates completing judicial clerkships or fellowships) a unique opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the Department\u2019s diverse law practice.\r\n\r\nDuring the two-year program, Honors Attorneys rotate once in the Department's Office of the General Counsel and in up to five Chief Counsels' Offices of the Department\u2019s operating administrations.\r\n\r\nRotations provide each Honors Attorney with substantive and challenging assignments across a wide spectrum of legal fields.  Honors Attorneys find themselves working in practice areas such as administrative, aviation, litigation, environmental, constitutional, torts, legislation, labor and employment, and contract and procurement law.\r\n\r\nIn addition to legal work, Honors Attorneys meet for lunch weekly to discuss current work assignments and program matters.  The lunches also provide time for in-house training opportunities in such wide ranging issues as the Freedom of Information Act, DOT's crisis management procedures, and regulation drafting, as well as many other topics relevant to the practice of law at a cabinet level agency.\r\n\r\nHonors Attorneys also make on-site trips to gain exposure to the transportation community.  In the past few years, Honors Attorneys have visited a major air carrier's ground operations at Washington Reagan-National Airport, Washington METRO\u2019s command center and railcar maintenance facility, the automobile crash test facility at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an on-site inspection of a semi-truck, and rode on the Federal Rail Administration's track-test train.\r\n\r\nRotations last four months. Prior to the start of each four-month rotation period, the coordinators of the Honors Attorney Program provide the Honors Attorneys with a list of available offices where the honors attorneys may rotate.  After receiving the list, the Honors Attorneys meet and negotiate as a group to decide where each Honors Attorney will work.  The process repeats itself, with different options, every four months.\r\n\r\nHonors Attorneys are eligible to take permanent jobs in the Department after completing one year in the program, but may elect to continue to rotate in modal offices for the duration of the program. \r\n\r\nMore information can be found online at:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/administrations\/office-general-counsel\/honors-attorney-program\r\n\r\nCharacteristics of a Competitive Candidate:\r\n\r\nClass Rank: G.P.A of 3.0 or higher; Top 50% required\r\nExceptional writing and analytical skills\r\nLaw journal or secondary journal preferred but not required\r\nClinical activities, moot court, trial advocacy preferred but not required\r\nDemonstrated involvement in activities beyond required coursework\r\nInterest in public service\r\nAbility to adapt quickly to new work environments\r\n\r\nAll candidates selected for a second interview must submit a writing sample.\r\n"}