Employment Opportunities

• Department of Justice attorneys
• Department of Justice non-attorneys
• Federal Government job postings

CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HIRING POLICIES:

Experienced Attorney Hiring Process
Attorney General’s Honors Program Hiring Process
Summer Law Intern (SLIP) Hiring Process

Additional information about eligibility and application procedures for the Honors and SLIP programs is available from the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management (OARM) at http://www.justice.gov/oarm/oppls.htm.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

The Civil Rights Division is an equal opportunity / reasonable accommodation employer. All hiring is based on merit; consistent with applicable federal law and Department of Justice policies, discrimination based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, political affiliation (including using ideological affiliation as a proxy for determining political affiliation), religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or personal favoritism is strictly prohibited.

The Civil Rights Division encourages qualified applicants with disabilities, including individuals with targeted disabilities, to apply. Targeted disabilities are deafness, blindness, missing extremities, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorder, mental retardation, mental illness, severe distortion of limbs and/or spine. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements and are able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation are encouraged to identify disabilities, including targeted disabilities, in response to the questions in the Avue application system seeking that information. Qualified applicants with targeted disabilities who wish to be considered for competitive service positions under special hiring authority, including Schedule A, 5 C.F.R. § 213.3102(u), should identify targeted disabilities in response to the questions in the Avue application system seeking that information. For additional information about hiring authorities for applicants with targeted disabilities, please contact Diane Petrie, the Division’s Disability Program Manager at (202) 514-3934; see also http://www.jan.wvu.edu/LEAD/index.htm and http://www.opm.gov/disability/PeopleWithDisabilities.asp.

Complaints about discrimination and/or prohibited personnel practices may be raised within the Division by contacting Linda Johnson, the Division’s Human Resources Officer, at 202-514-4224, or Diana Embrey, the Division’s employment counsel, at 202-353-2510, or outside the Division by contacting the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity Staff at 202-616-4800, or the Office of Special Counsel at www.osc.gov or 800-872-9885.

There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, DOJ considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. In attorney vacancy announcements, applicants eligible for veterans' preference are encouraged to include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214 or other substantiating documents) to their submissions. For additional information about the Division's merit system principles and/or equal employment hiring policies, see 5 U.S.C. §§ 2301(b), 2302(b); and Mem. by Loretta King, (former) Acting Assistant Attorney General, April 28, 2009, entitled Guidance on Personnel Matters.

RECRUITMENT:

Vacancy announcements for all experienced attorney vacancies will be posted on the Division’s intranet, the Department of Justice’s intranet and internet (http://www.justice.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html), and the Office of Personnel Management’s website (http://www.usajobs.com/).

Announcements are also distributed by the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management and/or by the Division's Human Resources Office to a broad and diverse array of organizations, including but not limited to bar associations, law schools and professional organizations. Sections may also distribute announcements to additional organizations who may know of qualified candidates for a particular vacancy announcement. To expand our recruitment efforts, the Civil Rights Division is developing an outreach list of organizations to circulate Civil Rights Division-specific attorney job announcements. If you are, or know of, an organization that might be interested in receiving these announcements, please e-mail CRT.SpecProgVacancies@usdoj.gov.

INFORMATION FOR NEW HIRES:

Pre-Employment Orientation Information -- For Employees with Offer Letters (New Hires)