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Employment Opportunities

The chart below includes the Civil Rights Division job opportunities currently available. Individuals interested in applying for these positions should comply with the applications procedures and closing dates in the vacancy announcement.
Position Grade Salary Closing Date
Legal Assistant GS-5 $33,269.00 - $43,251 11/12/09
Trial Attorney GS-14/15 $102,830 - $153,200 11/20/09
Chief, Education Section ES-00 $117,787 - $177,000 11/30/09
You may access other vacancy announcements as follows:

If you need more information about a specific Civil Rights Division vacancy, please call the Human Resources Office, Team 1 on (202) 514-3934.

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, an organization that might be interested in receiving these announcements, please e-mail CRT.SpecProgVacancies@usdoj.gov.

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

The Civil Rights Division has employment opportunities for law students and/or attorneys through the Attorney General’s Honors Program and the Attorney General’s Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP). Read the descriptions for the Division’s hiring processes for the Honors and SLIP programs. Additional information about eligibility and application procedures for the Honors and SLIP programs is available from the Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management (OARM) website.
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), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or personal favoritism is strictly prohibited. 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, Acting Assistant Attorney General, April 28, 2009, entitled Guidance on Personnel Matters.
Updated November 5, 2009