U.S. Department
of Justice
Student Volunteer Internship Security Forms
Welcome to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York! We look forward to your joining our team. If you have received and accepted an offer to participate in the Student Volunteer Internship Program (Law School and other Student Intern Programs) in our district, your participation will be contingent on a favorable evaluation of your background by the Department of Justice’s Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management, which reviews student intern background materials. You will be required to complete a background investigation clearance application and have this clearance approved prior to your entrance on duty. Below is the checklist of required documents and forms you need to submit to process your clearance.
PLEASE FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!
To participate in the internship program, the Department of Justice requires all candidates to undergo a pre-employment security clearance process. If you have been selected in the internship voluntary program, you should submit the required documents to start your Pre-employment process. DOJ mandates the completion of the forms and documents that is included in the security package to start the process of the background investigation.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
1) Color copy of valid US Passport - or copy of a US Birth Certificate, or US Naturalization Certificate. Photocopy the two pages which provide the passport number, picture, expiration date and your signature. [Note: You may send us a color copy of your birth certificate in place of your passport]
2) Copy of your Social Security Card.
3) Copy of your current Resume.
4) OARM21 Law Student Volunteer. Page 1. Add Educational Institution, type student volunteer’s Full Legal Name. (First, Middle and Last Name). We will send you the name and e-mail address of the Division AUSA supervisor for Criminal, and Civil divisions. We will also send you the period start and ending date. Add a calculated Month and year of graduation. Page 2 – 3 information and school stipend or compensation. Page 4: You must bring the form to your Educational Institution Representative (Registrar or Bursar) and she/he must sign and date in the appropriate marked section. Leave the Designated Agency Representative section blank. You, the student, will sign and date in your section.
5) OF-306 –Declaration of Federal Employment – If you answer YES to any of the questions from 9 through 13, contact the coordinators immediately to obtain information on additional documentation that may be required. Please sign and date on line 17A: APPLICANT’S SIGNATURE in this form.
6) OARM Form 9A.
7) IT Rules of Behavior forms.
8) Acknowledgement of Duty to Preserve Federal Records.
9) Standard of Conduct – Drug Form.
10) Standard of Conduct – Financial form.
The office will send all information on how to schedule your appointment for your “free of charge” Fingerprints, date and location.