The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor (SOL) is currently seeking applications for Law Clerks and Attorneys in both the national office and several regional offices from student. The Honors Program in the Office of the Solicitor (SOL) a unique opportunity to help interpret and enforce a broad range of labor and employment laws while working in one of the largest legal offices in the federal government. We invite you to share this opportunity with your network.
Honors Attorneys in the national office will develop skills handling a broad variety of legal assignments. Honors Attorneys have argued cases in federal courts of appeals on pension and wage and hour law, arbitrated and resolved internal union grievances, drafted critical new mine safety regulation, and many other legal matters. Honors Attorneys in the National Office may receive assignments from SOL’s Regional Offices, which typically involve trial work.
In the regional offices, Honors Attorneys develop trial litigation skills working with all the statutes commonly enforced by the Department of Labor. Receiving guidance from experienced courtroom attorneys, a regional Honors Program attorney will typically carry a varied caseload from beginning to end: analyzing an investigative file, filing a complaint, engaging in negotiations and discovery, preparing briefs and arguing motions, and serving as lead counsel in cases that go to trial.
If working at SOL sounds like an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to review the announcements and apply! Eligibility is limited to graduating law students who will graduate from law school between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2023, and recent law school graduates who began participating in eligibility preserving employment within 9 months of law school graduation. Eligibility preserving employment includes full-time activities starting after law school graduation that can preserve a law school graduate’s eligibility for the Honors Program such as judicial clerkships or time-limited court staff attorney positions; federal agency or state government Honors Attorney programs; or legal fellowships.
Review our current job postings for duties, requirements, qualifications, and apply!
- Honors Attorney Program, Law Clerk/Attorney National Office Announcement number EX-22-SOL-HONORS-01
- Location: Washington, DC
- Salary Range: $74,950 – $164,102 per year
- Application Closes: September 15, 2022
- Honors Attorney Program, Law Clerk/Attorney Regional Office Announcement number EX-22-SOL-HONORS-02
- Location: Atlanta, GA, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Nashville, TN, or Arlington, VA
- Salary Range: $66,214 – $168,506 per year
- Application Closes: September 12, 2022
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