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Another DOI Solicitor’s Office job, this one focused on assisting with the Cobell Land Buy Back Program.

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This position is located at the U.S. Department of the Interior (Department), Office of the Solicitor (Office), Division of Indian Affairs, Branch of Tribal Government Services, located in Washington, D.C. 

The selectee will serve as a legal advisor to the Secretary through representation of the Department’s bureaus, namely the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services (BIA OJS). The selectee will be responsible for: (1) reviewing and preparing litigation reports, overseeing discovery, drafting pleadings and reviewing Department of Justice filings in judicial litigation on matters within assigned areas of responsibility arising out of the various programs and activities for BIA OJS including Law Enforcement, Tribal Courts, Detention, and Victim Services; and (2) providing key advice to executive-level management officials within BIA OJS. 

Two openings in the Solicitor’s Office, Southwest Region, in Albuquerque.  Working for agencies throughout the Department, but “emphasis on either the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Land Management.”

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/403406100

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A description:

The Department of the Interior structures its SES positions in to categories to determine the minimum pay for each position. This is a Category 3 position. The minimum pay for this position is $155,705. Pay is set based on consideration of the selectee’s current salary and other factors.

This position is located in the Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor in Washington, D.C. The Associate Solicitor for Water Resources is an executive level attorney position and has primary responsibility for managing the Division and for the management of water resources litigation in the interest of the Department.

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Providing legal advice to the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and their staff on a range of Indian law matters, but with a particular focus on Federal environmental law as it applies to Indian lands. This attorney will analyze complex legal issues and provide oral and written legal advice on the application of several Federal environmental laws, including, but not limited to, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and the Clean Water Act. This attorney will also work on legal issues involving reservation boundaries, land-into-trust, forestry and grazing, and rights-of-way. Attorney-Advisors in the Branch of Environment and Lands draft legal memoranda and review and comment on client documents, including correspondence, policy papers, draft decisions, regulations, and handbooks. Attorney-Advisors also engage in administrative litigation before the Interior Board of Indian Appeals and work closely with the Department of Justice on litigation in federal district and appellate courts.

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