Paralegal Specialist

The Department of Justice (DOJ) leads the nation in ensuring the protection of all Americans while preserving their constitutional freedoms. As a Justice employee, you'll be a member of a team where you can achieve your career goals and apply your skills and talents to our important mission. Read more about the exciting opportunities available.

Mission: DOJ is to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.

The purpose of this position is to serve as a Paralegal Specialist, providing paralegal support to one or more NSD attorneys engaged in national security litigations related to counterespionage and export control matters. Paralegal support and legal research assignments require significant knowledge of legislative and judicial decisions, opinions, determinations, and rulings of cases relevant to intelligence, espionage and FARA issues.

A Paralegal Specialist at full performance level will perform duties such as: Performing administrative support to assist attorneys with daily operations. Designing user applications to meet specific automation needs. Maintain familiarity with the section's processes including case tracking and reporting Monitoring pending cases to maintain timely submission of legal filings

To qualify for the position of Paralegal Specialist, at GS-0950-9/11, you must meet the qualification requirements listed below. To qualify for a GS-9 position you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: Contributing in a team acting as the intersection of the prosecution and the law enforcement community; AND Collaborating with other paralegals to provide support to prosecuting attorneys working for the city, state, military, or federal level.

OR Possess a Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR Possess an LLB. or J.D., if related OR Have a combination of education and experience. To qualify for a GS-11 one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector: Independently acting as the intersection between the law enforcement community and the criminal prosecution team serving the city, state, military, or federal government; AND Independently supporting criminal prosecution attorneys on the city, state, military, or federal level while ensuring confidential and critical case elements remain protected.

OR Possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR Possess an LL.M., if related OR Possess a combination of education and experience. You MUST meet all qualification requirements by the 11/12/2026 of this announcement. Your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire and the qualification requirements.

Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume. After you submit your application, you will receive notification indicated whether or not the USA Hire assessment is required. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement to complete the assessment which is part of your application.

Your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating. See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume. After you submit your application, you will receive notification indicated whether or not the USA Hire assessment is required.

You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement 11/12/2026 to complete the assessment which is part of your application.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements, please see the statements below.

Education

must be reviewed and certified by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, in order for it to be creditable towards your qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from accredited institution. FOREIGN EDUCATION : Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.

You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S.

Education

program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. If you are qualifying on foreign education, you MUST submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency.

All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.