Attorney Advisor

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts•Washington, DC

About The Position

This position is located in the Department of Program Services, Court Services Office, Court Programs Division, National Programs Branch, Electronic Public Access (EPA) Section. The federal judiciary's EPA program facilitates and improves electronic public access to court information in accordance with legislation, judiciary policies, security requirements and user demands. The Attorney Advisor executes various assignments in support of the EPA program and the program's senior leadership team.

Requirements

Must currently be an active member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a federal court of general jurisdiction (attach a copy of license).
Applicants are responsible for citing minimum qualifications such as J.D. and bar membership information (institution name, state(s) for bar, and dates) on their respective resumes.
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Applicants must possess at least 4 years of post J.D. experience.
Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position.
Specialized experience must include demonstrated experience in ALL areas defined below: Provide legal and policy guidance on privacy, public access, and electronic court records. Support working groups and advisory committees through research, analysis, briefings, and recommendations. Manage public access programs, reports, stakeholder communications, and legislative analysis.
Must possess a law degree (J.D.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Qualifying education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education.

Responsibilities

Provides high-level legal and program analysis regarding the EPA program to various stakeholders within the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO), and expert legal and operational advice regarding the program to federal judges, court executives, court staff, and AO management.
Produces a wide array of professionally written products and briefing materials.
Coordinates and collaborates with other AO and court staff on a wide range of issues that implicate the EPA program, building cross-functional teams and managing solutions.
Provides policy guidance on how statutes and Judicial Conference of the United States (JCUS) policies relating to privacy and public access impact the appropriate availability and accessibility of dockets and documents on the judiciary's Case Management/Electronic Case Files system and its Public Access to Court Electronic Records service.
Serves as staff to the AO's EPA Working Group, including researching, writing, and editing meeting materials, presenting issues to the Working Group, preparing meeting minutes, and taking the lead on executing group recommendations where appropriate.
Serves as staff to the AO's EPA Public User Group, developing materials for the group's consideration, and helping EPA program staff ensure that group recommendations are vetted through appropriate judiciary decision-making channels and adopted recommendations are implemented.
Helps to build and maintain an intra-agency team of subject-matter experts that can advise the program on proposed initiatives related to electronic public access for consideration by the JCUS and judiciary leaders and develop creative solutions for enhancing public access to electronic court records.
Assists in analyzing and communicating about the impact of proposed legislation on judiciary public access policies and EPA services.
Works with AO staff, including the AO's Office of Public Affairs, to produce EPA program communication materials such as reports for the judiciary and Congress, responses to congressional and media inquiries, and articles for judiciary publications.
Collaborates with the AO's JCUS Committee staff to develop and present in writing EPA policy and pilot recommendations to Committee members.
Implements and maintains the operations of various public access programs approved by the JCUS, including the program to provide all designated judicial opinions to the Government Publishing Office for posting online and the judiciary's centralized service for academic researchers to request fee-exempt access to dockets and documents from multiple courts.
Produces recurring and ad hoc analyses and reports on various issues for both internal and external customers, including preparing materials for periodic financial reviews and annual reports to Congress.
Coordinates logistical activities for EPA advisory group meetings, including agenda development, the timeline for materials development, and members' travel.
Provides legal advice in coordination with the AO's Office of General Counsel to other Programs Division areas, i.e., records management and library services.