GS-9 Attorney?
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Anonymous
| "Entry level" Federal attorney position. Is this the norm or should I keep looking? |
Anonymous
| GS-9 is usually entry level if you're not admitted to the bar, but the title is law clerk and once you're barred it should automatically convert to 11. If they specifically want barred attorneys and are hiring at 9, I'd run. Only deadend jobs like SSA decision writers hire that low IIRC. |
Anonymous
| Gs9 is normal in my agency for masters degrees and lawyers. |
Anonymous
| Only for those pending admission to the bar. Automatic promotion to 11 upon admission. |
Anonymous
| I'm guessing only for VA. |
Anonymous
Should I pass? |
Anonymous
You take what you can get to get a foot in the governments golden door. |
Anonymous
Pass. If it's a VA disability job, it will be mind-numbing and a black spot on your resume. You will not have an easier time transferring to another agency, because people know what that job really is. |
Anonymous
Damn. My DW was relocated to DC and I've been looking for quite a while. This was the first to bite. Hesitant to pass it up, unless it make it impossible to move on. |
Anonymous
BS. It's a foot in |
Anonymous
Uh, ok. |
Anonymous
| I started as an 11 with an automatic promotion to 12 when I passed the bar. I thought that was most common. |
Anonymous
| Why is a disabity job such a black mark? I'm just curious. |
Anonymous
It doesn't help you learn skills that are easily transferable to other legal positions. |
Anonymous
This. Plus it may not even be the practice of law. One agency has paralegals doing the same job as the disability attorneys. They work the same cases, sit in the same cubicles, and have the same internal title. Their job duties are 100% identical. |