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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The ability to learn new areas of the CFR quickly and apply it to the task at hand is a highly transferable skill within the federal Gvt. The production requirement just shows how quickly and efficiently one can work [even if they aren’t making production but are close]. I know agencies that love getting prior BVA-attorneys because they know they work quickly and efficiently and are used to navigating complex areas of the law. Doesn’t matter that they are switching to another area of the law - if you can grasp veterans benefits law, you can learn anything.[/quote]

Not PP, and I have never worked at BVA, but over the course of my 25 year legal career, I have worked at five different Federal agencies and have been a first line supervisor at two.  Generally, that is not how Federal hiring managers think of things.  They would prefer that people have experience in the particular area of law for which they are being hired, not generalized ability to apply sections of the CFR that have nothing to do with the practice area for which they are being hired.   Also, any legal positions that are not solely writing-based will generally want experience in other areas of legal practice (e.g. providing advice to clients at meetings, taking depositions and discovery, negotiating with opposing counsel, regulation review, comments on legistlation).

I have no view on whether BVA is a good place to work, but it would not be considered transferrable.[/quote]

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