{"id":71191,"date":"2019-09-23T14:48:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=71191"},"modified":"2019-09-23T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T18:48:20","slug":"nationwide-usa-2020-spring-externship-u-s-air-force-jag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2019\/09\/23\/nationwide-usa-2020-spring-externship-u-s-air-force-jag\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide USA \u2013 2020 Spring Externship \u2013 U.S. Air Force JAG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AkronLawJobs No. 10550<\/strong> Overview: <\/strong>The Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps is currently\nseeking applications for the 2020 spring unpaid externship program at\nparticipating Air Force installations across the country. The Air Force JAG\nCorps provides full-spectrum legal advice to military commanders. As an extern,\nyou will gain hands-on experience in diverse areas of legal practice while\nlearning more about the Air Force and the JAG Corps. The program is an\nexcellent way to gain exposure to substantive legal work while serving\nalongside active duty Air Force Judge Advocates. Positions are available for\nfull-time or part-time work for 14-16 weeks during the 2020 spring semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duties: <\/strong>As an extern, you\nwill work under attorney supervision in numerous practice areas of the JAG\nCorps including, but not limited to: Preparing criminal and civil cases by\nconducting legal research, writing briefs and opinions, conducting\ninvestigations and interviewing witnesses. Assisting attorneys who counsel and\nrepresent Airmen, their family members, and retirees in personal legal matters\nin areas such as family law, estate planning, landlord-tenant law, tax,\nbankruptcy, immigration and naturalization law, and military administrative\nlaw. Supporting attorneys in other areas, such as federal tort claims, government\nprocurement law, employment law, international law, environmental law and\noperational law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requirements: <\/strong>U.S. Citizen\n(birth or naturalization); Attending an ABA-approved law school; Able to obtain\nlaw school permission for your externship (see Dean O’Brien with questions);\nWork part-time (8+ hours) or full-time (for up to 40 hours per week), for 14-16\nweeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Significant Facts: <\/strong>Externships\nare unpaid positions. Externs must pay for their travel to and from the job\nlocation and be able to secure housing. No housing allowance will be provided.\nCandidates must undergo a background investigation to determine suitability for\nemployment (externs will be required to get electronically fingerprinted as\nsoon as possible after selection. Selection for this position is contingent\nupon proof of U.S. citizenship. Late submissions will not be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Apply: <\/strong>Applications\nmust be submitted to The Air Force Judge Advocate General Professional\nDevelopment Directorate no later than MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019 at 10:00 PM EST.\nE-mail the application to airforcejagrecruiting@gmail.com<\/a>.\nCombine all requested documents into one PDF. All documents MUST<\/strong> be placed in the order listed below in the\nApplication Package Instructions. The email subject line and the name of the\nPDF MUST<\/strong> be labeled “Last name, First name, 2020\nSpring externship application”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Package Instructions: <\/strong>In order to apply you must submit the following documents\nin the below order: A resume (1 page); <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A memorandum describing: Your availability during the\nsemester; A list of the top 5 Air Force bases (name the base, not the city)\nwhere you would like to extern (https:\/\/www.airforce.com\/jag\/careers\/base_locations<\/a>);\nA privacy act waiver that states, “I agree to the use of my\nPrivacy Act Information in the USAF externship application process. I\nunderstand those transmitting personal information will exercise caution and\nadequately safeguard it in accordance with applicable Air Force\ninstructions.”; <\/strong>Legible copies of undergraduate<\/strong> and law school transcripts<\/strong> (unofficial\naccepted); A personal statement describing your motivation for applying\n(limited to 1 page, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, 11-point font); A writing\nsample (5 pages or less, do not provide a summary\/introduction page).\nKnowledge, Skills, & Abilities Memorandum (limited to 1 page,\ndouble-spaced, 1-inch margins, 11-point font). A full-length photo (head to toe\nin professional\/courtroom attire).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Response Questions: <\/strong>Your memorandum for the KSAs response questions is\nlimited to 1 page, double-spaced, 11-point font with 1-inch margins. You are\nnot required to restate the questions. Your response can simply number your\nresponses (i.e., Response #1 and Response #2). 1. Discuss your experience\nperforming legal research and your familiarity with various computer systems\nand associated peripheral equipment to perform legal research. 2. Discuss your\nskills and experience in identifying and understanding legal issues, options, and\nrecommending various courses of action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact information for questions: <\/strong>Feel free to contact us at airforcejagreqruiting@gmail.com<\/a>\nor 1-800-JAG-USAF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 https:\/\/www.airforce.com\/jag<\/a> \n1-800-JAG-USAF  www.facebook.com\/USAFJAG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline:  October 7, 2019 10:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AkronLawJobs No. 10550 Overview: The Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps is currently seeking applications for the 2020 spring unpaid externship program at participating Air Force installations across the country. The Air Force JAG Corps provides full-spectrum legal advice to military commanders. As an extern, you will gain hands-on experience in diverse areas of legal … Continue reading “Nationwide USA \u2013 2020 Spring Externship \u2013 U.S. Air Force JAG”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3383,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3383"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71195,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71191\/revisions\/71195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}