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Business - Legal
Arlington, VA (On-Site/Office)
Description
SAIC is seeking a Legal Analyst to provide full time support on-site in working as part of contract team with the DoD Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
Roles & Responsibilities to include:
Qualifications
SAIC is seeking a Legal Analyst to provide full time support on-site in working as part of contract team with the DoD Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
Roles & Responsibilities to include:
- Provide preliminary review and preliminarily prepare orders authorizing the deployment of U.S. forces worldwide, orders to execute military operations, and rules of engagement.
- Provide preliminary reviews, research, and technical support on all aspects of defense-related international agreements, including but not limited to, defense trade cooperation treaties, intellectual property agreements, international cooperative agreements, acquisition and cross-servicing agreements, and status of forces agreements before final review by a government attorney.
- Prepare preliminary reviews of significant military exercises briefs, freedom of navigation operations, security assistance-related support to and with numerous partner countries, and other legal matters associated with the presence, activities, and operations of the U.S. Armed Forces globally.
- Provide preliminary review, analysis, and support for civil litigation cases, congressional inquiries and investigations, Privacy and Civil Liberties matters, FOIA requests, tasked initial FOIA cases, and other matters tasked to OGC.
- Provide preliminary review and analysis of requests for assistance in identifying evidence and witnesses received by the Department.
- Coordinate the collection of information, review the information, and assist in the production or use of appropriate information which is classified or controlled by the Department.
- Provide review of OSD/JS and DoD component release recommendations and assist in reconciling differences in release recommendations.
- Process electronic redaction of exempt information for case records pursuant to the authorities listed in Part 6, Applicable Publications.
- Prepare detailed Vaughn indices, to include entries that: (1) identify each document withheld; (2) state the statutory exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
- Prepare internal and external correspondence for case attorneys for approval and release.
- Draft and prepare legal holds for distribution, drafting preliminary version of legal holds, identifying appropriate recipients of legal holds, tracking all issued legal holds, sending reminders, and sending closure notices.
- Review information that is potentially relevant to ongoing litigation and properly identify responsive information for further processing.
Identify all privileged information contained in records responsive to ongoing litigation, congressional inquiries, investigations, and FOIA requests. - Prepare detailed privilege logs, to include entries that: (1) identify each document deemed to contain privileged material; (2) state the privilege or other exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage interests protected by the claimed privilege or exemption.
- Provide preliminary review, analysis, and support for civil litigation cases, congressional inquiries and investigations, Privacy and Civil Liberties matters, FOIA requests, tasked initial FOIA cases, and other matters tasked to OGC.
- Conduct research of initial FOIA cases and determine the appropriate office to task in responding to the requests.
Apply appropriate electronic redactions using the e-Discovery software. - Process electronic redactions of exempt information for case records
- Conduct legal research, as necessary.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree & 3+ years of legal analyst experience; OR Master's Degree & 1+ year experience
- Three years of relevant experience to analyzing legal documents.
- Fluency with, and understanding of, DoD, Joint Staff, and the Military Departments standards of practice.
- The ability to review, understand, and analyze complex legal and non-legal DoD documents.
- Possess exceptional oral and written communication abilities and the ability to read, interpret and understand legal documents.
- The ability to leverage established relationships with other DoD components and agencies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of Applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and common office software applications
- Flexible team player and capable of interacting at all levels within the customer space as well as other parts of the defense community.
- Motivated, self-starter with the ability to accomplish tasks under pressure with limited supervision.
- Strong ability to multi-task.
- Flexibility to accommodate time-sensitive and mission-critical work.
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