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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 6. PERSONNEL |
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SubTilte 6-B. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL |
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Chapter 6-B36. LEGAL SERVICE |
Section 6-B3601. APPOINTMENT
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3601.1Attorneys employed by the Office of the Attorney General, the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, and subordinate agencies wherever located in the District government, shall be hired by the Attorney General, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, or the relevant agency head, as applicable, in accordance with hiring procedures jointly established by Office Order of the Attorney General and the Director.
3601.2The Attorney General and the Director shall establish hiring procedures by Office Orders of their respective offices.
3601.3Hiring decisions for attorneys shall take into account:
(a) Requirements of the position to be filled;
(b)Professional characteristics of the applicant, including:
(1) Analytical skill;
(2)Litigation, transactional, and/or counseling experience, if relevant;
(3)Oral skills;
(4)Writing skills; and
(5)Substantive legal knowledge; and
(c)Personal characteristics of the applicant.
3601.4The Attorney General, or his or her designee, shall interview every candidate for an attorney position in the Office of the Attorney General.
3601.5The relevant agency head and the Director, or their designees, shall interview every candidate for an attorney position at a subordinate agency, and the Director shall interview every candidate for an attorney position in the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel.
3601.6Any attorney in a position above LX-1, or in an equivalent position, who is appointed to the Senior Executive Attorney Service by the Attorney General, the Director, or an agency head shall be notified in writing by the Attorney General, the Director, or the agency head, as applicable, that he or she is being appointed to a Senior Executive Attorney Service position.
3601.7Attorneys shall be appointed to the Legal Service non-competitively, so long as each attorney appointed meets the qualification standards established for the position.
3601.8Each attorney shall swear or affirm an oath as follows: "I (attorney's name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the laws of the United States of America and of the District of Columbia, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and will faithfully discharge the duties of the office which I am about to enter."
3601.9An appointment to a position in the Legal Service may be for full-time employment, intermittent employment, part-time employment, or time-limited employment.