Assistant U.S. Attorney Positions
The United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of California, serving San Diego and Imperial Counties, accepts resumes for Assistant U.S. Attorney positions year-round in both the Criminal and Civil Divisions. Interviews are scheduled with qualified candidates when vacancies become available. The U.S. Attorney’s Office seeks highly qualified applicants with extensive litigation experience, strong writing skills and excellent credentials. Exceptional lawyers who are not members of the California bar will be considered, but District Court rules require that all attorneys appearing before the Court take and pass the next available California bar examination. Less experienced applicants may wish to consider two-year term positions described below.
Two-Year Term AUSA Positions
The United States Attorney's Office hires lawyers for salaried two-year term positions if they have outstanding academic credentials and at least one year of relevant legal experience. Qualifying legal experience can include work as a judicial law clerk in either federal or state court and/or litigation experience in either the private or public sector. Those appointed to two-year term positions will be assigned to the office’s General Crimes Section, where they will get intensive courtroom and trial experience in both U.S. Magistrate and District Court handling a large volume of cases. Two-year term Assistant U.S. Attorneys may apply for permanent AUSA positions near the end of their term.
Application Process
Applicants should fill out the Southern District’s application form, and send the application, a cover letter and a resume to:
Karen P. Hewitt
United States Attorney
Southern District of California
880 Front Street, Room 6293
San Diego, CA 92101-8893
A copy of the application form can be viewed as an attachment to this web-site and may be obtained in Word or WordPerfect format by e-mail request to Renee.Miranda@usdoj.gov, or by telephone request to Renee Miranda at (619) 557-6067. Any other inquiries may also be directed to Ms. Miranda.
ATTACHMENT - Application Form (provided in 3 different file formats)
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