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The Department's pro bono policy encourages employees to provide pro bono legal service within their communities. To implement the Department's policy, former General Counsel Kirk K. Van Tine established the Pro Bono Services Committee. The Committee seeks to promote pro bono legal...
From time to time, the Office of the General Counsel generates documents, such as legal opinions and interpretations, that may be of interest to the public and helpful in understanding law and regulations pertinent to transportation. A selection...
Positions offered to honors attorneys are excepted service positions. For more information regarding the excepted service, please visit www.opm.gov. The permanent duty station for honors attorneys is Washington, DC.
SalaryAll honors attorneys are hired...
The Honors Attorney Program is a two-year program. To be eligible for our next program starting in August 2025, you must be a U.S. citizen graduating from law school in Spring 2025 or completing a judicial clerkship or judicial fellowship in Summer 2025.
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The Department’s Honors Attorney Program offers new law graduates (and recent law graduates completing judicial clerkships or fellowships) a unique opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the Department’s diverse law practice. During the two-year program, honors attorneys rotate...
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) refers to a variety of dispute resolution processes designed to assist parties in working through issues and/or resolving differences. These processes involve a third party neutral and are typically voluntary. The neutral can play a variety of roles,...
Statement of Policy on Alternative Dispute Resolution
Experience at the Department of Transportation, in other Federal agencies, and in the private sector have shown that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) can improve communications and achieve mutually acceptable solutions more effectively than traditional, non-collaborative processes. The...
The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution offers mediation and facilitation services to help parties resolve disputes efficiently and effectively.