Jumpstart Your Job Search Workshop for Graduating Seniors

Jumpstart Your Job Search Workshop for Graduating Seniors

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

12pm-1:30pm

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Prepare to embark on your professional journey with confidence by attending our workshop tailored for graduating seniors. This session will provide you with essential strategies to effectively manage the job search process in today's challenging market. You'll gain valuable insights into application techniques, learn how to leverage networking opportunities, and understand how to navigate the complexities of a competitive job environment. Our experienced career advisors will offer guidance and share practical tips to help you build a successful job search strategy.
Whether you're aiming for a specific industry or exploring a range of opportunities, this workshop is designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge needed to succeed. Take advantage of this chance to enhance your career readiness and make a smooth transition from university to the professional world.

Criminal Justice Research Intern | Cato Institute

Criminal Justice Research Intern
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $17.94 per hour
Closing Date: June 30, 2025

*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* 

You will help our criminal justice team roll back unconstitutional overcriminalization, restore accountability for police and prosecutors who violate people’s rights, and challenge the scourge of plea-driven mass adjudication. As an intern in Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice, you will work with leading scholars and activists on researching legal briefs, responding to the many injustices perpetrated by the criminal justice system, and supporting legislative outreach efforts. Finalists for this department will be asked to provide a supplementary resume.

Workload

• Conduct literature reviews
• Frequent fact-finding missions to support scholars’ op-eds, studies, and blog posts
• Attend and report on Hill briefings and other relevant panels and conferences

Qualifications

• Strong research and writing skills
• Demonstrated interest in criminal justice
• Legal research experience is a plus

Cato’s scholars address a wide range of constitutional and legal issues—including federalism, property rights, civil liberties, criminal law and procedure, qualified immunity, civil asset forfeiture, and the Second Amendment, to name a few. Cato expects the judiciary to be the “bulwark” of our liberties, as James Madison put it, neither making up nor ignoring the law but interpreting and applying it through the natural rights tradition we inherited from the Founding generation.

About the Cato Internship Program

Cato’s paid internships are for undergraduates, recent graduates, graduate students, law students, and early-career professionals who have a strong commitment to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace—principles that, taken together, constitute libertarianism, known alternately as “classical liberalism,” “market liberalism,” or, to many of our international friends, just “liberalism.” 

All Cato interns attend the same intensive seminar series, which covers a broad range of history, philosophy, policy, and professional development topics. Interns also aid with events and occasionally help Cato staff with other day-to-day needs. 

Interns receive competitive compensation. Part-time positions are adjusted accordingly and carry a minimum of 25 hrs./wk. Program participants must be available in person in Washington, D.C.  

For more information about the internship program and experience, we encourage you to explore our website.  

If you have any questions, feel free to email Cortez Bartolome, Programs Coordinator, at studentprograms@cato.org 

Case Administrator II | United States Court of Federal Claims

Case Administrator II
Location: Washington, DC
Announcement Number: CFC-2025-03-OPR
Salary: $55,940 - $90,898
Closing Date: July 9, 2025


Case Administrators perform various functions and are responsible for maintaining and processing case information and managing the progression of cases from opening to final disposition, in accordance with approved internal controls, procedures, and rules for the court's Office of Operations.


Duties

• Make summary entries on all documents and proceedings. Assign case numbers. Receive and docket terminating documents. Perform quality control on attorney-docketed entries. Accept, review and process documents. Prepare deficiency worksheet/notice. Review filed documents to determine conformity and take appropriate action and follow up with rules, practices, and filing requirements. Prepare correspondence regarding file inquires, docket sheets, and other file request information.
• Review new appeals for jurisdiction and initial docketing issues. Set schedules for briefing and record preparation. Refer cases to panels of judges or court attorneys for action. Rule on motions as permitted by local rules.
• Check for prior or prohibited filing. Verify attorney's authority to practice. Monitor for release of exhibits and sealed documents.
• Inform customers of required fees. Receive payments and issue receipts. Secure funds in cash register. Balance cash drawer at the end of the day. Process credit card payments for filed documents.
• Create and process new case files. Open cases in case management system. Docket initial opening events. Sort, classify, and file case records. Maintain integrity of the filing system by such means as monitoring proper access to records and maintaining timely and accurate filing of documents. Retrieve files and make copies of records for court personnel, attorneys, and others. Certify court documents and ensure data quality.
• Prepare, ship, and retrieve records from the appropriate Federal Records Center. Scan, copy, file, pick-up, and sort mail. Process mail. Process e-mail received from electronic filers. Maintain the mail meter and meter log. Receive and stamp incoming documents. Maintain court files.
• Operate a variety of copying and records equipment. Answer and route incoming calls. Prepare case files for tracking records. Assist the public in use of computerized databases. Provide basic information to public, bar, and the court.
• May record court proceedings. May organize exhibits used in court proceedings, including setting up and troubleshooting electronic evidence presentation systems, assisting with the orderly flow of proceedings.
• Open and process new appeals; assign case numbers for appeals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Deputy Sheriff Candidate, Grade G1 | Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

 

Deputy Sheriff Candidate, Grade G1
Location: Rockville, MD
Job Number: 2024 - 00458
Salary: $64,048
Closing Date: June 30, 2025



WHO WE ARE

The mission of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is the law enforcement arm of the Judicial System. Our mission is to provide leadership and professional support, as required, to ensure that Court mandates are carried out in a manner which respects individual rights and freedoms. Our mission is to work cooperatively with all other law enforcement agencies within this county and throughout the Metropolitan Washington D. C. area, as well as all other branches of the Montgomery County Government. We strive to ensure that the people who live, work and visit Montgomery County are receiving the full range of law enforcement services required for a safe and orderly society.


What You'll Be Doing

The work environment of a Deputy Sheriff is divided between field work (serving civil process papers, transporting prisoners and citizens, returning prisoners from out of County/State and maintaining custody of prisoners in a small detention setting) and time spent in a courtroom providing prisoner and courtroom security.

• Prior to appointment, candidates must successfully complete an oral interview, background investigation, truth verification device process such as polygraph or C.V.S.A, physical, psychological, drug and alcohol screening.
• Candidates will be provided with information via email with instructions and information to schedule their own test date after applications have been reviewed and eligibility requirements met.
• Prior to becoming a sworn deputy sheriff, deputy sheriff candidates are responsible for attending and successfully completing an extended curriculum of instruction that prepares an employee to work in any one of a variety of assignments in the Office of the Montgomery County Sheriff. A Deputy Sheriff Candidate receives a comprehensive, six (6) months of training through a recruit training program.

Additional information: Weekend or evening hours will be required and there's telework permitted.

Case Manager | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Case Manager
Location: Alexandria, VA
Announcement Number: FY 25-015
Salary: $55,490 - $90,898
Closing Date: June 30, 2025



The position is in the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. The case manager maintains the official case events summary on the docket sheet from opening to final disposition and performs quality control of all assigned electronic cases within established time frames.


Duties

• Provide frontline customer service by answering and routing incoming phone calls and assisting customers at the public counter. Provide appropriate procedural information to litigants, the public, chambers, and clerk's office staff. Assist the public in the use of computerized databases.
• Receive, stamp and review incoming paper case-related documents to determine conformity with appropriate rules, practices, and court procedures. Examine all pleadings and accept those that conform to federal and local rules of practice. Check for prior or prohibited filing(s).
• Verify attorneys' authority to practice before the court. Serves as primary for pro hac vice applications. Accepts and processes attorney admission applications.
• Open civil cases in the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system (CM/ECF) upon receipt of initiating documents, such as complaints. Assign case numbers to new cases, randomly assign cases to judges, and prepare case files, by scanning, entering data, and uploading documents into CM/ECF. Route to appropriate case manager.
• Perform cashier duties. Collect appropriate fees and issue receipts. Secure funds in the cash register and balance cash drawer at the end of the day. Process credit card payments.
• Enter judgments into JIFMS financial system.
• Serve in a support role, including backup, by assisting the local interpreter coordinator with securing qualified interpreters for court hearings and trials. Provide outstanding customer service to the members of the interpreter community and builds a solid rapport with regularly utilized interpreters. Execute all associated functions associated with contracting interpreters and notify appropriate court staff when services are arranged.
• Sort, classify, and file case documents and records, including state court records. Retrieve, scan, and/or copy files for the public, court personnel, attorneys, and others. Certify court documents.
• Maintain the integrity of the filing system by monitoring proper access to sealed records. Ensure records maintained in secure areas meet audit guidelines, by updating and maintaining the sealed log in a timely manner.
• Prepare and ship records to the appropriate Federal Records Center and retrieve records from the center when required.
• Prepare FedEx and UPS shipments in a timely manner. Post outgoing mail. May scan mail and electronically deliver to other divisions. Operate postage and other equipment, such as the mail meter, and update the meter log, as needed.
• Utilize various computer programs, various electronic databases, and information systems to obtain case information to respond to inquiries, track the movement of files and records, generate bar labels, and perform word processing. Operate personal computer, mailing, copying, records, and scanning equipment.
• Perform other operational, administrative, or technical support duties as assigned.

Legal Support Analyst 1 (Entry Level Legal Support)

Legal Support Analyst 1 (Entry Level Legal Support)
Location: Washington, DC
Job Number: 312806
Salary: $22.42 per hour

Are you looking for an entry level position supporting the Department of Justice Criminal Fraud Section on critical matters?

This is an opportunity for an individual to enhance document management skills to provide case management and database maintenance assistance in a litigation support capacity.

You will also gain invaluable experience using automated litigation support and eDiscovery tools and resources to add to your skillset.

The Document Management Analyst (DMA) role works closely with the Health Care Fraud attorneys in a fast-paced setting and assist in the investigation and prosecution of various matters to enforce the laws of the United States, up to and including support assistance for witness interviews, deposition preparation, and in-courtroom trial support.

You will learn in a hands-on, immersive environment, which demands a commitment to both individual tasks and the overall mission of the Section. CACI is committed to growing our eDiscovery workforce and has included tuition reimbursement for Relativity certifications, the ACEDS certification and Paralegal Certificates!

This is a great opportunity for someone to grow their careers. Please apply if you are interested to hear more!


Responsibilities:
Required:

• In addition to performing functions of Document Management Technician, as described below, performs moderately complex litigation support tasks, including, for example, detailed review and analysis of case materials in a broad range of subject matters, such as financial records, health care materials, and other litigation files; detailed indexing of case files; drafting procedures for accomplishing litigation support assignments; document acquisition related tasks; and conducting database searches.
• Proofreads and edits deliverable products.
• Sometimes serves as "team leader" for larger group of Document Management Technicians and clerical support staff.
• Often works with minimal supervision. Reports to Task Supervisor or Project Supervisor.

Security Assistant, Springbrook HS | Montgomery County Public Schools

Security Assistant, Springbrook HS
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Closing Date: June 17, 2025



Job Specific Information: Required to work flexible hours and weekends, as assigned by the principal to provide maximum security coverage. Required to occasionally work overtime. Only candidates who completed the screening interview for this position w/ the Dept. School Safety & Security will be considered. Preference to bilingual English/Spanish candidates with working knowledge of safety procedures/practices;


MCPS Official Job Description

Summary Description:
Positions in this class are assigned to the local school to assist the administration maintain a safe and secure learning environment for the school community. Under the general supervision of the security team leader, assists in screening visitor access to school facilities, maintaining student class attendance, and other responsibilities related to school security operations. Receives guidance and assistance from the security team leader on the more difficult or unusual situations. Physical Demands: Sufficient physical strength to intervene in fights and physically restrain persons; stamina to spend long periods of time walking and standing and to complete security patrol duties. Ability to patrol outdoors in inclement and extreme weather conditions. Special Requirements: Required to work flexible hours, including weekends, as assigned by the principal/security team leader to provide maximum security coverage. Required to occasionally work overtime. Required to wear the designated security uniforms.

Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) - Counter Assault Team | U.S. Secret Service

Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) - Counter Assault Team
Location: Washington, DC
Announcement Number: SAB-SB-25-Q3-SOD-CAT2
Salary: $64,788 - $156,755
Closing Date: June 30, 2025

Joining the Secret Service as a Special Agent will allow you to perform critical protective and investigative assignments. The Special Agent position starts at a base salary of $64,788.00 (GL-07, step 1), with promotion potential to $156,755.00 (GS-13, step 10).

This position is covered by Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) which is an additional compensation of 25% of the basic pay rate.

Duties

SPECIAL AGENTS

During the course of their careers, Special Agents carry out assignments in both investigations and protection and may be assigned to multiple duty stations throughout the U.S. and abroad. Duties include:

• Conducting criminal investigations pertaining to financial obligations of the United States.
• Providing protection for various protectees.
• Planning and implementing security designs for National Special Security Events.

For more information about the Special Agent position, click here.

COUNTER ASSAULT TEAM The Secret Service Special Operations Division's Counter Assault Team (CAT) creates a unique tactical career opportunity for special agents within the Office of Protective Operations. Special Agents within this tactical operations assignment possess operational skills that are relevant to the mission of the Special Operations Division. Special Agents assigned to CAT provide tactical support to Secret Service protective details to include high level protectees such as the President and Vice President of the United States of America. CAT members conduct comprehensive mission planning and extensive coordination with support entities to accomplish their mission. CAT personnel receive advance training in weapons handling, tactics, and decision making.

IMPORTANT: If you are unable to successfully complete the Counter Assault Team selection school or the specialty basic school required for CAT, you will have an opportunity to remain with the Secret Service as a Special Agent.

Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

For more information about the CAT position, click here.