Legislative Counsel

Range: $6,772 - $11,735 monthly, based on relevant experience and qualifications.

State of Vermont - Office of Legislative Counsel

Are you interested in an intellectually challenging career? Would you like to work with supportive and knowledgeable colleagues in a collaborative environment? Do you have excellent writing skills, a strong work ethic, and a heart for public service? Then bring your talents to the legal division of the Texas Legislative Council!

We are now seeking an attorney to fill a Legislative Counsel I position. Both new and experienced attorneys are encouraged to apply. (Due to the approaching regular legislative session, early applications are strongly encouraged. We will begin conducting interviews before the closing date for selected applicants who submit all the required materials.)

Note:

An applicant may include a completed electronic TLC Application for Employment without signing it. The applicant’s signature may be provided at a later date. The applicant must disclose any use of artificial intelligence to create all or part of the writing sample or other application materials. Please include the name of the program used and describe the extent to which it was used.

Legislative Counsel I attorneys receive comprehensive training in legislative drafting and ongoing mentoring from council attorneys with extensive expertise. Attorneys generally work independently in drafting legislation butare encouraged to seek guidance from and share information with colleagues in a collegial setting. Attorneys are able to indicate subject area assignment preferences from over 40 possible subject areas before each regular legislative session. Subject areas include topics such as agriculture,ethics and campaign finance, primary and secondary education, water and natural resources, elections, criminal law, utilities, probate, labor, property,and parks and wildlife.

The council’s legal division allows for remote work opportunities each
week, particularly during the legislative interim, at the discretion of the division director.

Primary responsibilities for this position include:

• Drafting bills, amendments, and other legislative documents, usually in employee’s primary subject areas.
• May review some legislative documents in employee’s primary subject areas.
• Consulting with legislators and the lieutenant governor and their staffs about proposed legislation and, at the direction of a legislator, the lieutenant governor, or a staff member, consulting with others about that legislation.
• Meeting with legislators and the lieutenant governor on the floor of the house or senate to provide advice and prepare amendments to legislation to be considered.
• Providing written and oral information about current or pending law, including codes and proposed legislation.
• In connection with the drafting of proposed legislation, providing legal advice to legislators and the lieutenant governor and their staffs regarding issues such as constitutionality, preemption, and consistency and interaction with existing law.
• Providing legal advice to legislators and the lieutenant governor concerning the powers, duties, legal limitations, and liabilities of their offices.
• Examining, investigating, and researching legal and other issues for bill drafting and in response to questions.
• Reviewing contracts to which the council is party.
• Revising statutes into codes, generally involving non-substantive changes of the law.
• Drafting and reviewing analyses of proposed constitutional amendments.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Experience and Education

• Law degree from an accredited school of law.

Minimum qualifications for this position include:

• Skill in written and oral communication without the use of artificial…