ATTORNEY II
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Include only sections with real content. Remove boilerplate, etc. We need to parse the job posting. Key info: - Position Number, County, Posting End Date: minor metadata, can be folded into a short
or drop. Probably include a short paragraph with that info. - Job Duties: description of trial attorney responsibilities. This is about responsibilities. - Preferred Qualifications: Licensed to practice law and admitted to the Arkansas State Bar; formal education equivalent of a law degree; plus three years experience; other substitution note. - Then description of DHS mission etc. - Position Information: Job Series, Classification, Class Code, Pay Grade, Salary Range. - Job Summary: description of Attorney II. - Primary Responsibilities: list of duties. - Knowledge And Skills: list. - Minimum Qualifications: Juris Doctorate plus two years experience. - Licensure/Certifications: Must be licensed as an Attorney in Arkansas. - Other substitution note repeated. - EEO boilerplate: remove. We need to produce sections: About the role (maybe a brief overview), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have Pay info: Salary Range: $85,943 - $127,195. Also Pay Grade: SPC05. So we can include Pay section. Benefits: mention "great perks, including a pension, maternity leave, paid state holidays, and much more." Also "At DHS, we take care of our employees". So we can include Benefits. Schedule: not specified. No schedule info. So we should NOT create Schedule section. Requirements vs Qualifications: Might combine? The instructions: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. - About the role: could be Job Summary or mission statement. - Responsibilities: Primary Responsibilities list, also Job Duties paragraph. - Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications, Licensure/Certifications, etc. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications, maybe also education/experience. - Skills: Knowledge And Skills list. - Benefits: perks. - Pay: Salary Range and Pay Grade. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc as headings. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include the details exactly as given, but we can format into HTML. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO statement, OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION... maybe keep if it's substantive? It's a note about substitution; it's part of qualifications. It appears multiple times; we should keep the substance but not duplicate. We can include it once. We need to remove duplicated lines. Let's extract substantive content: - Position Number: 22098528 - County: Craighead - Posting End Date: September 21, 2026 - Job Duties paragraph: "A trial attorney is responsible for conducting research, preparing legal documents, and providing legal advice and opinions to the agency. The trial attorney will spend a significant amount of time in court conducting various hearings and an equally significant amount of time preparing orders, pleadings, and interviewing and advising agency clients regarding various cases. A trial attorney independently directs and conducts trials and advises on strategies and tactics relating to child welfare and/or adult protective services cases." - Preferred Qualifications: "Licensed to practice law and admitted to the Arkansas State Bar in accordance with ACA 16-22-201. The formal education equivalent of a law degree from an accredited law school; plus three years of experience practicing law. Additional requirements determined by the agency for recruiting purposes require review and approval by the Office of Personnel Management. OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ALL OR PART OF THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS, UPON APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE." - DHS mission paragraph: "The Department of Human Services is a place for people passionate about serving others and changing lives for the better. We care for Arkansans of all ages and ensure places like child care centers and nursing homes are safe. We are the safety net for the most vulnerable Arkansans. Whether you answer the phones, take applications, protect children, or help care for residents or patients at one of our facilities, you make a difference by working at DHS. Plus, working for the State has great perks, including a pension, maternity leave, paid state holidays, and much more. At DHS, we take care of our employees so you can help care for others." - Position Information: Job Series: Attorneys – Career Path Classification: Attorney II Class Code: LAT04P Pay Grade: SPC05 Salary Range: $85,943 - $127,195 - Job Summary: "The Attorney II is a mid-level legal professional within the state government, responsible for providing legal counsel, conducting legal research, drafting documents, and representing the agency in administrative and judicial proceedings. This position builds upon the foundational legal knowledge of Attorney I by requiring more independent decision-making, case management, and complex legal analysis." - Primary Responsibilities list (bullet points): - Provide legal guidance to state agencies, boards, and commissions on matters of compliance, policy implementation, and statutory interpretation. - Review and analyze proposed legislation, administrative rules, and agency policies for legal sufficiency. - Interpret state and federal laws, court decisions, and regulatory changes that impact agency operations. - Prepare and present cases in administrative hearings, state courts, and appellate proceedings. - Assist in defending or prosecuting claims on behalf of the state. - Develop legal arguments, draft pleadings, and participate in discovery processes. - Represent the agency in settlement negotiations, mediation, and arbitration when applicable. - Conduct in-depth legal research on statutory, regulatory, and constitutional issues. - Draft legal memoranda, contracts, interagency agreements, and official opinions. - Review and approve agency contracts, procurement agreements, and administrative decisions to ensure compliance with state laws. - Advise agencies on ethics, administrative law, public records, and employment-related legal issues. - Assist in developing and implementing regulatory policies to ensure compliance with state and federal laws. - Monitor and evaluate court rulings, attorney general opinions, and legislative changes that affect agency procedures. - Knowledge And Skills list: - Strong understanding of Arkansas state laws, administrative regulations, and judicial procedures. - Advanced legal research skills, with proficiency in using legal databases (Westlaw, LexisNexis, Fastcase). - Ability to draft and review legal documents, contracts, and policy statements with precision. - Experience with litigation, case management, and dispute resolution processes. - Ability to assess complex legal matters and develop sound legal strategies. - Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey legal concepts to various stakeholders. - Capacity to provide strategic legal advice and anticipate legal risks. - Ability to manage multiple legal matters and deadlines simultaneously. - Ability to advocate for the agency’s interests while working toward fair resolutions. - Minimum Qualifications: "Must possess a Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, plus two years of experience as an Attorney. Satisfaction of the minimum qualifications, including years of experience and service, does not entitle employees to automatic progression within the job series. Promotion to the next classification level is at the discretion of the department and the Office of Personnel Management, taking into consideration the employee’s demonstrated skills, competencies, performance, workload responsibilities, and organizational needs." - Licensure/Certifications: "Must be licensed as an Attorney in the State of Arkansas." - OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION... note (already captured). - EEO boilerplate: remove. Now we need to map to sections. About the role: Could combine Job Summary and DHS mission? Maybe About the role includes a brief overview of the role and agency. We'll put Job Summary and the DHS mission paragraph (which describes agency). That seems appropriate. Responsibilities: Combine Job Duties paragraph and Primary Responsibilities list. Requirements: Minimum Qualifications and Licensure/Certifications. Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (including education/experience, bar admission, etc.) plus maybe the substitution note. Skills: Knowledge And Skills list. Benefits: DHS perks paragraph (pension, maternity leave, paid state holidays, etc.) Pay: Pay Grade and Salary Range. Schedule: none -> omit. We also have Position Number etc minor metadata; we can include a short
at top maybe. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include. We must output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. We'll start with a
for metadata: "Position Number: 22098528 | County: Craighead | Posting End Date: September 21, 2026" Then sections. Use
for each section heading. Inside sections, use
for prose,
- for lists.
We need to ensure we don't lose any substantive info.
Let's write.
About the role:
The Attorney II is a mid-level legal professional within the state government, responsible for providing legal counsel, conducting legal research, drafting documents, and representing the agency in administrative and judicial proceedings. This position builds upon the foundational legal knowledge of Attorney I by requiring more independent decision-making, case management, and complex legal analysis.
The Department of Human Services is a place for people passionate about serving others and changing lives for the better. We care for Arkansans of all ages and ensure places like child care centers and nursing homes are safe. We are the safety net for the most vulnerable Arkansans. Whether you answer the phones, take applications, protect children, or help care for residents or patients at one of our facilities, you make a difference by working at DHS. Plus, working for the State has great perks, including a pension, maternity leave, paid state holidays, and much more. At DHS, we take care of our employees so you can help care for others.
But note the benefits paragraph is also in Benefits section; we might duplicate if we include here. Better to keep About the role just the Job Summary, and keep benefits separate. The DHS mission paragraph includes benefits mention; we could split: keep mission description without benefits, but it's intertwined. The sentence about perks is part of that paragraph. We could keep the mission description without the perks sentence, but that would be summarizing/altering. The instruction: do NOT invent or summarize away detail. We must preserve all substantive information. If we split, we might lose the perks sentence if we omit it. Better to keep the whole paragraph in About the role, and then Benefits section could be omitted or we could still include but risk duplication. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Also we must not create sections with filler/placeholder. Benefits section is substantive (pension, maternity leave, paid state holidays). If we include the perks sentence in About the role, we still have that info; we could still have a Benefits section but would duplicate the perks sentence. Duplication is to be avoided. So we should avoid duplicating the perks sentence. We could put the perks sentence only in Benefits section, and keep About the role without it. But then we would be removing the perks sentence from About the role, which is part of the original text. That would be summarizing away detail (removing it). Not allowed. Thus we need to keep the perks sentence somewhere. We could keep it in About the role and not have a separate Benefits section. That satisfies preserving all info and not duplicating. The instruction says include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content