OAG - Solicitor General | Assistant Attorney Gener
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. Also remove navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines. Must not create sections with placeholder text.
We need to parse the job posting.
Content:
- General description: The Solicitor General Division ... This position will involve highly complex to highly advanced appellate work (job duties will vary with experience). Assistant Solicitors General represent the State, state agencies, and state officers in the most difficult, complex, and significant litigation, both civil and criminal, before the very highest state and federal courts. Frequent areas of litigation include constitutional questions generally, First Amendment challenges, federalism, sovereign immunity, habeas corpus, and complex statutory interpretation. Work involves researching and drafting briefs, preparing and delivering oral arguments, and handling all aspects of appeals and appellate-related trial matters; planning and organizing work assignments; interpreting laws and regulations; providing legal advice, counsel, and assistance to client state agencies; representing the States interest before trial and appellate courts; reviewing, evaluating, and rendering legal opinions; researching, preparing, and drafting legal memoranda; and assisting in drafting bills for legislative consideration. Supervises other attorneys and staff as needed.
- The OAG is a dynamic state agency with over 4,000 employees throughout the State of Texas. As the States law firm, the OAG provides exemplary legal representation in diverse areas of law. OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance) along with tremendous opportunities to do important work at a large, dynamic state agency making a positive difference in the lives of Texans. Assistant Attorneys General (AAGs) experience the challenge and honor of public service while enjoying a healthy work-life balance; hands-on legal experience; and engaging camaraderie in Austin, the scenic and lively capital of Texas.
- Essential Position Functions: list of duties for AAG V and AAG VI.
- Minimum Qualifications: list for AAG V and AAG VI.
- TO APPLY: instructions (should be removed as boilerplate/application instructions). Also Military Crosswalk link, OAG is an equal opportunity employer (remove).
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe general description). Responsibilities (essential position functions). Requirements (maybe minimum qualifications). Qualifications (maybe education/experience). Skills (list of skills). Benefits (mention of excellent benefits link). Pay (not mentioned). Schedule (not mentioned). So we should not include Pay or Schedule sections because no specific content.
We need to include Benefits section because they mention excellent benefits with a link. That's specific enough? It says "OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance)". That's specific enough to include Benefits section.
We need to avoid placeholder like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the general description, the OAG description, essential functions, minimum qualifications, skills, benefits.
We need to format using for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide which content goes into which section.
Possible sections:
- About the role: could include general description and OAG agency description.
- Responsibilities: essential position functions (list).
- Requirements: maybe minimum qualifications (education, experience, licensure, etc.) Could also be Qualifications.
- Skills: list of skills (computer, handling multiple tasks, etc.)
- Benefits: mention of excellent benefits link.
We need to avoid duplication. The minimum qualifications includes education, experience, licensure, knowledge, skills, abilities. Some of those overlap with skills section. We could separate: Qualifications (education/experience/licensure) and Skills (specific skill statements). But we must not create thin sections; we can combine if appropriate.
Better: Have sections:
- About the role (general description + OAG agency description)
- Responsibilities (essential position functions)
- Qualifications (minimum qualifications: education, experience, licensure, good standing, etc.)
- Skills (skill in using computer, handling multiple tasks, effective oral/written communication, sound judgment, decision making, receiving feedback, cooperative work, customer service, in-person work, transportation, overtime, lift 30 lbs, travel up to 10%)
- Benefits (excellent benefits link)
We need to ensure we don't include placeholder like "Ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA" - that's a skill/ability, include.
We must not include "Ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travel" - include.
We must not include "Ability to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG work space within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for the entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave)" - include.
We must not include "Ability to lift and relocate 30 lbs." - include.
We must not include "Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 10%" - include.
We must not include "Knowledge of laws, legal principles, and practices relevant to appellate matters" - maybe under Qualifications or Skills? It's knowledge, could be under Qualifications.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the knowledge statement.
We also need to include "Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas" and "Must be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start date".
Also "Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.)"
Experience: Four years of full-time experience working in appellate law (or closely related). Judicial clerkship in a federal or state appellate court.
For AAG VI: All of the above qualifications, PLUS: Experience: Two additional years of full-time experience as a licensed attorney.
We need to include that.
We should not duplicate the "All of the above functions, PLUS: Assists with training less experienced staff" under essential functions for AAG VI. Actually essential functions list includes AAG V functions, then AAG VI all of the above plus assists with training less experienced staff. So we need to capture that.
Thus responsibilities section should list duties for AAG V and then note that AAG VI includes all of the above plus assists with training less experienced staff.
We can produce a list.
Now, we need to avoid including boilerplate like "TO APPLY", "Military Crosswalk", "OAG IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER". Remove.
Now, produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... general description + OAG agency description ...
Responsibilities
- Represents the state's interests before state and federal appellate courts; research and drafts briefs; prepares for and delivers oral arguments; provides legal advice, counsel and assistance to client state agencies; performs legal research and reports findings and conclusions
- Analyzes complex factual and legal issues related to appellate matters, such as dispositive pleadings, jury charges, post-trial motions, and appellate briefs and motions
- Assists with training less experienced staff
- Performs related work as assigned
- Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions
- Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed-upon work schedule
- Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information
- Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity
- AAG VI: All of the above functions, plus assists with training less experienced staff (note: already listed)
But we might combine the AAG VI note as separate bullet.
Better: list AAG V functions, then note that AAG VI includes all of the above plus assists with training less experienced staff (though that is already a bullet). Could just note that AAG VI includes all of the above plus assists with training less experienced staff (which is redundant). We'll just include the bullet for assists with training less experienced staff; it's covered.
Now Qualifications:
Qualifications
- Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.)
- Experience: Four years of full-time experience working in appellate law (or closely related fields)
- Experience: Judicial clerkship in a federal or state appellate court
- Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas
- Must be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start date
- Knowledge of laws, legal principles, and practices relevant to appellate matters
- AAG VI: All of the above qualifications, plus two additional years of full-time experience as a licensed attorney
Now Skills:
Skills
- Skill in using a computer for word-processing and data entry/retrieval
- Skill in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines
- Skill in effective oral and written communication
- Skill in exercising sound judgment and effective decision making
- Ability to receive and respond positively to constructive feedback
- Ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional office environment
- Ability to provide excellent customer service
- Ability to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG work space within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for the entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave)
- Ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travel
- Ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA
- Ability to lift and relocate 30 lbs.
- Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 10%
Now Benefits:
Benefits
OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance).
We should not include the link as plain text? The instruction: use for prose. Could embed inside
. That's okay.
We must not include any other sections like Pay or Schedule.
Now check for any duplicated lines: we have not included the OAG description about 4000 employees etc. We need to include that in About the role.
Let's craft About the role paragraph:
The Solicitor General Division represents the State of Texas before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and all state courts of appeals. This position will involve highly complex to highly advanced appellate work (job duties will vary with experience). Assistant Solicitors General represent the State, state agencies, and state officers in the most difficult, complex, and significant litigation, both civil and criminal, before the very highest state and federal courts. Frequent areas of litigation include constitutional questions generally, First Amendment challenges, federalism, sovereign immunity, habeas corpus, and complex statutory interpretation. Work involves researching and drafting briefs, preparing and delivering oral arguments, and handling all aspects of appeals and appellate-related trial matters; planning and organizing work assignments; interpreting laws and regulations; providing legal advice, counsel, and assistance to client state agencies; representing the State's interest before trial and appellate courts; reviewing, evaluating, and rendering legal opinions; researching, preparing, and
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to decide which content goes into which section. Possible sections: - About the role: could include general description and OAG agency description. - Responsibilities: essential position functions (list). - Requirements: maybe minimum qualifications (education, experience, licensure, etc.) Could also be Qualifications. - Skills: list of skills (computer, handling multiple tasks, etc.) - Benefits: mention of excellent benefits link. We need to avoid duplication. The minimum qualifications includes education, experience, licensure, knowledge, skills, abilities. Some of those overlap with skills section. We could separate: Qualifications (education/experience/licensure) and Skills (specific skill statements). But we must not create thin sections; we can combine if appropriate. Better: Have sections: - About the role (general description + OAG agency description) - Responsibilities (essential position functions) - Qualifications (minimum qualifications: education, experience, licensure, good standing, etc.) - Skills (skill in using computer, handling multiple tasks, effective oral/written communication, sound judgment, decision making, receiving feedback, cooperative work, customer service, in-person work, transportation, overtime, lift 30 lbs, travel up to 10%) - Benefits (excellent benefits link) We need to ensure we don't include placeholder like "Ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA" - that's a skill/ability, include. We must not include "Ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travel" - include. We must not include "Ability to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG work space within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for the entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave)" - include. We must not include "Ability to lift and relocate 30 lbs." - include. We must not include "Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 10%" - include. We must not include "Knowledge of laws, legal principles, and practices relevant to appellate matters" - maybe under Qualifications or Skills? It's knowledge, could be under Qualifications. We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the knowledge statement. We also need to include "Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas" and "Must be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start date". Also "Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.)" Experience: Four years of full-time experience working in appellate law (or closely related). Judicial clerkship in a federal or state appellate court. For AAG VI: All of the above qualifications, PLUS: Experience: Two additional years of full-time experience as a licensed attorney. We need to include that. We should not duplicate the "All of the above functions, PLUS: Assists with training less experienced staff" under essential functions for AAG VI. Actually essential functions list includes AAG V functions, then AAG VI all of the above plus assists with training less experienced staff. So we need to capture that. Thus responsibilities section should list duties for AAG V and then note that AAG VI includes all of the above plus assists with training less experienced staff. We can produce a list. Now, we need to avoid including boilerplate like "TO APPLY", "Military Crosswalk", "OAG IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER". Remove. Now, produce HTML. Structure:
About the role
... general description + OAG agency description ...
Responsibilities
- Represents the state's interests before state and federal appellate courts; research and drafts briefs; prepares for and delivers oral arguments; provides legal advice, counsel and assistance to client state agencies; performs legal research and reports findings and conclusions
- Analyzes complex factual and legal issues related to appellate matters, such as dispositive pleadings, jury charges, post-trial motions, and appellate briefs and motions
- Assists with training less experienced staff
- Performs related work as assigned
- Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions
- Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed-upon work schedule
- Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information
- Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity
- AAG VI: All of the above functions, plus assists with training less experienced staff (note: already listed)
Qualifications
- Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.)
- Experience: Four years of full-time experience working in appellate law (or closely related fields)
- Experience: Judicial clerkship in a federal or state appellate court
- Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas
- Must be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start date
- Knowledge of laws, legal principles, and practices relevant to appellate matters
- AAG VI: All of the above qualifications, plus two additional years of full-time experience as a licensed attorney
Skills
- Skill in using a computer for word-processing and data entry/retrieval
- Skill in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlines
- Skill in effective oral and written communication
- Skill in exercising sound judgment and effective decision making
- Ability to receive and respond positively to constructive feedback
- Ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional office environment
- Ability to provide excellent customer service
- Ability to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG work space within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for the entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave)
- Ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travel
- Ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA
- Ability to lift and relocate 30 lbs.
- Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 10%
Benefits
OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance).
We should not include the link as plain text? The instruction: usefor prose. Could embed inside
. That's okay. We must not include any other sections like Pay or Schedule. Now check for any duplicated lines: we have not included the OAG description about 4000 employees etc. We need to include that in About the role. Let's craft About the role paragraph: The Solicitor General Division represents the State of Texas before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and all state courts of appeals. This position will involve highly complex to highly advanced appellate work (job duties will vary with experience). Assistant Solicitors General represent the State, state agencies, and state officers in the most difficult, complex, and significant litigation, both civil and criminal, before the very highest state and federal courts. Frequent areas of litigation include constitutional questions generally, First Amendment challenges, federalism, sovereign immunity, habeas corpus, and complex statutory interpretation. Work involves researching and drafting briefs, preparing and delivering oral arguments, and handling all aspects of appeals and appellate-related trial matters; planning and organizing work assignments; interpreting laws and regulations; providing legal advice, counsel, and assistance to client state agencies; representing the State's interest before trial and appellate courts; reviewing, evaluating, and rendering legal opinions; researching, preparing, and