Full time
Education Department, State
Buffalo, NY, USA
Duties Description The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Professions (OP) is seeking candidates for an Assistant Counsel position in the Office of Professional Discipline’s (OPD’s) Upstate Regional Office(s). OP regulates over 50 professions licensed by the New York State Board of Regents. Under the direction of OPD management and a supervising attorney, the incumbent of this position will participate in the development and review of investigations into allegations of professional misconduct. Duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: Provide legal advice to members of the various State boards for the professions; Participate in the professional misconduct legal process, which may include serving as an administrative officer at hearings; Represent OP before the Regents Review Committee, which reviews decisions of hearing panels in professional misconduct cases; Research and prepare well-written briefs, memoranda of...


