Attorney 1-4

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$1,891.85 - $3,712.62 Biweekly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CRT-2025-214304-KW

Department

Culture Rec & Tourism-Off of Sec'y

Opening Date

10/28/2025

Closing Date

11/2/2025 11:59 PM Central

About this Job

The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism is under the direction of the Lieutenant Governor. This position provides legal consultation to six diverse agencies (the Office of Tourism; the Officed of State Parks; the Office of the State Museum; The office of the State Library; the Office of Cultural Development; and the Office of the Secretary), the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and numerous boards and commissions. Together, these offices comprise 65 sites statewide and over 700 employees. These sites are located throughout the State of Louisiana and are in some remote areas.
This position will report to the Attorney-General Counsel 2 in the Office of the Secretary (OS), receiving executive direction from the Administration. OS is the executive arm of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism (DCRT). The OS Administrative Program is responsible for directing, overseeing, and implementing the goals of DCRT and their Office of the Lieutenant Governor (OLG), including all the agencies and programs for which the DCRT and OLG are responsible. The OS ensures the DCRT and OLG goals, implementation strategies, and processes are in accord with legislative, judicial, and executive limitations and authority.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties

Manages, directs, and supervises the Public-Private Partnership (P3) Programs
Researches, investigates, develops, and advises the Undersecretary and Lieutenant Governor with viable P3 options that fit the missions within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Prepares and reviews legal documents (request for proposals, contracts) for P3’s with DCRT
Monitors all active P3 Programs for payments and deliverables
Main point of contact for P3 Programs
Serves alongside the chief legal counsel for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, providing advice and consultation on legal policies, decisions, and actions.
Researches and prepares opinions on legal issues to guide policymaking and program implementation.
Prepares, facilitates, and/or reviews the preparation and negotiation of more complex contracts, cooperative endeavors, grants, property transactions, leases, requests for proposals, and other legal documents ensuring compliance and/or determining legal ramifications especially where large sums of money are involved.
Participates in the establishment and execution of goals, objectives, and priorities of OLG and DCRT
Drafts and/or identifies and tracks state legislation that is intended to may affect OLG and/or DCRT; provides analysis, status and advocacy reports, and prepares and provides testimony for executive staff, legislators and stakeholders during the legislative session; and acts as the department’s advisor on legislative procedure.
Promulgates, revises, and repeals administrative rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
Researches and renders final opinions on the applicability and impact all rules and regulations of the Department and interprets laws, rules, and regulations affecting the Department and other matters pertaining thereto.
Supervises, manages and reviews work performed by attorneys working under contracts for professional services, with the exception of those services provided within the DCRT professional legal services contract relating to personnel services.
Drafts requests on behalf of the Department of opinions from the Louisiana Board of Ethics and Attorney General.

Job Specifications:
Location: Capitol Annex, Baton Rouge, LA
Working Hours: Full time
This position is in a Career Progression Group up to an Attorney 4. As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as an Attorney 1, 2, 3, or 4 based on the qualifications of the selected applicant. Please refer to the "Class Specifications" page by clicking here, for specific information of salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.
Position type: Probational or Promotional

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.

Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

For more information contact:

Contact:
Katelyn Wale
Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
1051 N 3rd St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Fax: (225) 342-7928
kwale@crt.la.gov

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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