The Department of Homeland Security’s Honors Program

Jeffrey Douglas Kaliel is a partner at Kaliel, PLLC, a 100 percent contingency plaintiffs’-side law firm that specializes in handling class-action lawsuits. A former staff sergeant in the US Army, Jeffrey Douglas Kaliel was in the Honors Program at the Department of Homeland Security, where he worked on appellate litigation.

The DHS Honors Program is an avenue for highly motivated entry-level professionals to start a career in the organization. Candidates who qualify can apply to a limited number of positions in a competitive environment. Participants are granted a series of incentives and opportunities to advance in the DHS, including mentoring and job training.

Honors Program attorneys work on some of the most challenging legal issues on a national level and are encouraged to participate in a wide variety of practice areas. For example, select Honors attorneys are placed in field offices of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, where they can accrue trial court experience in the federal agency’s mission areas.