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Most agencies have at least a few cleared lawyers for the occasional issue that requires it but it really depends on the agency. Places like Ed, interior, hhs, HUD, sec, fdic, and commerce won't have a lot, places like DHS, energy and nasa will have a lot more but not exclusively cleared lawyers.

There is also the suitability issue though, even if places don't have clearances they do have suitability checks which depending on the agency can be just making sure you aren't an active drug user running an off the books casino to basically the equivalent of a secret clearance level of investigation

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