The ATJ also helps solve limitations of legal representation throughout the criminal and civil legal systems. The ATJ leads Federal Government efforts in cross-agency, State, local and third-party collaborations protecting the rights for low- and middle- income and underserved communities within America’s legal systems. The ATJ staffs the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (Roundtable) and the ATJ Director, or their designee, serves as the Roundtable’s Executive Director. The Roundtable fosters inong Federal agencies, and facilitates non-governmental partnerships to more effectively support underserved individuals and address access to justice issues throughout the Federal Government.

The NSD, which consolidates the Department’s primary national security elements within a single Division, currently consists of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review; the Counterterrorism and Counterespionage Sections, formerly part of the Criminal Division; and a new Law and Policy Office.