DOJ Honors Program 2014-15 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Do people know if they schedule same-day or overnight travel for people from NYC?

They try to make everything same-day, so they don't have to put you up.

[Anonymous User]

Looks like I struck out. I have no idea what they look for anymore. Congrats to those who got interviews.

[Anonymous User]

Looks like I struck out. I have no idea what they look for anymore. Congrats to those who got interviews.

Congrats all who got interviews. Was long shot.

[Anonymous User]

Top 10%/LR at a T30, district court clerkship, applied to Crim Div, some USAOs, and BOP. I'll be shocked if I got more than one interview.

I'm not the quoted poster, but we could be the same person. All the same stats and components. Best to you, doppleganger.

I'm the second anon poster in the above exchange. For posterity's sake, I got interviews with some USAOs, BOP, and Crim Div.

Edited to redact out some possibly identifying information.

[Anonymous User]

Successful applicants--would you please describe your legal work experience. Did any of you intern with DA/AUSA/AG offices, etc?

[Anonymous User]

Successful applicants--would you please describe your legal work experience. Did any of you intern with DA/AUSA/AG offices, etc?

One summer with a nonprofit, two summers in biglaw, and currently in a federal clerkship. No other government experience.

[Anonymous User]

Successful applicants--would you please describe your legal work experience. Did any of you intern with DA/AUSA/AG offices, etc?

Internships with a USAO and three other components of DOJ (including a SLIP position 2L summer), current dist ct clerk

[Anonymous User]

Successful applicants--would you please describe your legal work experience. Did any of you intern with DA/AUSA/AG offices, etc?

One summer judicial externship, one summer biglaw. I am woefully unqualified for the component I secured interviews with--so much so that I'm already panicking.

[Anonymous User]

I want to post this for posterity, since I previously searched for this information on TLS without success.

Greetings, all:

I'm getting questions about how many interview candidates were selected by each of the hiring components.

Listed below is our rule of thumb for selecting interview candidates. This is calculated based on the overall number of anticipated component hires, and not on a sub-office basis. U.S. Attorney's Offices and Informal Participants are treated as separate hiring entities and afforded discretion in the number of candidates they select for interviews.

1. Components interviewing for 41+ vacancies may select 125 candidates or a ratio of 3:1, whichever is greater.

2. Components interviewing for 25-40 vacancies may select 100 candidates or a ratio of 3.5 to 1, whichever is greater until it reaches a maximum of 125.

3. Components interview for 4-24 positions may select 4 candidates per vacancy.

4. Components hiring for fewer vacancies are afforded significantly more discretion in the number of interview candidates to accommodate for withdrawals and a significantly smaller aggregate interview pool.

The numbers are not exact and may exceed these limits to a small extent. I hope this is helpful.

[Anonymous User]

Successful applicants--would you please describe your legal work experience. Did any of you intern with DA/AUSA/AG offices, etc?

Volunteer USAO intern 1L summer, SLIP 2L summer, now a Dist. Ct. clerk. I have four interviews.

[Anonymous User]

Successful applicants--would you please describe your legal work experience. Did any of you intern with DA/AUSA/AG offices, etc?

2 interviews: Top 33% at T20, multiple internships at USAO/DOJ, fellowship at DA's office post law school, language skills

[Anonymous User]

Top 10%/LR at a T30, district court clerkship, applied to Crim Div, some USAOs, and BOP. I'll be shocked if I got more than one interview.

I'm not the quoted poster, but we could be the same person. All the same stats and components. Best to you, doppleganger.

I'm the second anon poster in the above exchange. For posterity's sake, I got interviews with some USAOs, BOP, and Crim Div.

Edited to redact out some possibly identifying information.

First anon poster above. I got one USAO and Crim Div. And congrats on your abundance of riches, doppelganger.

[Anonymous User]

I have no fax machine. How is everybody faxing their travel survey? Kinkos?. We only have 4 days!

[Anonymous User]

I have no fax machine. How is everybody faxing their travel survey? Kinkos?. We only have 4 days!

Kinkos isn’t going to help much, because they fax you back your interview schedule as well.

If your work office has a fax, that is your best bet (that is what I am doing). If not, a friend’s house?

[Anonymous User]

Check to see whether a friend has a fax machine at work. Someone at a firm or a nonprofit has to have access to a machine.

[Anonymous User]

Wow, kind of wishing I applied to more components other than just EOIR after seeing stats in this thread. Oh well.

Has anyone heard back yet with a scheduled date? I know it's first come, first served, and there are a LOT of dates I can't do because of scheduling issues with my clerkship. I faxed the travel survey over around 12pm.

[Anonymous User]

My friend was magna at HLS, did slip, and 2 clerkships who didn't get an interview. He didn't apply to his slip component.

[Anonymous User]

I have no fax machine. How is everybody faxing their travel survey? Kinkos?. We only have 4 days!

Check to see if your school's career services or public interest careers office has one that is available for student use. That is what I did during this process last cycle. And my school was prepared enough to accommodate multiple students faxing and receiving return faxes (which, by the way, don't necessarily come back promptly, so plan for that). Even if you've already graduated, your school might be able to help you out.

[Anonymous User]

I have no fax machine. How is everybody faxing their travel survey? Kinkos?. We only have 4 days!

Kinko's will receive faxes for you. You just have to go check to see if you have one, I don't think they notify you.

[Anonymous User]

Top 10%/LR at a T30, district court clerkship, applied to Crim Div, some USAOs, and BOP. I'll be shocked if I got more than one interview.

I'm not the quoted poster, but we could be the same person. All the same stats and components. Best to you, doppleganger.

I'm the second anon poster in the above exchange. For posterity's sake, I got interviews with some USAOs, BOP, and Crim Div.

Edited to redact out some possibly identifying information.

First anon poster above. I got one USAO and Crim Div. And congrats on your abundance of riches, doppelganger.

Hey, you didn't make out badly either! Congrats!

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard back yet with a scheduled date? I know it's first come, first served, and there are a LOT of dates I can't do because of scheduling issues with my clerkship. I faxed the travel survey over around 12pm.

I scheduled my interview with ATR NYC, but they called last week. I still faxed in the travel survey to schedule my other three interviews. I'm in the same boat as you with my clerkship because I have a trial the entire last week of October. Good luck! I hope they can accommodate you.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know about them only covering expenses for one interview trip? I have NY and DC ATR, and can't do it on one trip since NY is interviewing early. They have an exception for USAOs, seems like they'd do the same with the ATR field offices?

Congratulations to those who got interviews. Sorry to those who did not.

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard back yet with a scheduled date? I know it's first come, first served, and there are a LOT of dates I can't do because of scheduling issues with my clerkship. I faxed the travel survey over around 12pm.

I sent mine around that time yesterday and heard back early this afternoon. So there is movement!

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard back yet with a scheduled date? I know it's first come, first served, and there are a LOT of dates I can't do because of scheduling issues with my clerkship. I faxed the travel survey over around 12pm.

I sent mine around that time yesterday and heard back early this afternoon. So there is movement!

Okay sounds promising. I havent gotten anything back yet, so hopefully tomorrow! I look crazy constantly walking over to the fax machine.

[Anonymous User]

I just got an emailed PDF with my flight itinerary, but as far as I know no fax...so I don't actually know the time of my interview (just the date). Did you guys get the PDF and fax at the same time?