DOJ Honors 2013 Forum

[Anonymous User]

T10
School Doesn't Rank
EOIR
Target: Anywhere

Lots of immigration and refugee law experience.

Still at Application Received. I'm not going to panic yet though as I imagine they are still doing elibility review.

[Anonymous User]

Somebody please bear some less bad news?

[Anonymous User]

Somebody please bear some less bad news?

"Application received" and I know for a fact they're calling recommenders.

[Anonymous User]

Somebody please bear some less bad news?

"Application received" and I know for a fact they're calling recommenders.

They are? Scary. I haven't heard anything from mine yet, and I've been referred to components. Do you know which component is calling?

[Anonymous User]

Do not freak out if you haven't been referred to component or heard that your references have been contacted. Different people in each component are all reviewing applications. Some are going to take a very different approach.

Last year, interview offers went out on Wednesday, August 28. It's likely going to be a week before we know anything definitive.

[Anonymous User]

How can you check your status?

[Anonymous User]

How can you check your status?

Go to the avue site where you submitted your application, click on "Application Status"

[Anonymous User]

Do all the components contact recommenders at this stage? Last year's DOJ thread made it sound like for EOIR at least, that recommenders weren't contacted until after interviews.

[Anonymous User]

EOIR: application referred to component today (this was the only division to which I applied)

My recommenders told me they'd let me know if they were contacted, so I'll let you know if I hear anything. Best of luck to all.

[Anonymous User]

Just checked and mine was referred to components today.
Was the T10/no rank person above.

[the lantern]

tagging this thread with my actual account so i can see when people post

[roguey]

tagging this thread with my actual account so i can see when people post

Good idea.

[Anonymous User]

School: Top 25
Grades: Top 15%
Journal: None
Department: Antitrust, Criminal, U.S. Trustee

Experience: Previous WE not related to any of above, semester internship with state AG working in bankruptcy, paid antitrust fellowship, summer internship at DOJ.

Referred to components late today (checked around 1:00 pm still said application received so it changed after 1:00)

[Anonymous User]

School: 50ish
Grades: top 1%
Journal: Executive Board of Law Review
Department: National Security, Criminal, Civil

Experience: 4 years military intelligence, 2 years civilian contractor in intelligence (counterterrorism)

Referred to components in the past hour.

[Anonymous User]

Just as a heads up, if your status has not changed, try logging off and then logging back on. Sometimes it doesn't update if you stay logged in...

[Anonymous User]

Just as a heads up, if your status has not changed, try logging off and then logging back on. Sometimes it doesn't update if you stay logged in...

Genius!

[Anonymous User]

Grades: Top 10%
Journal: Law Review and Secondary IP Journal
Department: Antitrust
Geographic Target: DC or San Francisco

Experience: All public interest. Been working in antitrust at the AG's office in a big state since the start of 2L year (except for a couple months this summer doing non-antitrust government work in DC) and am still there. Got to check the box for intellectual property experience and coursework; I'll have taken 4 IP classes at the end of this semester. No economics degree.

Found out today that they called my supervisor at the AG's. Sometime between yesterday and right now, my status changed to "referred to Components." So excited. =D

[Anonymous User]

Did you list your employer as a reference, or just as an employer that was OK to contact?

[Anonymous User]

School: 50s
Grades: top 5%
Journal: Secondary, E-Board, and publication
Department: EOIR
Geographic Target: Anywhere

Several internships with EOIR; worked with practitioners and legal aid; second career law student; immigration moot court.

Application referred to Components!

[Anonymous User]

Current Status: Application referred to Components.

Does this mean anything?

Stats: TT, Top 9%, Secondary Journal, MC, WE, DOJ externships.

[the lantern]

I think "Application Referred to Components" just means that all the applications were sent to the component, and they can review them whenever they get around to it. If you look on the DOJ website, it lists the deadlines to submit additional materials (writing samples, veterans preference, etc.) if you get selected for an interview. Most of those deadlines are relatively soon, so I would assume that they will be considering applications soon if they aren't doing so already.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone have any idea how many people they interview for the various components? (I'm obviously asking for information based on previous years.)

I'm specifically interested in the Civil Rights and Civil components. Thanks.

[Anonymous User]

I'm still at "Application received by the DOJ"

[Anonymous User]

I'm still at "Application received by the DOJ"

I think all the applications get referred to the components.

Mine says the same, but I just converted from Honors to SLIP this week.

[Anonymous User]

Did you list your employer as a reference, or just as an employer that was OK to contact?

Just an employer that was OK to contact, but I fully expected them to call this person because I've been at this internship for a long time, it's the same practice area, and the odds were good that someone on the hiring committee would know him.