DOJ Honors Program 2020-2021 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone not (yet) selected as a finalist for OCIJ choose more rural/small courts for their top 5, as compared to big cities? I know the preference sheet said "offers are court-specific," so I'm wondering if none of the 5 courts people preferenced were even hiring clerks, then they would just not be chosen as finalists.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone not (yet) selected as a finalist for OCIJ choose more rural/small courts for their top 5, as compared to big cities? I know the preference sheet said "offers are court-specific," so I'm wondering if none of the 5 courts people preferenced were even hiring clerks, then they would just not be chosen as finalists.

All my ranks were big cities but I expressed this concern during my interview and my interviewer specifically said that the list of 60 courts were all courts that requested clerks this year. I guess it's just a matter of which courts will actually get clerks and which won't.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone not (yet) selected as a finalist for OCIJ choose more rural/small courts for their top 5, as compared to big cities? I know the preference sheet said "offers are court-specific," so I'm wondering if none of the 5 courts people preferenced were even hiring clerks, then they would just not be chosen as finalists.

I put down four smaller courts but I threw in one big one for this exact reason. I wonder if the individual courts have any input.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone not (yet) selected as a finalist for OCIJ choose more rural/small courts for their top 5, as compared to big cities? I know the preference sheet said "offers are court-specific," so I'm wondering if none of the 5 courts people preferenced were even hiring clerks, then they would just not be chosen as finalists.

I put down four smaller courts but I threw in one big one for this exact reason. I wonder if the individual courts have any input.

Finalist here. I put places potential clerks don't want to go. The border, Stewart GA, LaSalle. AFAIK most courts want clerks, and the competition is with people wanting NYC, Arlington VA, etc.

[Anonymous User]

At least in past years, they didn't give you the option of listing a place that wasn't hiring clerks.

[Anonymous User]

Have any EOIR finalists received phone calls?

[Anonymous User]

anyone hear anything from BOP?

[Anonymous User]

Any clue how late in the day finalists could come in by tomorrow? Waiting on ENRD, had my references checked at the end of last week.

[Anonymous User]

Any clue how late in the day finalists could come in by tomorrow? Waiting on ENRD, had my references checked at the end of last week.

Last year ENRD didn't meet the deadline, and announced some on the Thursday before the Friday deadline, and only identified the rest of the finalists the following Monday.

It seems like Deana usually stops posting around 5 or 5:30, although there were some posts as late as 7:44 pm last year.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know if negotiating salary is possible? Is it normal? Frowned upon? Step or Grade?

Pay info available here and is not up for negotiation: https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/a ... d-benefits

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone not (yet) selected as a finalist for OCIJ choose more rural/small courts for their top 5, as compared to big cities? I know the preference sheet said "offers are court-specific," so I'm wondering if none of the 5 courts people preferenced were even hiring clerks, then they would just not be chosen as finalists.

Current OCIJ clerk here. I know several people who received offers from courts they didn’t even rank. The preferences y’all gave are just preferences.

[Anonymous User]

Another anon here! I just want to point out that OCIJ hiring is probably going to be different from past years since they’re only hiring 25 people and we were only allowed to rank 5 locations.

[Anonymous User]

Any clue how late in the day finalists could come in by tomorrow? Waiting on ENRD, had my references checked at the end of last week.

I also had my references checked last Thursday for ENRD. I'm hoping it's a good sign given that some others didn't have theirs checked? It's all so up in the air though.

[Anonymous User]

Anybody have an idea of how many designated finalists are alternates for OCIJ/BIA?

[Anonymous User]

BIA finalist here. Just learned (at least one of) my references were called last week

[Anonymous User]

anyone hear anything from BOP?

BOP finalists were just posted.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know of any offers that have gone out yet? For any component?

[Anonymous User]

FYI, same poster as above who had their references checked last Thursday. I was just designated a finalist for ENRD.

[Anonymous User]

CRT finalists are posted. Anyone selected?

[Anonymous User]

Yep! Although no idea how much of a cut this was for them. Got the sense they weren’t making any further decisions until December from the interview.

CRT finalists are posted. Anyone selected?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone been designated a finalist for Civil Appellate yet?

And have any Fed Programs offers gone out yet?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone get any offer from COMM Fraud or Corp/Financial?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone received an offer from OIL or BIA? Was designated as a finalist for both

[Anonymous User]

Any offers from CONS? References checked?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone received an offer from OIL or BIA? Was designated as a finalist for both

No offer yet, BIA finalist.