Very few new Grads from Greorgetown Law School now are appying to the DOJ!!

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I think it is a wise decision NOT to apply to the current Admin for ANY job!!



DOJ Drops Experience Requirement for New Prosecutors Amid Hiring Struggle

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/doj-drops-experience-requirement-for-new-prosecutors-amid-hiring-struggle/

Zoe Engels Mar 16th, 2026, 9:55 pm
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Donald Trump and Pam Bondi
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In a statement to Bloomberg regarding this new hiring pull, an unnamed DOJ spokesperson asserted the department’s dedication to empowering “young and passionate prosecutors.”

“Under the leadership of Attorney General Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Blanche, this Department of Justice is proud to empower young and passionate prosecutors and offer attorneys at every level the opportunity to invest their talents into keeping their communities safe, including from the predators the previous administration welcomed with open arms,” the statement reads.

William Treanor, the former dean of Georgetown University Law Center, told the American Bar Association that though “it has historically been the case that the Department of Justice is one of the most attractive places for our Georgetown graduating class,” that is no longer the case.

“What we are seeing is a total drop in who is applying,” said Treanor, now a Georgetown Law Professor. “It’s very, very dramatic. It’s gone from a good amount of our graduating class to virtually no one applying for jobs at the Justice Department.”

[hlthe2b]

1. No wonder. First jobs are usually a "stepping stone" to bigger and better things in a career...

Making that your first job would be like slamming a door made of impenetrable concrete on the rest of your legal career. That is, if you stay out of jail or avoid disbarment.

[SunSeeker]

2. DOJ will have to recruit from the loons at Liberty University Law School. nt

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3. hitler youth will be filling those empty positions nt

[Ocelot II]

4. At this point the only applicants will be the people who graduated at the bottom

of their law school classes, took three tries to pass the bar and were turned down by the law offices of Saul Goodman because he was concerned about his firm's reputation.

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Help is coming for King Donald!

Oral Roberts University has a law school!

[flvegan]

6. They likely value their futures as attorneys.

Working for the current DOJ or Trump (but I repeat myself) is a one way ticket to a pitiful future career, IF you don't get disbarred in the meantime.

[Jacson6]

7. Why would any one risk their career in case the right wingers at DOJ or DJT himself can destroy you, if you don't deport

asylum seekers?

[Initech]

8. Yeah, who'd in their right mind want to represent that shit show?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. MaddowBlog-DOJ reportedly lowers standards for federal prosecutors, adding to an unfortunate pattern

The entirety of the Trump presidency has been a grand experiment in what happens when an administration embraces amateurism and de-professionalization.

The DOJ lowered its standards for prosecutors, which followed the FBI lowering its standards for agents, which followed ICE lowering its standards.

Trumpism is a grand experiment in what happens when an administration embraces amateurism and de-professionalization.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-17T16:13:54.250Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/doj-reportedly-lowers-standards-for-federal-prosecutors-adding-to-an-unfortunate-pattern

The list of missteps at Donald Trump’s Justice Department over the past 14 months is not short, but among the most unsettling developments is the frequency with which Main Justice has fired federal prosecutors as part of a brazenly partisan purge. Making matters worse is the fact that U.S. attorneys’ offices have reportedly struggled to find qualified replacements, with lawyers feeling understandable reluctance to join an administration in which the rule of law has been overtly weaponized.

The DOJ, however, apparently has a solution in mind: Bloomberg Law reported that the department has decided to waive the policy that required newly hired federal prosecutors “to possess at least one year of experience practicing law.” From the report:

Many offices have previously adopted their own rules mandating at least three years of legal practice, rather than the nationwide baseline threshold of one year. But the reduced standards this month were implemented in federal districts such as Minnesota and Southern Florida that have experienced significant attrition to put new prosecutors to work straight out of law school.

.....Indeed, by some measures, the entirety of the Trump presidency has been a grand experiment in what happens when an administration embraces amateurism and de-professionalization.

Trump has informally lowered the standards for what it takes to lead the FBI, what it takes to serve in the Cabinet, what it takes to serve as a U.S. attorney, what it takes to be a success in the private sector and what it takes to serve as vice president.

The president himself was, in the recent past, a television reality show host who didn’t know anything about governing, never served a day in any public post and arguably had no business running to serve as the chief executive of the world’s pre-eminent superpower.

Trumpism, in other words, is defined in large part by a lowering of standards. The DOJ is apparently just keeping up.

As for the motivation behind these developments, some of the considerations are practical — the administration is desperate for prosecutors, and good applicants aren’t interested — but it’s also easy to believe there’s a larger strategy unfolding: Departments stripped of their most experienced staff and their professional standards are more easily manipulated.