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Let's discuss the hiring freeze, and the state of Honors Program offers.

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We’ve previously reported on the unfortunate shrinkage of the Honors Program, a reduction in the number of spots by about 60 percent compared to last year. It now appears that some offers are out — but because there are so few of them, information is sparse. A tipster tells us:

I am wondering if you were planning to do a thread about DOJ Honors offers being released. From the TLS DOJ Honors thread, it appears that offers have been issued but that people are too afraid to divulge info due to the small amount of offers being made this year.

Also, if you have any way to find out (or have prior information about) the finalist-to-offer ratio for DOJ Honors positions, that would be helpful, too. There are a good amount of finalist reports on TLS, especially from EOIR [Executive Office for Immigration Review], but few offers listed. Finalists certainly are in a better position than they were when this whole process started, but it’s unclear how good of a position they’re in, considering that components might have double or triple the amount of finalists as there are spots.

Here’s the requested thread. So far we’ve heard about Honors Program offers made to people in EOIR and the Criminal Division. If you know of others, please feel free to note them in the comments, or to email us (subject line: “DOJ Honors Program”).

If we get enough information, perhaps we will do a follow-up post indicating which components have started issuing offers. Congratulations to everyone who has received an offer — and thanks for any information you might be able to provide.

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