Federal Government
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Job Searches
Open Thread: The DOJ Is Hiring Again ...
Today is the day that the U.S. Department of Justice emails applicants to set up interviews for the Attorney General’s Honors Program. Each division is sending out its own letter. If you didn’t receive one of these emails, well, then you probably didn’t attend the Nobody F**** With the Jesus School Of Law: Congratulations! You […] -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Monica Goodling, Politics
Soon To Be Breaking: Inspector General's Monica Goodling Report
We hear that the Justice Department’s special report on our favorite DOJ diva, Monica Goodling, will be coming out later today — in fact, later this morning. Perhaps within 15 minutes or so, give or take…. Stay tuned. We’ll update this space with more as it emerges. Update (10:08 AM): As we predicted, the report […] - Sponsored
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D.C. Circuit, Disability Law, Federal Government, Money
Breaking: Money Discriminates Against the Blind
When traveling abroad for the first time, it seems every American is struck by the brilliance of creating paper money with a correlation between the size of a bill and its value. “That must be nice for blind people,” we think. Well, the D.C. Circuit thinks the same way. In a 2-1 ruling (PDF) issued […]
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Gay, Law Schools, Michael Mukasey, Torture, Vicious Infighting
Gay at DOJ? Hip Hip Hooray!
Not everyone likes Attorney General Michael Mukasey. At Boston College Law School, students are protesting Dean John Garvey’s decision to invite Attorney General Mukasey to deliver the school’s 2008 Commencement address. See here (Facebook group: “Waterboarding IS Torture”), here, and here. Why are liberals so unhappy about Mukasey? We’d expect the AG to receive a […] -
Federal Government, Joseph Russoniello, Money, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Joe Russoniello to... $245K?
Veteran litigator Joseph Russoniello, recently nominated to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, previously served as senior counsel in the San Francisco office of Cooley Godward Kronish. If he’s confirmed, which is looking likely, one would expect him to take a big pay cut as he moves from private practice to […] -
Federal Government, Politics
The Democrats' Belief in the Unitary... Legislative?
In the Senate chamber yesterday, crickets were chirping. From the New York Times: Who says the Senate cannot act quickly? It conducted a full day’s business in less than 30 seconds on Tuesday. Of course, there was no real business to conduct. But fearing that President Bush would again use a Congressional recess to install […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Government Attorney Bonus Watch: Open Thread
Sorry to leave you unattended for a while — we were off appearing on this panel. We left some items to be published in our absence, but unfortunately, continuing technical difficulties — which frustrate us even more than they frustrate you — prevented their posting. In case you’re wondering, we have no confirmed Biglaw bonus […] -
Chuck Schumer, Department of Justice, Dianne Feinstein, Federal Government, Michael Mukasey, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
Breaking: Michael Mukasey Nomination Voted Out of SJC
The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted in favor of the nomination of Michael Mukasey to serve as attorney general. The tally was 11-8, with two Democrats — Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein — joining all the Republicans in supporting him. What had been looking like a nailbiter of a nomination should sail through the […] - Sponsored
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Job Searches
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: DOJ Honors Program
Sure, the U.S. Department of Justice has some issues right now. But a great many talented and dedicated people still work for the DOJ — and aspire to work there: You should do a fall recruiting thread on the DOJ Honors Program. Interviews are happening for the next [few] weeks. It would be interesting to […] -
Department of Justice, Exercise, Federal Government, Health Care / Medicine, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Federal Government Perk Watch: Germ-y Gyms
If you’re an employee of the U.S. Department of Justice, and your name isn’t Susana Lorenzo-Giguere, your job probably doesn’t have many perks. They toss a few four-dollar meatballs your way, and public outcry ensues. And now you can’t even go to the office gym, thanks to a potential outbreak of staph infections, aka “Staphylococcus […] -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Job Searches, Joseph Russoniello, Musical Chairs, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: What's Up at the San Francisco U.S. Attorney's Office?
Back in June, we predicted that veteran litigator Joseph Russoniello, of Cooley Godward Kronish in San Francisco, would be nominated to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District. Months later, no nominee has been named. As the folks over at Legal Pad noted last month, it’s a bit strange — especially since Ruossoniello’s background […] -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Money
Law Clerk Salaries and Benefits: More Details About Recent Changes
Following up on our recent coverage of changes to the salary and benefit schemes for federal law clerks, here’s an interesting article from the Daily Business Review: Federal judges around the country will feel the belt-tightening that has cut into other areas of the judiciary in a rule change that limits their ability to hire […] -
Biglaw, Education / Schools, Federal Government, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Biglaw Raises, Courtesy of Taxpayers?
We’re sorry to report that we haven’t heard serious and credible raise rumors lately. In fact, we’ve heard more gossip about layoffs in recent weeks than about associate pay increases. The rumors of “NYC to 190”, which used to flood our email inbox, have gone the way of Testa Hurwitz. But here is some reason […]
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Department of Justice, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Michael Mukasey, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee
Michael Mukasey's Former Clerks: They Like Him, They Really Like Him
Are you trying to remember whether any of your law school classmates or colleagues clerked for former judge Michael Mukasey (S.D.N.Y.), President Bush’s nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general? Well, you’re in luck. Every single one of Judge Mukasey’s former law clerks signed a glowing letter of recommendation for the judge, in which […] -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Money
Law Clerk Salaries and Benefits: Thus Spake the Judicial Conference
Last week we asked, “What’s going on with clerkship salaries and benefits?” Now we have some answers. Yesterday the Judicial Conference issued a press release that discussed law clerk salaries, among many other subjects. Here are the money (haha) quotes: The Conference today also voted to continue implementing its cost-containment program by adopting a series […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Jose Padilla, Michael Mukasey, Politics, S.D.N.Y., War on Terror
Who Will Be the Next AG? Michael Mukasey
No official announcement has been made (despite the claim of Wikipedia that “[o]n September 16, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Mukasey to serve as the 81st Attorney General of the United States”). But numerous news outlets are reporting that President Bush has selected Michael B. Mukasey — currently a partner at Patterson Belknap Webb […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Crickets Chirping at the DOJ
Are you a Department of Justice employee? If so, why are you at your desk? Shouldn’t you be at the festivities in honor of Alberto Gonzales’s last day? DOJ employees are invited to attend the Farewell Ceremony for Alberto R. Gonzales, 80th Attorney General of the United States. The ceremony will be held at 3:00 […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, Federal Government, George J. Terwilliger III, Orrin Hatch, Senate Judiciary Committee, Ted Olson, William Wilkins
Who Will Be the Next AG? Maybe Not Ted Olson
Back on Tuesday, it was widely rumored that an attorney general nomination announcement was imminent — and that the nominee was going to be former Solicitor General Ted Olson (pictured at right, at his wedding last year). But we had our doubts. We opined that Olson, confirmed as SG by a narrow 51-47 margin, might […] -
Clerkships, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Money, Skaddenfreude
Law Clerk Salaries and Benefits: What's Going On?
Since we’re smack dab in the middle of clerkship application season, let’s turn the spotlight to clerkly compensation and benefits. We hear that some changes may be in the works. From a tipster: [H]ave you heard anything about progress on a proposal to end/limit/change the salary “matching” program for federal clerks with private sector experience? […] -
Announcements, Clerkships, Deaths, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Health Care / Medicine
ATL Public Service Announcement: Avoid the David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse
As noted yesterday, we’re smack in the middle of clerkship hiring season. Perhaps some of you are applying to judges based in Miami. Clerking in a tropical paradise — what’s not to like? Possibly deadly toxic mold, that’s what. From an article by Julie Kay in the Daily Business Review (via SDFLA Blog): Two studies […]