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DOJ suspends minimum experience requirements for hiring attorneys after staff purges (www.independent.co.uk)

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Lawyers fresh out of law school can begin working for the DOJ so long as they are a U.S. citizen and have passed the bar exam

Staffing shortages at the Department of Justice, which have plagued the organization for the last year, have led officials to drop minimum experience requirements for job openings to attract talent fresh out of law school.

The DOJ told U.S. attorney offices earlier this month that a one-year experience requirement for new hires would be suspended “due to an exigent hiring need for attorneys across the Department”, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg Law.

In job postings for assistant U.S. attorneys in Alaska, Montana, New Hampshire and Oklahoma, applicants are only required to possess a law degree, have passed the state bar exam and be a U.S. citizen.

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[-] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 52 points 5 months ago

But DEI is bad, right?

[-] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 5 months ago

No you see, DEI is when women and brown people.

[-] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's actually part of this: https://youtu.be/434iXhWZg0M

They have difficulties finding prosecutors to do illegal shit. Please use the link in the video to leave comment on the government site. The more comments are there the harder it will be for them. The window for comments is closing ~~really soon~~ on April 6th.

[-] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

Can't be disbarred if you're not a member of the bar.

[-] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

They still require it (so they can still hide behind some legitimacy) but now inexperienced lawyers fresh out of school can be easily pressured especially when they are told that they won't get disbarred.

[-] Akh@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

I for one, cannot wait for the shit show that is about to happen when a bunch of lawyers who do not know the law go in front of judges

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

It has been happening under Trump for a long time already. Lawyers making insane arguments, making mistakes that have never been made in history, purposely ignoring orders from judges, actively conspiring to lie, etc.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

BANANA!

USA is a banana republic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic

Key elements are corruption, inequality, a large portion of the population is poor, exploitation of the people, and an oligarchy that are in control together with corrupt politicians and military. In the case of USA the military may be more the agencies like ICE, FBI NSA etc, but the term was coined 120 years ago, and back then the massive agencies of USA under federal control did not exist.

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago

Crime is back on the menu, boyzzzzz

[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago

So you will hire them now, without experience, and pay them while they get experience, which doesn't help with what needs done right now, instead of hiring them after they have the experience?

[-] 3jane@piefed.ca 7 points 5 months ago

Screening out the scrupulous

[-] ClownStatue@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

I feel like this article omits one important requirement for the job. At least for this particular DOJ.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

This sounds like a great idea. Lowering the standards for hiring has never gone bad whatsoever.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Now hiring: Rubber Stamps with Legs

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