Former Government Officials Offer Job Assistance To Law Students, Lawyers Hit By Trump’s Hiring Freeze – Above the Law

President
Donald
Trump’s
government
hiring
freeze
continues
to
tank
budding
lawyers’
career
prospects.
Not
only
have
third-year
law
students’
permanent

job
offers
been
revoked
and
summer
internship
programs
been
canceled,
but
government
agencies
have
also
pulled
out
of
law
school
recruitment
events
for
future
legal
roles.
However,
thanks
to
a
group
of
ex-officials
from
the
Treasury
and
the
Justice
Department’s
Tax
Division,
things
are
looking
a
bit
brighter. 

As
noted
by

Bloomberg
Law,
the
group
—
composed
of
lawyer
representing
law
firms,
accounting
firms,
nonprofits,
and
private
companies
—
has
stepped
in
to
assist
attorneys
and
law
students
find
jobs.
Here
are
some
additional
details:

The
group
has
set
up
an
email
address
([email protected])
where
students
and
attorneys
whose
offers
were
revoked
by
the
IRS
and
Justice’s
Tax
Division
can
send
their
resume,
a
writing
sample,
offer
received,
and
notice
of
rescission.

A
member
of
the
group
with
access
to
the
email
will
review
these
submissions,
ensuring
they’re
complete,
and
then
send
the
candidate
a survey asking
questions
about
the
person’s
preferred
position,
preferred
employer
such
as
a
law
firm,
accounting
firm,
nonprofit,
graduation
years,
and
preferred
location.

The
information
will
be
populated
in
a
spreadsheet,
which
employers
can
use
as
a
“sortable
index
of
candidates,”
the
email
said.

Caroline
Ciraolo,
who
formerly
served
as
acting
assistant
attorney
general
for
the
Justice
Department’s
Tax
Division,
is
now
a
partner
and
founder
of
Kostelanetz’s
Washington
office,
and
acts
as
a
primary
point
of
contact
for
the
group.
“Law
firms,
accounting
and
consulting
firms,
corporations,
educational
institutions,
bar
associations,
state
and
local
government
agencies,
courts,
non-profits,
and
other
stakeholders
are
spreading
the
word
regarding
these
efforts,”
she
told
Bloomberg
Tax,
“facilitating
connections,
and
meeting
with
those
seeking
employment
to
offer
encouragement,
networking,
and
career
counseling.”

 Scott
Levine,
former
deputy
assistant
secretary
for
international
affairs
at
the
Treasury
Department,
is
trying
to
get
other
agencies
to
help
the
law
students
and
lawyers’
whose
jobs
were
lost.
“Some
of
us
are
also
reaching
out
to
other
sectors
in
an
attempt
to
replicate
this
initiative
in
other
areas
as
the
IRS
and
the
DOJ
Tax
Division
are
not
the
only
federal
agencies
to
rescind
offers,”
he
said.

This
is
a
description
from
the
group
of
those
who
now
need
help
securing
work:
“a
pool
of
approximately
200
candidates,
including:
law
students
who
accepted
summer
internships;
law
and
LLM
students
who
accepted
permanent
positions
through
the
Honors
Program;
and
lateral
attorneys
with
one
or
more
years
legal
experience.”
If
your
firm
or
company
is
willing
to
step
up
to
the
task
and
offer
assistance,
please
do
so.

Best
of
luck
to
all
aspiring
government
lawyers
who
have
been
left
out
in
the
cold
by
Trump’s
hiring
freeze.  

IRS,
DOJ
Hires
With
Rescinded
Jobs
Get
Aid
From
Ex-Officials

[Bloomberg
Law]

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