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Component Contacts, Pre-Interview Submissions and General Interview Information

2025-2026 

PRE-INTERVIEW SUBMISSIONS: (Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program). 

Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program candidates selected for an interview must comply with the submission requirements listed for each component that selected them. The components/hiring offices listed below request the following:

  • a legal writing sample,
  • an updated résumé, and
  • a copy of the transcript you attached to your application. 

Components/hiring offices reserve the right to withdraw interview invitations if submissions are not received by the specified deadline. Direct all questions relating to the writing samples to the contact listed for the specific hiring office.  

  • Submission Deadline: Within 5 business days following notification of selection for an interview.
  • Format: Adobe Acrobat (preferred); Microsoft Word.
  • Standard Email Subject Line for Submissions:  Use the standard subject line below when submitting your materials:

     Last Name, First Name—Honors Program Submissions - or - Last Name, First Name—SLIP Submissions 

  • Standard Naming Protocol for Attachment:   Last Name, First Name – Writing Sample, Resume & Transcript
    • Alternate Naming Protocol for Attachments (if component/hiring office directs you to attach separately as opposed to one consolidated document):
      • Last Name, First Name – Writing Sample
      • Last Name, First Name – Resume
      • Last Name, First Name – Transcript
  • Writing Sample: Unless otherwise indicated in the special instructions, interview candidates should submit one writing sample only, not to exceed 15 pages in length.
    • Within the 15-page limit, you should include a case summary or brief introductory statement to orient and provide context for the reviewers. An excerpt from a longer piece is acceptable. The sample should provide evidence of your legal analysis and writing skills. It should represent your own work, without extensive editing by anyone else. If the work was authored by more than one person, you should highlight the portions that you authored.
    • List your name at the top, right corner.
    • Ensure that you take appropriate precautions to protect the privacy of individuals who may be identified in your writing sample (e.g., redact all personally identifiable information prior to submission).

INTERVIEWS

All interviews are virtual. Please plan to join the interview at least five minutes prior to the official start time. Should you have issues accessing the virtual platform, reach out to the listed contacts. Interviews are typically one hour in duration but may vary by hiring office. If you have not received the virtual link 48 hours prior to your interview, please reach out to the hiring office contact directly.

  • Honors Program (HP):
    • Formally participating hiring offices: OARM centrally schedules interviews for formally participating hiring offices (and any informally participating hiring offices able to proceed during the regular fall interview schedule). OARM sends email notification (date and time) to candidates. Each interviewing component will follow up by sending its candidates a supplemental message with more detailed information (e.g., the interview link, log in information, etc.). For information about interview scheduling, visit Honors Program Interviews.
    • Informally Participating Hiring Offices: Hiring offices that proceed outside the regular fall schedule will contact candidates directly to schedule interviews.
  • Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP): SLIP interviews are not centrally scheduled--individual hiring offices will contact candidates directly to schedule interviews.  

If not listed, the organization did not request pre-interview submissions.

  • Special Instructions: Civil Division uses a centralized mailbox to receive pre-interview submissions. Candidates selected by multiple sub-offices should submit only one response (i.e., do not send in multiple submissions).
  • Contact(s):
  • Email Address for Submissions: Civil.HP-SLIP@usdoj.gov

 

Civil Division - Appellate Staff

  • Special Instructions: Interviews are two hours in duration. See Civil Division special instructions above.
  • Contact(s):

 

Civil Division - Federal Programs Branch

 

Civil Division - Office of Immigration Litigation, General Litigation & Appeals Section

 

Civil Division Office of Immigration Litigation, District Court National Security Section

  • Special Instructions: EOIR uses a centralized mailbox to receive pre-interview submissions. Candidates selected by multiple EOIR sub-offices should submit only one response (i.e., do not send in multiple submissions).
  • Contact(s):
  • Email Address for Submissions: SAM-2025.EOIR@usdoj.gov

 

EOIR - Board of Immigration Appeals

 

EOIR - Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer

  • Special Instructions: See EOIR special instructions above.
  • Contact(s):

 

EOIR - Office of the Chief Immigration Judge

  • Special Instructions: See EOIR special instructions above. Honors Program candidates may be asked to complete a geographic preference sheet at the interview.
  • Contact(s):

 

EOIR - Office of the Director

  • Special Instructions: See EOIR special instructions above.
  • Contact(s):

 

EOIR - Office of General Counsel

 

EOIR - Office of Policy

  • Special Instructions: Thirty (30) minutes before the start of their interview, candidates will be emailed a fact pattern upon which to prepare a five (5) minute opening statement. A one-hour interview (conducted by a panel of two Assistant U.S. Attorneys) begins with the candidate's opening statement.
  • Contact(s):
  • Email Address for Submissions: USADC.AUSAHiring@usdoj.gov

Updated August 26, 2025