Following up on my previous post, Trump's Hiring Freeze Leaves Thousands Of Law Students Out In The Cold: Bloomberg Law, Trump Hiring Freeze Has Agencies Ditching Law School Recruiting:
Federal agencies are pulling out of on-campus recruiting events at law schools, following through on President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze hiring.
More than a dozen agencies withdrew from a public interest career fair hosted by New York University’s law school on Thursday and Friday, according to a NYU spokesperson. The annual event saw more than 1,700 job seekers from 20 law schools at last year. Multiple agencies also skipped a Jan. 24 law student recruiting event organized by Georgetown University and George Washington University, according to two people familiar with the situation.
Trump announced an executive order pausing hiring at federal agencies on January 20, the same day he was sworn in for a second term. The order nixed federal jobs and internships in legal and other roles across the federal government, including honors programs for recent law graduates at the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department.
Nearly 1,000 new law graduates landed federal government jobs in 2023, according to the National Association of Law Placement. More than 250 of the roles were in agency honors programs.
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