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May 6, 2026
DOJ Offers $25,000 Bonuses to Recruit Lawyers Amid Staffing Crisis
- The Justice Department is offering signing bonuses of up to $25,000 to recruit lawyers nationwide, particularly for its Civil Division.
- This recruitment effort aims to address staffing shortages and support legal battles against jurisdictions challenging federal authority.
- Over a quarter of the DOJ's nearly 13,000 lawyers have left since last year, prompting the department to expand its hiring strategy.
2 Sources
- So few lawyers want to work for Trump’s DOJ that the agency was forced to offer big signing bonusesMay 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM · Independent
- DOJ dangles massive signing bonuses for lawyers ready to fight ‘lawless’ cities far beyond DCMay 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM · Fox News