DOJ Seeks Comments on Honors Program Application Forms
Published Date: 7/16/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Justice is updating its online application process for the Attorney General's Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program. They want your feedback on how to make the forms easier and quicker to fill out. If you’re interested, you have until August 17, 2026, to share your thoughts—no money changes, just smoother applications!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
DOJ online application time burden
If you apply to the Attorney General's Honors Program or the Summer Law Intern Program, the application is voluntary and about 1.75 hours to complete and submit. DOJ estimates 1,900 applicants annually, 600 of whom will also complete a 10-minute Virtual Interview Scheduling form, for a total annual burden of 3,425 hours and an estimated annual cost burden to the government of $71,492.
Removed questions from application
The electronic application will no longer ask about geographic preference; a checklist of practice area interests; two undergraduate-award checkboxes; and a SLIP-Pathways-only yes/no question on whether the law school transcript listed failing grades.
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