GENERAL RESOURCES

Justice Connection has compiled employment and legal resources to help DOJ employees navigate the challenges they’re facing. We’re updating this page regularly with new information and events. 

DOJ employees who need urgent legal assistance may contact us at help@thejusticeconnection.org. For mental health support, visit our mental health resources page. 

Legal Information 

• Resign or Be Fired? We partnered with Protect Democracy to publish guidance for DOJ employees ordered to take actions that may violate ethics or rules of professional conduct.
• A DOJ attorney’s guide to upholding ethical obligations is available from Protect Democracy.
• A guide to whistleblowing for federal employees, contractors, and grantees and a primer on how to blow the whistle anonymously were published by Government Accountability Project.
• Litigation trackers from Just Security and The New York Times include lawsuits challenging adverse actions against federal employees.

Employment-Related Support

• Find Your Next Calling: Join the Partnership for Public Service virtually on May 15 to explore state and local job opportunities for former federal employees. RSVP today.
• The Coaching Collaborative, a volunteer project, matches former federal employees with free and reduced-price career coaching. Due to a high volume of requests, finding a match may take time, but sign up here to get in the queue.
• The Coast to Coast Pro Bono Coaching Challenge of the International Coaching Federation will provide DOJ employees with up to three hours of free career coaching through May 18. To be connected with a pro-bono coach, please email kate.dohertywest.com.
• Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees fact sheet outlines what’s available for feds who lost their employment through no fault of their own.
• The Century Foundation report on unemployment insurance challenges and benefits for federal employees. 
• Regional-specific unemployment resources available for residents of D.C., Maryland, New York, and Virginia.
• Slate published an article called “We’re All Fired,” which discusses what federal workers can expect when applying for jobs in the private sector.

News, Resources, & Webinars for Federal Employees

• Civil Service Strong is a resource hub for federal employees.
• Dear Civil Servants posts the latest news, resources, and analysis on events affecting federal employees.
• The Partnership for Public Service assembled an array of important information on its Federal Employee Resource Hub, and it’s hosting a series of free webinars for federal employees on the challenges they’re facing.
• The National Treasury Employees Union and the American Federation of Government Employees, both of which represent segments of DOJ’s workforce, have resources for federal employees.

Guidance for Probationary Employees

• Protect Democracy outlines why the mass removal of probationary federal employees is an unlawful reduction in force. They also published general information to help terminated federal probationary employees know their rights.
• Update from Civil Service Strong for probationary and trial period workers subject to mass terminations. It also includes a description of a pending lawsuit challenging them.
• Just Security has compiled information for probationary employees and published a recent piece on the harmful effects of removing career civil servants at DOJ.

Justice Connection is providing these resources to support current and former DOJ employees. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and relevance of the information on this page, Justice Connection does not guarantee either. None of the information above constitutes legal advice and Justice Connection does not endorse any of the above-referenced organizations.