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Judicial Clerkships from HLS

Faculty Assistants Meeting, 4/29/20

Introductions

• Based in Career Services
• Kirsten (ksolberg@law)
• Liz (eblume@law)
• Ali (amckinney@law)
• Katie for most questions
• Overview of what clerkship is, HLS scope, hiring plan, implications
• Q&A

Why clerk?

• Assistant to judge (behind the scenes)
• Typically for 1-2 years
• Traditionally as first job after graduation but maybe later
• Great training, recognized by wide spectrum of legal employers

Statistics: 2015 - 2019

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019* U.S. Supreme 9 8 11 10 9* U.S. Circuit 98 100 114 101 111* U.S. District 111 119 93 97 123* Other Federal 8 8 10 6 3* State Supreme 17 29 23 24 19* Other State 11 6 4 3 7* Foreign 2 3 5 3* Totals 256 270 258 246 275*

*Not yet finalized and may increase.

Geography: 2015 - 2019

9th Cir Cir – 64 District – 76 Other – 36 10th Cir Cir – 35 District – 11 Other – 9 8th Cir Cir – 23 District – 14 Other – 3 5th Cir Cir – 31 District – 34 Other – 8 11th Cir Cir – 34 District – 18 Other – 1 4th Cir Cir – 30 District – 33 Other – 6 1st Cir Cir – 41 District – 56 Other – 36 2d Cir Cir – 66 District – 142 Other – 22 3d Cir Cir – 35 District – 47 Other – 14 7th Cir Cir – 18 District – 19 Other – 5 6th Cir Cir – 46 District – 28 Other – 4 DC DC Cir – 63 Fed Cir – 19 DC District – 44 Other – 30

Judges Hire in Overlapping Ways

• Some still with openings for 2020 clerkships (to begin this fall)
• Many focusing attention now or in June for 2021 clerkships
• Some already accepting applications for 2022 clerkships
• Thus, each applicant may have multiple rounds of apps and recs
• They will try to consolidate recommendation requests

Example of Our Judge Tracking

Logistical Change due to COVID-19

• No paper recs
• So, OSCAR or email
• Applicants should provide you with the necessary information
• For U.S. Supreme Court, separate online portal
• Confirmed this morning; details forthcoming

Current Hiring Plan

• Does not restrict graduating 3Ls (Class of 2020) or alumni
• For 2Ls / Class of 2021 students applying for any year
• “Judges will not seek or accept formal or informal clerkship applications, or

seek or accept formal or informal recommendations, before 12:00 pm EDT on June 15, 2020.”

• Initiated by federal judges, but HLS is extending to state judges too
• HLS is extending to 1Ls / Class of 2022 students for now

Recommendation Timeline for Class of 2021

• Tues, May 26 – students’ judge lists and profs’ letter drafts to you
• Week of May 26-29 – prepare recs to submit
• Week of June 1-5 – prepare recs to submit and try to finish
• Week of June 8-12 – continue preparing recs if needed
• Mon, June 15, at Noon Eastern – recs to be received
• You should submit emailed recs
• OSCAR will release online recs automatically

Questions