Introductions Based in Career Services Kirsten (ksolberg@law) Liz - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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 17 29 23 24 19* Supreme Other State 11 6 4 3 7* Foreign 2 0 3 5 3* Totals 256 270 258 246 275* *Not yet finalized and may increase.

Geography: 2015 - 2019 7th Cir 1st Cir Cir – 18 6th Cir Cir – 41 District – 19 Cir – 46 District – 56 Other – 5 District – 28 9th Cir Other – 36 Other – 4 Cir – 64 8th Cir 2d Cir District – 76 Cir – 23 Cir – 66 Other – 36 District – 14 District – 142 Other – 3 Other – 22 10th Cir 3d Cir Cir – 35 Cir – 35 District – 11 4th Cir District – 47 Other – 9 Cir – 30 Other – 14 District – 33 DC Other – 6 DC Cir – 63 11th Cir Fed Cir – 19 Cir – 34 5th Cir DC District – 44 District – 18 Cir – 31 Other – 30 Other – 1 District – 34 Other – 8

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