\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

Current law clerk, reading your apps now, taking ?s

...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
Lowest GPA that isn't auto-ding?
Charismatic parlour
  09/04/10
I didn't apply.
lime shrine
  09/04/10
I am going to start applying to clerkships next week. How f...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
Pretty fucked for the semi-prestigious clerkships, unless yo...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
I don't care about prestige. How about them apples? BTW...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
I'm at one of the more competitive districts (CD Cal, SDNY)....
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
Thanks man. Know anything about bankruptcy judges? I k...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
don't know anything about bankruptcy judges - the bankruptcy...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
I'm thinking if I can somehow land a Magistrate clerkship, m...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
I guess you could have a shot if there are no law schools ne...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
How competitive are staff attorney positions?
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
don't have a good idea about that. we have a few, but i don'...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
OK. One more question--you said you knew all of the Magistr...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
They all just started, so they don't have anything lined up....
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
I dont get it--I thought judges on plan can't read apps unti...
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/04/10
haha. hiring plan is a myth for most judges
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
Plz explain?
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/04/10
A lot of 3Ls send their paper applications in June/July. If ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
Yeah. I know a guy who has had a COA gig lined up for a mon...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
i'm not even applying, so fuck you fucking nerd faggot piece...
Kink-friendly Learning Disabled Theater Fat Ankles
  09/04/10
lol, relax
Slap-happy snowy house
  09/04/10
u happy?
aqua weed whacker
  09/05/10
have you read mine yet
Soul-stirring rusted school cafeteria
  09/04/10
probably. it seems like every law student in the US has appl...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
yuck. yes, that is my fear. i feel like i am somewhat compet...
Soul-stirring rusted school cafeteria
  09/04/10
find a prof who will make calls for you. that will be the de...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
Explain
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/04/10
we have an entire empty office that is already filled with a...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
titMFcr, This is how I got the Clerkship with my judge. H...
sickened electric gaping market
  09/04/10
does this hold true for like magistrate judges in crappy dis...
Soul-stirring rusted school cafeteria
  09/04/10
magistrate judges are often brilliant lawyers with stellar r...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/04/10
hys honors, biglaw partner v50 firm, handling cases in 3 dif...
fishy aromatic gas station shitlib
  09/04/10
Most common errors in applications?
mildly autistic set black woman
  09/05/10
A lot of people forget to include the correct name of the co...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
what about niggerthreading
Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold
  09/05/10
orchestrating lemon parties
vibrant property milk
  09/05/10
yes but only w/ other LR members
Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold
  09/05/10
So you are saying you have to add the name of the court to t...
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/05/10
No, that's not necessary. But if you do include the name of ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
oh, ok. totally agree. yea i didnt make this mistake. At wha...
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/05/10
We don't read the writing sample until they get an interview...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
SO if I get an interview, can I fed ex a revised version of ...
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/05/10
lol @ u
Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold
  09/05/10
ha. no. that would look terrible.
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Why is that? Should I just pray that a) the typos isn't noti...
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/05/10
When you write an order or an opinion for a judge, you can't...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
"Based on the foregoing, this court should NIGGER!!!!!!...
Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold
  09/05/10
Its buried in the middle but I mean...its clearly a mistake....
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/05/10
not worth trying to fix it now. We've interviewed a few cand...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Thakns.
embarrassed to the bone hell associate
  09/05/10
awesome post, considering the subthread
sticky chrome deer antler
  09/05/10
Clerk sent interview appointment time on Friday afternoon, a...
Cordovan heaven
  09/05/10
You're probably OK, because the hiring plan hasn't officiall...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Especially because clerks don't work on holiday weekends, an...
Big alpha stage
  09/05/10
I lucked into a District Court interview (median at t25, sco...
very tactful indian lodge
  09/05/10
Congrats. Especially in this economy, getting a d ct. interv...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Much appreciated.
very tactful indian lodge
  09/05/10
Do you mean you scored the interview because your LORs were ...
Big alpha stage
  09/05/10
The latter. Fortunately I do present well in person- i spen...
very tactful indian lodge
  09/05/10
So I finished up my writing sample and basic cover letter to...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
You need to get those all in overnight mail this week. Hirin...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
OK, thanks. I'll do that. Wish my firm would have told...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
Just make sure that your cover letter and resume looks like ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Nah, I'll make sure it looks nice. Hell, they won't even kn...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
Oh, if the entire class got no-offered, then that's fine. I ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
That's the story they've been pumping on ATL, but I know mor...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
you'd be an idiot to tell any interviewer that you were no- ...
Low-t dopamine chapel
  09/05/10
we ask
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
So should I be all like "I didn't receive an offer, and...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
if you're asked, that's the best way to spin it. as long as ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Well, that's the truth as I understand it. I just talked to...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
One more Q--how bad is it that I haven't taken Federal Court...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
Are you planning to take it this year? As long as it's on yo...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Nah, it's not being offered this semester. Can I just tell ...
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
No. Just sign up for it now. If you don't clerk, drop it bef...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
The last sentence is fine, the first should be more general-...
Big alpha stage
  09/05/10
OK, thanks.
amethyst thirsty hall
  09/05/10
Did you apply for the Bristow?
Ultramarine odious stag film
  09/05/10
Not yet. I'm doing a district court clerkship this year and ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Yeah those are basically only for former SCOTUS clerks, righ...
fuchsia abode
  09/05/10
Not always. There are some non-SCOTUS clerks who get them. B...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
No it's usually people coming straight out of COA who haven'...
Ultramarine odious stag film
  09/05/10
I'm more interested in DOJ Honors program for the civil appe...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
do clerks ask point blank whether we got an offer from our s...
Trip Corn Cake Institution
  09/05/10
we do, but that's because my judge was a partner at a big fi...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
Have you learned the rules on forfeiture and waiver yet?
provocative emerald affirmative action
  09/05/10
in law school, yes
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10
do judges call people from places you worked over the summer...
Trip Corn Cake Institution
  09/05/10
that happened to me with one judge, but it was only because ...
abusive razzmatazz codepig
  09/05/10


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:26 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962442)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 12:47 PM
Author: Charismatic parlour

Lowest GPA that isn't auto-ding?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15963236)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:26 AM
Author: lime shrine

I didn't apply.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962443)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:37 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

I am going to start applying to clerkships next week. How fucked?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962450)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:44 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Pretty fucked for the semi-prestigious clerkships, unless you have absolutely top grades from a T6.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962461)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:47 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

I don't care about prestige. How about them apples?

BTW I'm at a T30, top quarter of my class, LR. Chances at getting a non-prestigious district court clerkship / clerking for a magistrate / clerking for a bankruptcy judge? Have any estimate?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962470)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 10:01 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

I'm at one of the more competitive districts (CD Cal, SDNY). You could get a clerkship with a magistrate if you were from a local T30 school. Probably out of the running for a district judge.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962490)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 10:07 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

Thanks man. Know anything about bankruptcy judges?

I kind of figured it was too late for me to get a D. Ct. clerkship anyways--I hadn't even planned on applying until my firm no-offered. I'll try to focus on the less-prestigious district courts in this area and magistrate judges.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962502)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 10:34 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

don't know anything about bankruptcy judges - the bankruptcy court isn't in our building. magistrate clerkships can be great experiences. you learn a ton about civil procedure and discovery

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962587)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:13 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

I'm thinking if I can somehow land a Magistrate clerkship, maybe I can actually get my ducks in a row earlier next year and start applying for D. Ct. clerkships in the Spring of '12. Gotta claw my way up the ladder somehow.

What do you think my odds are in applying to Magistrate judges in TTT cities out of my region (e.g., Las Cruces NM) where there isn't a tier 1 (or even tier 2) law school nearby?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962768)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:18 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

I guess you could have a shot if there are no law schools nearby. It's different for my court, because we have good law schools and TTTs in our district. I know all the clerks for the magistrates in my court, and most of them are top students from the local TTTs. Some Harvard/Stanford clerks also, but I get the sense that they had crappy grades. No idea how magistrates hire if there aren't nearby law schools.

I don't know anyone who went from a magistrate clerkship to a D Ct. clerkship. I'm sure it happens, but that's not as common as going from D Ct. to COA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962799)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:27 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

How competitive are staff attorney positions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962863)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:29 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

don't have a good idea about that. we have a few, but i don't know much about their backgrounds. i think they all practiced for a while before being hired by the court.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962876)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:30 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

OK. One more question--you said you knew all of the Magistrate clerks in your district. What are they doing after their clerkships end?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962881)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:33 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

They all just started, so they don't have anything lined up. Most of the district clerks have offers from their summer firms, but I don't know of any magistrate clerks who have summer offers. I think a lot of them are hoping to get into DOJ Honors or some other gov position.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962893)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:45 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

I dont get it--I thought judges on plan can't read apps until 9/7?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962463)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:46 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

haha. hiring plan is a myth for most judges

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962464)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 9:47 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

Plz explain?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962469)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 10:02 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

A lot of 3Ls send their paper applications in June/July. If someone looks like an amazing candidate, they will get a call well before sept.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962491)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 10:08 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

Yeah. I know a guy who has had a COA gig lined up for a month already.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962504)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 10:36 AM
Author: Kink-friendly Learning Disabled Theater Fat Ankles

i'm not even applying, so fuck you fucking nerd faggot piece of shit nigger

i bang so many more bitches than you ever will. lol @ your shitty little clerkship and shitty little life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962593)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:00 AM
Author: Slap-happy snowy house

lol, relax

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962716)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 2:49 PM
Author: aqua weed whacker

u happy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15970456)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:24 AM
Author: Soul-stirring rusted school cafeteria

have you read mine yet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962836)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:26 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

probably. it seems like every law student in the US has applied

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962855)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:29 AM
Author: Soul-stirring rusted school cafeteria

yuck. yes, that is my fear. i feel like i am somewhat competitive, but have very, very low expectations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962870)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:30 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

find a prof who will make calls for you. that will be the deciding factor for most clerks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962879)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:32 AM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

Explain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962890)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:34 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

we have an entire empty office that is already filled with applications, and the hiring plan apps haven't even come in yet. there is no way for us to seriously consider every application. if a professor calls (even if the prof doesn't know my judge) and gives a stunning recommendation, that will get the application in front of my judge.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962899)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:59 AM
Author: sickened electric gaping market

titMFcr,

This is how I got the Clerkship with my judge. He was so impressed that a Professor was willing to call on my behalf.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15963000)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:35 AM
Author: Soul-stirring rusted school cafeteria

does this hold true for like magistrate judges in crappy districts? or are they still going to get absolutely bombarded too?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962905)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:37 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

magistrate judges are often brilliant lawyers with stellar reputations and connections in the legal community. a lot of law students miss this point. they likely know as many law professors as district judges. and they are also swamped with applications.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962910)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 4th, 2010 11:25 AM
Author: fishy aromatic gas station shitlib

hys honors, biglaw partner v50 firm, handling cases in 3 different federal circuits, chances at an offer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15962844)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:00 AM
Author: mildly autistic set black woman

Most common errors in applications?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968824)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:25 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

A lot of people forget to include the correct name of the court in their cover letter. They apparently can't use auto-replace correctly. That is an auto-ding. And putting bizarre things in the hobby section - don't do it. List something simple and normal, like running or hiking, not Star Trek, bar-hopping, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968849)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:26 AM
Author: Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold

what about niggerthreading

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968852)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:27 AM
Author: vibrant property milk

orchestrating lemon parties

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968855)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:29 AM
Author: Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold

yes but only w/ other LR members

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968857)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:39 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

So you are saying you have to add the name of the court to the address, and if you dont that is an auto ding?

If this is the case, it just underscores why this process is retarded and it's best to apply off plan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968895)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:41 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

No, that's not necessary. But if you do include the name of the court, include the correct one. This is particularly true when they include the court name in the body of the letter. For example, one letter stated, "I am very interested in clerking for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland." That is not my court.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968910)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:44 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

oh, ok. totally agree. yea i didnt make this mistake. At what point do you read the writing sample?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968921)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:54 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

We don't read the writing sample until they get an interview. Just not enough time to read every writing sample. At least for my judge, the writing sample doesn't matter very much. Just don't have typos. This probably is not true for appellate courts. I am clerking on a COA next year, and all of my COA interviewers asked me about my writing sample.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968961)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:57 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

SO if I get an interview, can I fed ex a revised version of the writing sample? I spotted a typo and I didn't correct it until some of the apps were already sent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968971)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:58 AM
Author: Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold

lol @ u

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968973)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 9:59 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

ha. no. that would look terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968979)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 10:00 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

Why is that? Should I just pray that a) the typos isn't noticed or b) isn't enough to ding me?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968987)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 10:04 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

When you write an order or an opinion for a judge, you can't retract it the next day because you just spotted a typo.

If you're applying for D Ct. clerkships, there's a good chance that they won't spot the typo, particularly if it's buried in the middle. How bad is it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15968995)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 10:07 AM
Author: Appetizing honey-headed fanboi cuckold

"Based on the foregoing, this court should NIGGER!!!!!!!! reverse and remand."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15969000)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 10:17 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

Its buried in the middle but I mean...its clearly a mistake.

Why does it differ between appellate and district courts?

I understand why typos are bad. I am not defending them...i dont know how i missed it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15969032)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 10:19 AM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

not worth trying to fix it now. We've interviewed a few candidates so far, and I don't think any of us made it to the middle of their writing samples.

appellate courts are much more focused on writing. district court clerkships are more about responding to daily crises.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15969042)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 10:28 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone hell associate

Thakns.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15969096)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:47 PM
Author: sticky chrome deer antler

awesome post, considering the subthread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973429)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 2:46 PM
Author: Cordovan heaven

Clerk sent interview appointment time on Friday afternoon, asking me to "please confirm." Didn't respond until just now, Sunday morning. Did I F myself in the A?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15970427)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 7:45 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

You're probably OK, because the hiring plan hasn't officially kicked in yet. But don't do that again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15972903)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:32 PM
Author: Big alpha stage

Especially because clerks don't work on holiday weekends, and most leave early for such weekends. The courthouse was freakin' empty on Friday afternoon.

We're government employees, after all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973306)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 7:18 PM
Author: very tactful indian lodge

I lucked into a District Court interview (median at t25, scored interview thru good references)

Is this still going to be a "fit" interview or should I expect questions about my qualifications? What should I do to prepare aside form reading recent opinion?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15972692)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 7:49 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Congrats. Especially in this economy, getting a d ct. interview with your stats is a big accomplishment.

The interview still will be mostly about fit at this point. The only thing that could really hurt you is if a clerk tells the judge that your grades suck (most judges don't have a very good idea about grades and class rank, so they rely on clerks).

See if your school keeps a feedback book from other students who have interviewed with judges. This can be very helpful - they tell you what sorts of things judges ask about. Some interviews are very informal and you just talk about your background, hobbies, etc. Others are very substantive and they will quiz you about specific topics. Best to know what you're walking into. Also make sure you know every line of your resume and the obvious questions (why did you take that job, what did you learn from it, why did you leave). Easy stuff, but we had a clerkship candidate who didn't seem to know his own resume.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15972931)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:48 PM
Author: very tactful indian lodge

Much appreciated.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973439)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:35 PM
Author: Big alpha stage

Do you mean you scored the interview because your LORs were excellent, or because one of the judge's friends called on your behalf? If it's later, the judge may be interviewing you as more of a courtesy to his friend than because he really wants to hire you. However, I know my judge once hired someone from this kind of interview, because that candidate presented extremely well in person.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973323)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:58 PM
Author: very tactful indian lodge

The latter. Fortunately I do present well in person- i spent two summer in Biglaw and rocked an improbable 85% screening interview to callback and 90% callback to offer ratio with these grades.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973496)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 7:53 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

So I finished up my writing sample and basic cover letter today. Hopefully will have my LOR's in by early this week. I have my list of judges ready--mostly District Courts in regions where my school has pull and Magistrates in TTT districts all over the place.

Edit--Also, I was no offered by my summer firm for "economic reasons." I'm getting at least one LOR from a partner at the firm, possibly the hiring partner, and I've been told repeatedly that my no-offer wasn't performance-related (in fact, my whole class got no-offered. . . I know).

How fucked?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15972979)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 7:56 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

You need to get those all in overnight mail this week. Hiring plan, man. A few judges will hire after the hiring plan rush, but not that many. Even if you don't have all your LOR's, send those things out now!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973005)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 7:58 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

OK, thanks. I'll do that.

Wish my firm would have told me a month ago that I wasn't getting a jerb. Don't know why they waited so long.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973022)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:01 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Just make sure that your cover letter and resume looks like a finished product. You don't want the judge (and clerks) to look at the app and think, "this is the last-minute application from someone who was no-offered."

If you were cold-offered rather than no-offered, your chances are much better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973056)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:06 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

Nah, I'll make sure it looks nice. Hell, they won't even know that I was no-offered until I get an interview, right?

I don't know how to handle this no-offer shit. Won't a LOR from a higher-up at the firm + the fact that my whole class got the axe do anything for me? I mean, there are quite a few of us no-offerees running around out here. You'd think that after the great debacle of 2009, the stigma would be gone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973109)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:08 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Oh, if the entire class got no-offered, then that's fine. I thought that most firms this year gave offers to most of their summers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973130)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:09 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

That's the story they've been pumping on ATL, but I know more people who are either waiting to hear back or have been no-offered than people who have received offers.

Granted, not a ton of people at my school got summer gigs at Vault firms to begin with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973139)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:24 PM
Author: Low-t dopamine chapel

you'd be an idiot to tell any interviewer that you were no- offered.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973241)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:25 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

we ask

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973247)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:28 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

So should I be all like "I didn't receive an offer, and the two other guys in my class didn't either. We were told that it was for financial/economic reasons, and that if the market started to improve they would possibly reconsider." ? (this is true) Is that the best way to spin it?

I don't even feel like I should HAVE to spin this bullshit, since it was my firm's fault, not mine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973273)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:37 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

if you're asked, that's the best way to spin it. as long as you tell the truth - because the judge may want to speak with a partner at the firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973347)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:43 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

Well, that's the truth as I understand it. I just talked to the other two guys on Thursday, and both got the same speech that I got, and neither got offers. The weird thing is that the firm left it sort of open-ended with all of us. I guess I'm not ruling out the possibility that the firm could go back and make an offer to one of the other guys (especially the guy who was an URM--the firm was lily-white). I don't think that would happen within the next three weeks or so, though.

I'll just say that none of us got offers, and we were told that it was for financial reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973396)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:45 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

One more Q--how bad is it that I haven't taken Federal Courts?

Will the Magistrates care?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973417)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:48 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Are you planning to take it this year? As long as it's on your transcript, it's fine. No need to have taken it as a 2L. But you should take it this year. It has been very useful so far.

And yes, Magistrates will care just as much as d ct. judges. There is this weird myth that magistrates will take any random hobo who applies for a clerkship. Their standards are much higher than the xoxo wisdom.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973441)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:50 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

Nah, it's not being offered this semester. Can I just tell them that if I get a clerkship, I'll make sure to take it in the spring?

Also, I'm not trying to discount magistrates' standards or anything. I just know there is relatively less competition for those spots.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973458)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:51 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

No. Just sign up for it now. If you don't clerk, drop it before spring semester starts and sign up for Sexuality and the Law seminar or something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973466)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:38 PM
Author: Big alpha stage

The last sentence is fine, the first should be more general--i.e., "The firm did not extend offers to any summers this year."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973353)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:43 PM
Author: amethyst thirsty hall

OK, thanks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973400)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:02 PM
Author: Ultramarine odious stag film

Did you apply for the Bristow?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973071)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:06 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Not yet. I'm doing a district court clerkship this year and an appellate clerkship next year. I'll probably apply next year, but those are damn hard to get.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973118)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:07 PM
Author: fuchsia abode

Yeah those are basically only for former SCOTUS clerks, right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973125)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:09 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

Not always. There are some non-SCOTUS clerks who get them. But the feeder judges are generally the same for both.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973133)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:09 PM
Author: Ultramarine odious stag film

No it's usually people coming straight out of COA who haven't gotten hired by SCOTUS (though often they do get hired a year or two later).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973135)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:11 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

I'm more interested in DOJ Honors program for the civil appellate division, but those are about as competitive as bristow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973150)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:31 PM
Author: Trip Corn Cake Institution

do clerks ask point blank whether we got an offer from our summer firm?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973294)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:36 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

we do, but that's because my judge was a partner at a big firm so he knows how offers work. but he was the only judge who asked me about whether i got an offer. i think many do not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973330)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:36 PM
Author: provocative emerald affirmative action

Have you learned the rules on forfeiture and waiver yet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973344)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:39 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

in law school, yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973363)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:40 PM
Author: Trip Corn Cake Institution

do judges call people from places you worked over the summers without notifying you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973377)



Reply Favorite

Date: September 5th, 2010 8:42 PM
Author: abusive razzmatazz codepig

that happened to me with one judge, but it was only because i had worked in a fairly small office of a biglaw firm, and he knew one of the partners there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1414140&forum_id=2#15973395)