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Change in clerkship hiring?
| Galvanic partner | 09/09/10 |
| bat-shit-crazy church | 09/09/10 |
| Shimmering Rough-skinned Windowlicker | 09/10/10 |
| Slate parlor | 09/12/10 |
| Slippery church building | 09/12/10 |
| Jet flirting brunch stock car | 09/12/10 |
| Slippery church building | 09/12/10 |
| Jet flirting brunch stock car | 09/12/10 |
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Date: September 9th, 2010 9:24 PM Author: Galvanic partner My profs have been stressing that it is getting far more difficult to be hired as a clerk straight out of law school. This seemed timely.
http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2010/09/the-quickly-unraveling-clerkship-market.html |
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Date: September 9th, 2010 10:47 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy church this trend is really interesting, and anecdotally accurate. it largely reflects a glut of qualified clerkship applicants who don't need to be trained as thoroughly as someone who has just graduated.
as a practical matter, this means that if you feel that the plan is keeping you down, then (1) you need profs to go to bat for you during the summer (which means lining up your ducks in the spring), or (2) wait until you're a 3L and eat the gap year at a firm or fellowship. |
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Date: September 10th, 2010 11:32 AM Author: Shimmering Rough-skinned Windowlicker I think this is very accurate. Both Judges I clerked for often looked for either previous clerkship experience or work experience (either before or after law school). They seemed unwilling to hire straight out of law school, primarily based on problems with previous clerks that came straight from law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419187&forum_id=2#16010107) |
Date: September 12th, 2010 10:20 PM Author: Slate parlor Can't speak about the trend overall, but both judges I've clerked for rarely hire straight out of law school (my district court judge usually has one of three straight from school, and my COA judge requires at least a year of work experience). Honestly, it makes sense, because you avoid the plan and you get better clerks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419187&forum_id=2#16030942) |
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Date: September 12th, 2010 10:27 PM Author: Slippery church building I don't think the market has changed that much. The 3L's at HYSCCN (and to a lesser extent, the rest of T14) who are in the top 1-3 percent of their classes will always get the best clerkships right out of law school. The median GW grad who was laid off at latham is not a big threat to them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419187&forum_id=2#16031039) |
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Date: September 12th, 2010 10:31 PM Author: Jet flirting brunch stock car lmao @ having to be top 1-3% at HY to get a ridiculously good clerkship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419187&forum_id=2#16031067) |
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Date: September 12th, 2010 10:34 PM Author: Slippery church building Look at the clerks for feeder judges. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419187&forum_id=2#16031092) |
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Date: September 12th, 2010 10:35 PM Author: Jet flirting brunch stock car lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1419187&forum_id=2#16031108) |