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3Ls and alumni, hiring for you continues. We encourage you to persist with, or even kick off, your clerkship search. In past years, more applicants secured clerkships during 3L year or later than during the kickoff summer period of the application cycle. Hundreds of judges are potentially still open for 2025 and beyond, and every day additional judges indicate new receptivity to applications.  See the latest spreadsheets and how to supplement them.  See also, in our roadmap, Step 6: While Awaiting Response.   

2Ls, you may wish to browse through the latest information about judges’ timelines for accepting applications, focusing on the column for minimum years of law school to apply. If you aren’t yet familiar with the spreadsheets, review the explanation of them. Most of you likely will want to wait until after your 2L year to apply, which gives you plenty of time to prepare. But there are some exceptions to notice. 

Wed, Sept 11, 12:30-1:15 pm, Langdell North.  2Ls, if you are interested in clerking, what should you be doing now? After reviewing last fall's Introduction to Judicial Clerkships for a big-picture overview, come for a refresher, an update on the application timeline, and answers to any questions you have.  Feel free to bring your lunch. 

Thurs, Sept 5, 12:30-1:15 pm, WCC 3007.  Bring your lunch and questions to a conversation with Harmann Singh ‘19, who completed clerkships with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr., of the Southern District of New York, and Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Between clerkships, Harmann worked at a litigation boutique where he helped defend the certification of the 2020 presidential election, represented criminal defendants in state court, investigated the NCAA for gender equity issues, and worked on complex commercial trials. Due to room capacity, space is limited to 34. RSVP if you plan to attend!  (Co-sponsored with OPIA.) 

Associate Justice Lamar Baker of the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five, located in Los Angeles, is accepting applications for the position of Law Clerk.  This Law Clerk position “combines important clerical and legal editing duties with the opportunity to engage in traditional law clerk research and analysis.”  More details are available through job opening #6025 on the court’s website.   

2Ls, in case you missed last week’s 2L Clerkship Update meeting, the slides are now available for review. 

Quick question you’d like to discuss?  Drop in between 12:30 and 1:30 pm ET Tuesday, to a dedicated Zoom link. You will enter a waiting room initially. Please keep your question short as the line may be long.     Another option: submit a question anytime through an online form for response by email. 

Before scheduling a clerkship advising appointment, please register as a potential applicant (especially completing the CSM clerkship registration form, which will refer to when preparing for the appointment), review our roadmap to the application process, and at least skim the latest information about judges’ hiring status.  If you are a 2L who didn’t attend the meeting for you last week, also review the slides from it.   

Late breaking . . .  Judge Analisa Torres (SDNY) has an immediate opening for a law clerk.  The position is available from August 2023 through August 2024.  Applicants must have at least one year of experience (clerkship or practice). Applicants should email a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and writing sample to TorresClerkship@nysd.uscourts.gov.  Please attach these items as a single PDF.  Applicants should include their name and law school in the subject line of any email.  Three letters of reference should be submitted separately by email, and the subject line should indicate that it is a letter of reference and contain the applicant’s full name.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson (HLS '06) is accepting applications for a half-time (20 hours per week), term law clerk position in his Sacramento chambers for an immediate start date. Telework may be considered for an exceptionally qualified candidate. See the post in OSCAR.             

The following judges have posted new openings in OSCAR: U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza (Orlando, FL) - beginning in January 2024
U.S. District Judge Philip Simon (Hammond, IN) - beginning in May 2024

Quick question you’d like to discuss?  Drop in between 12:30 and 1:30 pm ET Tuesday, to a dedicated Zoom link. You will enter a waiting room initially. Please keep your question short as the line may be long.   Another option: submit a question anytime through an online form for response by email.

In order to process thousands of letters of recommendation to be submitted on June 12, the HLS faculty assistants need your judge files by next Tuesday, May 23, in a certain format.  Refer to these topics under Step 5: Finish Applications:  Identify Method of Submission  Export Judges’ Contact Information from CSM Symplicity  Coordinate Faculty Recommendation Letters and Non-Faculty Recommendation Letters