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Professor Eugene Volokh of UCLA at the Volokh Conspiracy:
[The Clerkship Notification Blog] is a clearing house for applicants, clerks, and others to post information about which judges are interviewing, have hired, and the like. Sounds like a useful resource ....
David Lat at Above the Law:
If you're in the hunt for a judicial clerkship, whether state or federal, here's a great website that you should be aware of ....
University of Illinois College of Law Professor Lawrence B. Solum at the Legal Theory Blog:
The Clerkship Notification Blog provides a clearinghouse for information about judicial clerkships--which judges have picked and filled their slots and which judges still have open positions. This information is quite important to
the efficient functioning of the process.
[The Clerkship Notification Blog] is a clearing house for applicants, clerks, and others to post information about which judges are interviewing, have hired, and the like. Sounds like a useful resource ....
David Lat at Above the Law:
If you're in the hunt for a judicial clerkship, whether state or federal, here's a great website that you should be aware of ....
University of Illinois College of Law Professor Lawrence B. Solum at the Legal Theory Blog:
The Clerkship Notification Blog provides a clearinghouse for information about judicial clerkships--which judges have picked and filled their slots and which judges still have open positions. This information is quite important to
the efficient functioning of the process.
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(Thanks to www.AbovetheLaw.com)
OCTOBER TERM 2008 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of July 26, 2007)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. Jessica Bulman-Pozen (Yale 2007 / Garland)
2. Cecelia Klingele (University of Wisconsin 2005 / B. Crabb (W.D. Wis.) / S. Black (11th Cir.))
3. Lindsey Powell (Stanford 2007 / Garland)
4. Damian Williams (Yale 2007 / Garland)
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Jameson Jones (Stanford 2007 / Sutton)
2. Yaakov Roth (Harvard 2007 / Boudin)
3. David Thompson (Stanford 2007 / Kozinski)
4. ?
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. Chris Walker (Stanford 2006 / Kozinski)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice David H. Souter
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. William S. Consovoy (GMU 2001 / E. Jones)
2. Jennifer Mascott (GW 2006 / Kavanaugh)
3. Patrick Strawbridge (Creighton 2004 / M. Arnold)
4. ?
Bonus hire, for October Term 2009: Marah Stith (Yale 2006 / O’Scannlain)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Sue-Yun Ahn (Columbia 2006 / Cote (S.D.N.Y.) / Tatel Tot)
2. Miriam Seifter (Harvard 2007 / Garland)
3. Kevin Schwartz (Yale 2006 / Calabresi)
4. Rob Yablon (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher)
Bonus hire, for October Term 2009 (and RBG is telling you she’s not going): John Rappaport (Harvard 2006 / Reinhardt)
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Seth Grossman (Yale 2005 / Reinhardt / Calabresi)
2. Matthew E. Price (Harvard 2006 / Boudin)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Dana R. Irwin (Yale 2002 / Scirica)
2. Jack L. White (Pepperdine 2003 / Alito)
3. ?
4. ?
When will most of the Justices consider applications for the October 2009 term?
you apply to the Court in the spring of the year before the year you would start clerking. So apply spring '08 for OT 09.
Alito is hiring UK College of Law Prof. David Moore as a clerk (BYU grad/clerked for Alito on the 3rd Cir.). He's one of the sharpest minds at Kentucky Law. He will be missed.
Thomas' fourth spot for OT 08 has been filled. Not sure who.
People have said Thomas has hired a 4th for almost a year now (without knowing the name). Do you have actual confirmation that he hired his 4th or are you just reporting the same gossip thats been floating around for a while?
Letter from Thomas's chambers says he's full.
He's been saying he is full for months. But the rumor is he isn't full but is only interviewing people with an inside connection. Who knows.
i hear the fourth is a current sentelle clerk
I hear from 2 former CT clerks he has a slot left for 08.
How does one apply for a Supreme Court clerkship? What is the protocol?
9:29, it's really very simple. Send a cover letter, resume, writing sample and transcript directly to the Justices' chambers and keep your fingers crossed. As for timing, typically you apply in the spring a year before the term you are after. For instance, you'd apply in spring 2008 for a clerkship starting October term 2009.
9:29,
10:15 is correct, but my (admittedly anecdotal) data shows that the application better include a sparkling rec and follow-up phone call from someone known to the justice, otherwise it's a waste of paper. They see enough L.R. editors from top 5 schools that credentials don't really carry any weight without corroboration.
I hear Roberts is moving.
Hey 8:12, care to be a touch more specific? Has he had interviews, is he inviting apps to interview? Made any hires?
I heard he's made a hire.
Updated SCOTUS list thanks to David Lat at AbovetheLaw.com:
OCTOBER TERM 2008 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of August 29, 2007)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. Jessica Bulman-Pozen (Yale 2007 / Garland)
2. Cecelia Klingele (University of Wisconsin 2005 / B. Crabb (W.D. Wis.) / S. Black (11th Cir.))
3. Lindsey Powell (Stanford 2007 / Garland)
4. Damian Williams (Yale 2007 / Garland)
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Jameson Jones (Stanford 2007 / Sutton)
2. Yaakov Roth (Harvard 2007 / Boudin)
3. David Thompson (Stanford 2007 / Kozinski)
4. ?
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. Chris Walker (Stanford 2006 / Kozinski)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice David H. Souter
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. William S. Consovoy (GMU 2001 / E. Jones)
2. Jennifer Mascott (GW 2006 / Kavanaugh)
3. Patrick Strawbridge (Creighton 2004 / M. Arnold)
4. ?
Bonus hire, for October Term 2009: Marah Stith (Yale 2006 / O'Scannlain)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Sue-Yun Ahn (Columbia 2006 / Cote (S.D.N.Y.) / Tatel Tot)
2. Miriam Seifter (Harvard 2007 / Garland)
3. Kevin Schwartz (Yale 2006 / Calabresi)
4. Rob Yablon (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher)
Bonus hire, for October Term 2009 (and RBG is telling you she's not going): John Rappaport (Harvard 2006 / Reinhardt)
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Seth Grossman (Yale 2005 / Reinhardt / Calabresi)
2. Matthew E. Price (Harvard 2006 / Boudin)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Dana R. Irwin (Yale 2002 / Scirica)
2. Jack L. White (Pepperdine 2003 / Alito)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired):
1. ?
J. Thomas is done for OT '08.
Ok, seriously, who is this fourth Thomas clerk?
9/4; 6:28 PM,
Don't know who lucky no. 4 is, but I do know that J. Thomas' chambers is publicly stating they've concluded hiring for OT '08.
-DOD
1. Dylan, is your information about Thomas more recent/reliable than the other info posted here, viz., that despite Thomas's letter to applicants that he has completed hiring for OT08, he actually has one spot left? Put differently, what do you mean by "publicly stating"? If it's a public statement, surely you can provide more detail as to its substance and context.
2. I've received word that C.J. Roberts has hired a recent UVA grad for OT08.
10:25 here. Now that I see Lat is reporting the hire :), I will confirm that I was referring to Porter Wilkinson in my last comment.
ive heard that thomas hired a current sentelle clerk for 08-09. but that is third-hand information, so take it for what it's worth.
10:25,
Lat knows all. ;)
-DOD
Anyone care to share some interview tips for these clerkships? Do any of the justices have idiosyncratic interview practices of which one should be aware? I have no specific plans to interview, just wishful thinking.
Thomas is definitely done, anybody spreading rumors to the contrary doesn't know what they are talking about.
And there should be news in the next week or so on another hire.
9/27, another Thomas hire?
Yes, Thomas is hiring someone for OT 2029 from Brooklyn Law School.
What law school you go to doesn't really matter, as we have seen, except to the extent that "better" law school have more Supreme Court connections. What matters is simply whether or not you have someone who knows the Justice vouching for you. If you don't, forget about even applying. From the Supreme Court clerks I have known, they are *usually* not smarter or otherwise better qualified than any top law student from any top law school.
9.29, I think you are off the mark. Most people who get these positions had no connection with their Justice prior to landing the job. True, there are exceptions. Thomas in particular seems to beat to his own drum. And Alito for the short term is drawing on a stock of prior clerks, who obviously had a connection. But those are the exceptions. That's not to say connections don't matter for all but Alito and Thomas. But it's ridiculous for you to assert that those without personal connections are wasting their time by applying. I'd guess the majority of the 36 clerks in any given term had nobody who knows the Justice vouching for them prior to submitting the application.
2:07, if you mean to say that SCOTUS clerks do not usually *personally* know the justice that they clerk for prior to clerking for them, then that is probably a true statement (with, as you note, the exceptions of CT and Alito). However, 9:29 is certainly correct that the overwhelming number of SCOTUS clerks have someone close to a justice vouching for them (which is not to say that everyone who has someone known to a justice vouching for them gets hired). Most of the time, these people are feeder judges. It is not an accident that certain judges send anywhere from 1-3 clerks up a year. While there probably are hires in which a recommendation from a friend didn't play a role, 9:29 is on safe ground in saying that the vast majority are based on a recommendation from someone trusted by a justice.
The feeder judges aren't feeders because they know the Justices personally (although no doubt many feeders know the Justices). They place so many of their clerks with the Supremes because they attract the best and brightest applicants. Luttig was a brilliant COA judge who hired the smartest conservative law students. So too with Garland for liberals.
This obviously isn't always the case. I am sure Porter Wilkinson is very sharp, but it would be foolish to argue she didn't at least get her foot in the door because of her father. But I wouldn't say the same of the 3 Garland clerks headed to JPS' chambers, for instance.
9:49 -- you wouldn't say that the three Garland clerks got their foot in the door with JPS because of Garland? surely that's not what you're saying. They definitely got their foot in the door with JPS because of Garland. Same way that clerks for Kozinski, Wilkinson, etc. often get their foot in the door because of their judges (who, incidentally, also tend to hire the best and the brightest). but that's not to say there aren't other very bright clerks out there for non-feeder judges that have a harder time getting their foot in the door than if they worked for, say, Garland, Wilkinson, etc.
You are right, my phrasing wasn't as clear as it should have been. Let me try a different approach. I'd say that the 3 Garland clerks got their jobs with Garland (probably) based on exceptional credentials, and the Justices know that and therefore gave them a leg up in the application process. Porter Wilkinsen could have clerked for a district court judge nobody has ever heard of and still gotten an interview with the Chief.
There are undeniably capable people who clerk for non feeders who have a tougher time (maybe they chose not to clerk with a feeder for geographic reasons). But for the most part, people know that feeders are feeders and therefore the competition for a feeder clerkship is fierce. Getting a feeder clerkship is to me evidence of superior merit. And it is that merit, not the personal recommendation of the feeder, that leads to these clerks landing the high court clerkships.
that clears it up. and I would note that I completely agree with you.
Back on topic, does anybody know what's going on with the Justices who aren't full? They must be interviewing now that the term is underway. What's the scuttlebutt?
"must be interviewing?" doubt it. it's the first week of the term. many will probably interview soon, but I doubt they're doing it the first week back. Scalia has been trying to fill a fourth spot, forever, though. Has he filled it?
They probably aren't interviewing first week back, but do likely have some scheduled. Anybody know anything?
How do you know Scalia has been trying to fill the last slot forever, 9:03?
Scalia is not filled 9:03.
When do Breyer, Roberts, and Kennedy start interviewing?
i don't know whether Scalia's filled. That was my question. I just know he has interviewed people -- as far back as in May -- without filling the slot.
Kennedy and Roberts each already have 1, so he must have started interviewing already. Souter reports that he doesn't plan to start interviewing until November I believe (based on the letter his chambers sends out to applicants).
For those of you here who have had interviews, how did the notification come? Phone or email? And how did you hear about the result (if you have)?
Was invited to interview by phone. Never heard that I got rejected (was left to figure that out on my own!)
Phone for both.
6:45, I assume the result was the job (congrats!)? Can't imagine the Justices call their rejects.
Sept. 27, 3:36 -- what is this news on a hire? It's certainly been over a week.
I said a week or so. I know that's not especially specific, but the same things I had heard that led me to post on 9/27 have been retold to me. My source is an outgoing clerk for one of the justices.
so you know someone's been hired, and for whom, but you're waiting for it to go "public" (i.e., for, say, Lat to find out?) I'm just confused?
Yes.
well that's not very helpful (although you already know this). Lat can't find out if people who know don't say anything, and this blog is supposed to help us know what's going on. Or not...
I understand, but it's not my place to provide the information.
So why are you posting on here? Just to give yourself a pat on the back for being in-the-know?
By contrast to the previous comment, I find value in knowing that one justice, albeit unnamed, has hired someone else. For those people holding out for an interview, such information gives notice that the Justices are still in the process and that there is at least one fewer spot available. Of course we would rather know who was hiring, but in choosing between no information and some information, I pick some.
I agree with 10:24 that some very vague information is better than nothing. I just wish someone whose place it "isn't" to give news would anonymously inform someone whose place it "is" to give news so that we can know what's up.
12:01, that is why people like you are not in positions to know anything and people like 10:24 are.
It's called "discretion," and the Justices for whom you wish to clerk value it highly. Perhaps you should as well if you ever truly want to work for one of them.
All self-righteous remarks aside, any news? Are any of the justices interviewing?
I went to HS with Damian. He is brilliant. his background is valedictorian/saluditorian of HS, Harvard Undergrad with Rhodes Scholarship then yale law. I was surprised to see his name here, but an really happy for him
Who would people say are the top 5-10 "feeder" judges?
Garland, Boudin, Wilkinson, Kozinski, Calabresi seem to be at the top.
Can anyone confirm Alito's 2008 hires?
I have heard a rumor that he has hired a current Hartz clerk (10th Circuit)??
You should email Lat, he'll confirm faster than anybody else could
11:45, are you talking about a Stanford grad (w/ Hartz)?
justice kennedy has made his callbacks.
Does anyone know how many people Kennedy sends through his screening committee?
anybody know which schools the callback kids are from?
There are at least 3 from YLS '07 - 2 clerking for the same judge now.
I have heard that Alito is also on the move.
Chief Justice Roberts has scheduled interviews for next week.
Does Justice Kennedy "pre-screen" by having someone (e.g., former clerks) call you for a pre-interview, or does he talk to people (e.g., circuit judges, profs, deans) who are already familiar with the applicants? In other words, would one even know if one is being pre-interviewed, or is it more like checking someone's references?
He calls you and asks you to interview with someone he knows. In other words, if you did not get a call, then Justice Kennedy will not be hiring you.
Anybody know how many get calls for a prescreen v. how many actually make it through to a face to face with the Justice?
What's the word on Souter?
Breyer has hired a third clerk. Harvard/Boudin.
Scalia has hired his fourth.
Who is Scalia's fourth? Not even Lat has it up yet.
Harvard/Boudin
Moshe Spinowitz
I hear that Justice Kennedy has scheduled interviews with people who received pre-interviews.
Anyone know what's happening with Roberts?
Kennedy has made his hires.
Roberts finished hiring.
Who has Roberts hired (maybe just schools and/or appellate judges)?
Roberts is not done.
According to Wikipedia, Roberts has hired William Baude, a Yale grad currently clerking for Judge McConnell.
Yes, Roberts is officially done for OT 2008. I don't know if Wikipedia/whoever shows it, but he has selected four clerks and is finished hiring.
Wikipedia has 3 of 4. Care to spill the beans on the last hire?
From www.AboveTheLaw.com:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts:
1. William Baude (Yale 2007 / McConnell)
2. Jeffrey Harris (Harvard 2006 / Sentelle / Silberman)
3. Erin Murphy (Georgetown 2006 / Sykes)
4. Porter Wilkinson (UVA 2007 / Kavanaugh)
Heard that Alito is done hiring for '08. Wikipedia, though, doesn't list who filled the last two slots. Anyone know?
I heard the same thing as the previous commenter -- that Alito is done hiring. Don't know who the clerks are, though...
Souter has started reviewing apps, will interview after the new year.
Come on, someone must know the names of the Alito hires.
Alito has also started interviewing for '09 (and might have even hired one or more people).
When do 3Ls apply for 09-10?
should should apply now.
So, any news on:
1) whether Souter has begun interviewing already, or
2) who the Alito hires are?
1) Justice Souter isn't likely to conduct interviews while the court is in an argument session. Interviews typically happen during breaks.
2) no clue.
I'm in a D.Ct. clerkship with an App.Ct. clerkship in 08-09. Is it better to apply now or in the fall, when the appellate judge can speak on my behalf? I know this may not be really the right place to post this, but responses appreciated.
1:55 - Apply now (assuming your district ct. judge likes you a lot).
ok -- is ANYTHING happening? breyer still seems to have a slot, souter seems to have four....does anyone know anything?
Anyone know anything about the SG's Bristow Fellows? Have they been announced yet?
The Bristows should be announced soon. My understanding is that calls have started going out.
Did Bristow calls just start going out today?
Justice Souter has made calls.
For interviews or offers?
what's o'connor's hiring situation?
is this blog dead? does anyone know what's happening with souter, and when justices start thinking about '09?
Souter is on the move. If you haven't heard from him already, you aren't getting an interview. Some justices have already started hiring for 09. Ginsburg has 2, Breyer and Thomas have 1 a piece.
I'm currently career clerking at a district court. Should I wait to secure a circuit clerkship before applying to the SCOTUS? What's the 'protocol' for these things?
There is no protocol, though career clerks have not typically landed Sup. Crt. clerkships. Apply and see what happens. You can always supplement your application with your app. clerkship if you land one.
Has Souter offered?
Also, who are the Alito hires (and why in the world would you keep it a secret)?
Anyone know who ended up getting the Bristow Fellowships?
Has anyone heard when justices will start hiring for 09-10?
If you had bothered to read some of the prior posts, you'd realize they already have started hiring for 09-10
I did bother. I was just trying to tease out some more gossip or information on 09-10 hiring.
Then just ask if there is more gossip. No need to be cryptic on an anonymous blog site!
For 10-11 clerkships, it seems that at least some justices will hire as early as January 09. Others will not hire until Fall 09 or even early 2010. Does this mean that you should apply to all Justices in December 08/January 09 (and risk the later-hiring justices ignoring/forgetting you), or should you stagger your applications and apply to the earlier-hiring justices first, and then to the others later?
For OT 2010 clerkships, you should apply early (Nov - December '08) to all of the Justices. Then, have your judge update your application with a recommendation in September '09 after you have been in the clerkship for a little while.
Generally, the Justices who hire in January are hiring applicants who have been out of law school for a year or more who applied in previous cycles. But it never hurts to have your application in with them, and you certainly should apply before April '09. There is little risk that your application will be forgotten because the Justices generally only look at new-graduate applications when they are ready to hire---not as they come in.
The updated OT 08 / 09 SCOTUS clerk list courtesy of the tireless Mr. Lat:
OCTOBER TERM 2008 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of March 14, 2008)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. William Baude (Yale 2007 / McConnell)
2. Jeffrey Harris (Harvard 2006 / Sentelle / Silberman)
3. Erin Murphy (Georgetown 2006 / Sykes)
4. Porter Wilkinson (UVA 2007 / Kavanaugh)
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. Jessica Bulman-Pozen (Yale 2007 / Garland)
2. Cecelia Klingele (University of Wisconsin 2005 / B. Crabb (W.D. Wis.) / S. Black (11th Cir.))
3. Lindsey Powell (Stanford 2007 / Garland)
4. Damian Williams (Yale 2007 / Garland)
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Jameson Jones (Stanford 2007 / Sutton)
2. Yaakov Roth (Harvard 2007 / Boudin)
3. David Thompson (Stanford 2007 / Kozinski)
4. Moshe Spinowitz (Harvard 2006 / Boudin)
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. Ashley Keller (University of Chicago 2007 / Posner)
2. Travis Lenkner (Kansas 2005 / Kavanaugh)
3. Steven Shepard (Yale 2007 / Kozinski)
4. Chris Walker (Stanford 2006 / Kozinski)
Justice David H. Souter
1. Erin Delaney (NYU 2007 / Guido-maniac)
2. Michael Gerber (Yale 2005 / Leval)
3. Warren Postman, (Harvard 2007 / W. Fletcher)
4. Noah Purcell (Harvard 2007 / Tatel Tot)
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. William S. Consovoy (GMU 2001 / E. Jones)
2. Jennifer Mascott (GW 2006 / Kavanaugh)
3. Patrick Strawbridge (Creighton 2004 / M. Arnold)
4. Claire Evans (Rutgers - Camden 2002 / Simandle (D.N.J.) / Chertoff (3d Cir.) / Sentelle)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Sue-Yun Ahn (Columbia 2006 / Cote (S.D.N.Y.) / Tatel Tot)
2. Miriam Seifter (Harvard 2007 / Garland)
3. Kevin Schwartz (Yale 2006 / Calabresi)
4. Rob Yablon (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher)
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Brianne Gorod (Yale 2005 / Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) / Katzmann)
2. Seth Grossman (Yale 2005 / Reinhardt / Calabresi)
3. Aileen McGrath (Harvard 2007 / Boudin)
4. Matthew E. Price (Harvard 2006 / Boudin)
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Dana R. Irwin (Yale 2002 / Scirica)
2. Jack L. White (Pepperdine 2003 / Alito)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired):
1. Isaac Lidsky (Harvard 2004 / Ambro)
OCTOBER TERM 2009 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of March 14, 2008)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice David H. Souter
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. Marah Stith (Yale 2006 / O'Scannlain)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Pamela Bookman (UVA 2006 / Sack)
2. John Rappaport (Harvard 2006 / Reinhardt)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Bessie Dewar (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher / L. Pollak (E.D. Pa.))
2.
3.
4.
Justice Samuel Alito
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired):
1. ?
http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/03/supreme_court_clerk_hiring_wat_14.php
For anyone who has recently applied to SCOTUS or those who may yet apply, you must watch the invaluable interviews Bryan Garner has conducted with eight of the nine Justices regarding, in part, what the Justices expect from their law clerks.
http://www.lawprose.org/supreme_court.php
Useful interviews. If you have them off hand, could you point to which interviews talk about the clerk skills the Justices are looking for?
I know it's lengthy to sit down and watch them all, but I'd wager worth it as all the Justices discuss the various duties they assign their clerks. Plus, you get a decent feel for the personality of the Justices and what it might be like to work with each.
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