Law Clerk Addict

After a longer than expected delay, we hope to get the 2011-12 cycle upgrades up and running in the near future.

ATL is behind the ball, and there are some good posts on the SCOTUS thread, so I thought I'd put the info out here and encourage comments. Can we get some confirmation, or more detail, on the OT 2010 clerk so far?

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Back in February, we inquired whether the economic climate would lead to fewer candidates applying for judicial clerkships. As we noted:

[W]ith firms laying off by the dozen and swelled profits drying up, can anyone comfortably state that clerks will continue to receive BigLaw's "most favored associate" status? Probably not. In fact, it is entirely conceivable that clerking could pose an affirmative disadvantage for students with respect to firm employment: offers can be revoked, bar expenses unpaid…the potentially adverse consequences of choosing to clerk rather than go straight to a firm are plentiful.

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Nearly a month ago, we noted in a clerkship series post that the Senate Judiciary Committee had sent four federal judicial nominations to the Senate for a vote, encouraging prospective clerkship applicants to polish their applications off to receive a federal clerkship in October or beyond. So far, it looks like we chose the word "beyond" wisely--opportunities may extend well into the spring given the current pace of things.

Notably, however, this was a good week for Obama judicial nominees: two district judges, Irene Cornelia Berger (S.D. W. Va.) and Roberto Lange (D.S.D.) were confirmed. For context, these two confirmations reflect a staggering one-half of the lower federal judges who have been confirmed since President Obama took office last January.

Judge Berger was confirmed on October 27, and Judge Lange was confirmed on October 21.

The Blackbook Legal Blog is teaming up with Law Clerk Addict in its coverage of the clerkship process by cross-posting its "Clerkship Series" posts on Law Clerk Addict. Check out our Day 3 posting.

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Today President Barack Obama nominated O. Rogeriee Thompson--a judge on the Rhode Island Superior Court--to a vacant seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and Denny Chin (S.D.N.Y.) to a vacancy on the Second Circuit.

Biographical information about both nominees is available below the jump.

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Some of you may have noticed that certain comments on the judge and court comment pages were being posted multiple times. This bug was caused by one of the changes from the updates the other day and has been fixed.

* The Associated Press reports on President Barack Obama's efforts to transform the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

* Affected by the economic downturn? Justice Sonia Sotomayor is also a victim.

* Is the Supreme Court irrelevant? One law professor thinks so.

* Justice Clarence Thomas comments on his silence during oral arguments.

* Eleven attorneys, judges, and law professors are hoping to replace Judge Terence Evans (7th Cir.), who will be assuming senior status in January 2010.

This past Tuesday Jeffrey Viken (D.S.D.) earned the distinction of becoming President Barack Obama's first district judge nominee to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

As promised, the pages for appellate judges have been drastically redesigned. For an example, check out our page for Alex Kozinski.

Below is a summary of what changed:

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