Smith, Jerry Edwin (5th Cir.)

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Title:

Circuit Judge (Active)

2011-12 Hiring Status:

Interviewing

Chambers:

Houston, TX


Clerk Types:

Career Clerks:  0
Term Clerks (1 Yr):  4
Term Clerks (2 Yr):  0


Know Before You Apply:

Judge Smith, with extremely rare exceptions, exclusively hires law student applicants and does not consider applications from alumni.


Does not follow the hiring plan. If your law school won't provide a transcript, just send a list of grades. If your professors won't give recommendation letters, will proceed without their input.


Clerk Hiring Status & Timetable:

2011-12: 

Interviewing

(June 21, 2010)

Rumored interviewing, 6/21/10.


2010-11: 

DONE

(September 3, 2009)

Confirmed interviewing 5/29/09, rumored partial hire 7/21/09, confirmed partial hires 7/26/09, confirmed done 9/3/09



Most Recent Notifications:

Decision Status Date
Rejected 3L 2009-09-13 (Postal)
Other 3L 2009-07-17 (Postal)
Rejected ALUM 2009-07-07 (Postal)
Rejected ALUM 2009-07-01 (Postal)
[view all notifications for this court]


Law Clerk Demographics (2011-12 Term)

Law School Clerk Type Hired As J.D. Year

 Harvard University

1st Term

Student

2011

 University of Chicago

1st Term

Student

2011

We think we are missing information on 2 of this judge's clerks.


Law Clerk Demographics (2010-11 Term):

Law School Clerk Type Hired As J.D. Year

 Columbia University

1st Term

Student

2010

 Harvard University

1st Term

Student

2010

 Harvard University

1st Term

Student

2010

 University of Chicago

1st Term

Student

2010


Law Clerk Demographics (2009-10 Term):

Law School Clerk Type Hired As J.D. Year

 University of Chicago

1st Term

Student

2009

 University of Michigan Ann Arbor

1st Term

Student

2009

 University of Virginia

1st Term

Student

2009

 Yale University

1st Term

Student

2009


Law Clerk Demographics (2008-09 Term):

Law School Clerk Type Hired As J.D. Year

 Columbia University

1st Term

Student

2008

 Georgetown University

1st Term

Student

2008

 University of Chicago

1st Term

Student

2008

 University of Chicago

1st Term

Student

2008


Law Clerk Demographics (2007-08 Term):

Law School Clerk Type Hired As J.D. Year

 Harvard University

1st Term

Student

2007

We think we are missing information on 3 of this judge's clerks.




Comments for Smith, Jerry Edwin (5th Cir.) for the 2010 Cycle

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 Judge Smith

May 25, 2009, 5:38 PM 

2010 Cycle #1

I think one of your 09-10 clerks for Judge Smith is wrong, since there is currently a Georgetown student ('08) clerking for Judge Smith.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Judge Smith

May 25, 2009, 5:38 PM 

2010 Cycle #2

I think one of your 09-10 clerks for Judge Smith is wrong, since there is currently a Georgetown student ('08) clerking for Judge Smith.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith Interviews

May 29, 2009, 10:39 PM 

2010 Cycle #3

Judge Smith is starting to schedule interviews for 2010-11.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Rejections

Jul 2, 2009, 12:16 PM 

2010 Cycle #4

Judge Smith is sending rejection letters through the mail.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith Rejection

Jul 2, 2009, 2:47 PM 

2010 Cycle #5

For the Smith rejection: How long ago had you turned in your application...and were you an alum or a rising 3L?


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith Rejection

Jul 2, 2009, 2:47 PM 

2010 Cycle #6

For the Smith rejection: How long ago had you turned in your application...and were you an alum or a rising 3L?


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Non-rejection letter

Jul 16, 2009, 9:41 PM 

2010 Cycle #7

Heard Judge Smith, in addition to rejection letters, is also sending out non-rejection letters in the mail. Seems to basically say to keep your file with them updated and they will let you know if they need any additional information.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Judge Smith

Jul 21, 2009, 10:09 AM 

2010 Cycle #8

Judge Smith recently hired a Harvard 3L for 2010-11.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Judge Smith

Jul 21, 2009, 10:09 AM 

2010 Cycle #9

Judge Smith recently hired a Harvard 3L for 2010-11.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith hiring

Jul 26, 2009, 5:07 PM 

2010 Cycle #10

Judge Smith has hired two so far.


 – JESClerk (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith hiring

Jul 26, 2009, 5:07 PM 

2010 Cycle #11

Judge Smith has hired two so far.


 – JESClerk (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith hiring

Jul 26, 2009, 5:07 PM 

2010 Cycle #12

Judge Smith has hired two so far.


 – JESClerk (Unregistered)

 
 

 School?

Jul 26, 2009, 5:52 PM 

2010 Cycle #13

School for the other hire? If we applied to Judge Smith, should we have expected an interview offer by now?


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 School?

Jul 26, 2009, 5:52 PM 

2010 Cycle #14

School for the other hire? If we applied to Judge Smith, should we have expected an interview offer by now?


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith hiring

Jul 26, 2009, 6:10 PM 

2010 Cycle #15

Both hires were Harvard. Interview offers have trickled out slowly and sporadically; I honestly couldn't say whether there will be more.


 – JESClerk (Unregistered)

 
 

 Third Hire

Aug 19, 2009, 2:26 PM 

2010 Cycle #16

Per OSCAR, Judge Smith has hired his 3rd clerk for 2010-2011. He has one spot left.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 School?

Aug 20, 2009, 11:33 PM 

2010 Cycle #17

Any school info on the 3rd hire?


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 3rd Clerk

Aug 21, 2009, 12:16 PM 

2010 Cycle #18

is a UChicago 3L


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Confirm UChicago

Sep 3, 2009, 10:25 PM 

2010 Cycle #19

Yup, third hire was a UChicago 3L.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Final clerk

Sep 4, 2009, 4:15 PM 

2010 Cycle #20

is a Columbia 3L


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 2007-08 Term

Jul 10, 2010, 12:31 PM 

2010 Cycle #21

The missing info is: Yale 2007 Virginia 2007 Texas 2007 Sources: http://www.winston.com/index.cfm?contentID=24&itemID=14339 http://www.ywcllp.com/attorneys/zucker.html http://www.susmangodfrey.com/?id=302


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 2007-08 Term

Jul 10, 2010, 12:31 PM 

2010 Cycle #22

The missing info is: Yale 2007 Virginia 2007 Texas 2007 Sources: http://www.winston.com/index.cfm?contentID=24&itemID=14339 http://www.ywcllp.com/attorneys/zucker.html http://www.susmangodfrey.com/?id=302


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Judge Smith

Jul 10, 2010, 9:25 PM 

2010 Cycle #23

Fuck you geeks.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Last two clerks

Aug 26, 2010, 9:44 AM 

2010 Cycle #24

One is from Michigan. The other is from Yale.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Smith has finished hiring for 2012

Jun 6, 2011, 11:35 AM 

2010 Cycle #25

Smith's four clerks for 2012 are from Yale, Harvard, Chicago, and Virginia. Also, his four clerks for 2011 are from Harvard, Columbia, Chicago, and Michigan.


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 
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