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Kozinski, Alex (9th Cir.)

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Title:

Chief Judge (Active)

2011-12 Hiring Status:

Unknown

Chambers:

Pasadena, CA

Clerk Types:

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

Know Before You Apply:

Judge Kozinski typically requires his clerks to work in excess of 80 hours a week. He describes a clerkship with him as follows:

"This isn’t really a one-year clerkship; it’s more like a life sentence, with only the first year at hard labor. Or maybe a two-year clerkship, completed in twelve months. I used to describe this job as 'working like a dog for an unreasonably demanding boss who will tear your work to shreds'—and I haven’t mellowed with age. But you’re a hot-shot Supreme Court clerk wannabe. You can take it."

At least one Judge Kozinski clerk has left the clerkship before the end of its one-year term.

Usually done hiring before hiring plan deadlines begin.

Clerk Hiring Status & Timetable:

2011-12:	Unknown
2010-11:	DONE (September 18, 2009) Rumored interviewing 4/15/09, rumored partial hire 7/5/09, confirmed done 9/18/09

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