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We're receiving many reports of judges partially or fully hiring in June and July (particularly in the Second, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits). I'm told that August generally is not very active for clerkship hiring, but let me know if that's not the case. E-mail me at clerking.info.guy@gmail.com. If you're a rising 3L, you should have all of your materials ready to send out by now. By all indications, many judges who typically hire in September have hired early this year. And because of the decrease in law firm jobs, there are more applicants than ever. So apply broadly. Good luck!
I'd like to update our list of Supreme Court clerk hires for OT 2010 and OT 2011. Please e-mail me at clerking.info.guy@gmail.com, and I'll post an updated list when I receive some new information.
Thanks so much for sending in the news about clerkship hires. I am updating all of the pages, with an emphasis on 2011-12 hires. Please e-mail me the names of the clerks' schools, the term in which they will clerk, and the year they graduated. My e-mail address is clerking.info.guy@gmail.com. I received an e-mail question that I thought I'd ask our expert readers to answer.
The University of Michigan's Career Services office has posted a very helpful list of pending and recently confirmed judicial nominees and their contact information.
Which judges have already hired clerks for 2011-12? Of those judges, who is hiring 3L's off-plan? I've also received word of a few judges hiring for 2012-13. So far, much of the early hiring appears to be in the D.C., Second, and Ninth Circuits. Let me know what you're hearing in the comments, or e-mail me at clerking.info.guy@gmail.com.
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.
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.
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 2 posting.
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 1 posting.
Although the lack of any formal data from this time last cycle makes a comparison difficult, eyeballing the new 2011-12 early hiring list gives the impression that a higher-than-normal amount of hiring activity is currently going on for 2011-12 clerkships (and, in some cases, even 2012-13 clerkships, see, e.g., Chester Straub and Theodore McKee). Notably, virtually all of this early hiring is concentrated on the Second, Third, and D.C. Circuits. Furthermore, many circuit judges (such as Andrew Kleinfeld, Catharina Haynes, and Edith Clement) have recently begun to accept 2011-12 applications on OSCAR. 9/27/09 Update: A commenter notes that Haynes and Clement have both partially hired for 2011-12.
Given the record of number of applicants this year, I wonder if some judges who traditionally do not hire this early are hoping to take advantage of a higher quality, more risk-averse applicant pool that may not be around next cycle.
Those who have been applying for 2010-11 clerkships may find this post by Orin Kerr on the Volokh Conspiracy interesting, particularly the comments section.
Appellate Judges
Gorsuch, Neil (10th Cir.)
Location: Denver, CO
Term: 8/1/2011 to 8/31/2012
District Judges
Sullivan, Emmet (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term:4/15/2010 to 4/15/2011 and 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Chatigny, Robert (D. Conn.)
Location: Hartford, CT
Term:1//1/2010 to 8/31/2011 and 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Greenaway, Joseph (D.N.J.)
Location: Newark, NJ
Term:9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Milan Smith (9th Cir.)
Location: El Segundo, CA
Term: 8/30/2011 to 8/30/2012 or 9/8/2011 to 9/8/2012 or 9/13/2011 to 9/13/2012 or 9/17/2011 to 9/17/2012
Notes: Four positions available, with different term dates.
District Judges
Africk, Lane (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 9/2/2011
Ellison, Keither (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Magistrate Judges
Mann, Roanne (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 8/23/2010 to 9/2/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Griffith, Thomas (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
District Judges
King, George (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Alsup, William (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012 or 11/19/2011 to 11/13/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Daniel, David (E.D.N.C.)
Location: Greenville, NC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Gerber, Robert (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
UPDATE 4:55PM: According to Above the Law, the University of Virginia has adopted the same policy "[i]n light of what promises to be a competitive clerkship season."
If anyone still possessed any residual doubts that this cycle will be a very tough time to apply for federal clerkships, the following email from the University of Pennsylvania Law School raising clerkship application limit from 100 OSCAR or paper judges to unlimited OSCAR judges and 75 paper judges should eliminate any remaining uncertainty:
JUDGE LIMIT POLICY
In light of the current market conditions and the expectation that the competition for clerkships this year will be greater than in the past, CPP and the Faculty Clerkship Committee decided to reconsider the 100 judge limit and have agreed to the following new limit: Applicants will be limited to 75 paper applications. There is no limit on the number of OSCAR judges you may apply to.
The committee expects that you will keep the number of your applications at a reasonable level, that you will do appropriate research before adding a judge to your list, and that you will not apply to a judge for whom you would not be willing to clerk (based on what you can discern from the paper record).
As you can tell from browsing through the comments on the court pages, early hiring is really kicking into high gear, with lots of movement this past week, particularly at the appellate level. Again, for those of you who don't have the time to shift through dozens of comments to get the latest news, you can get a summary of all rumored and confirmed pre-plan hiring at the early hiring page.
As many of you may know, yesterday Howrey delivered a bit of bad news to law students and incoming first year associates by announcing that it would reduce first year associate salaries to $100,000 and second year associate salaries to $125,000. However what has apparently got lost in the shuffle is that the Howrey pay cut is not limited to those who join the firm as entry-level associates, but also applies to associates who join the firm after a judicial clerkship or a stint in a U.S. Attorney's Office. From yesterday's Legal Times:
The firm will be recruiting a smaller class this year, he said, with the goal of making sure that the associates who are hired are joining the firm for the long haul. In the first year, the firm will hire 20 associates and then bring on another 10 from judicial clerkships or from U.S. attorney’s offices during the second year. “Clerkships and the U.S. attorney’s office are great because you’re learning how trials work. You’re learning what the rules are,” Ruyak said. “But there just aren’t enough clerkships to go around because there are only so many federal judges. This allows us to give associates the experience they need in a much more organized fashion than the way most firms use younger lawyers.”
Ruyak said the firm plans to pay associates slightly more than the $80,000 or so they would be making as a clerk but less than the $160,000 many top law firms currently pay.
Although not expressly stated, the natural implication from including judicial law clerks in the program is that Howrey will not be paying a clerkship bonus either. Furthermore, it is not clear whether individuals who have clerked for two years (or spent a year clerking and another year as an AUSA) will be required to go through the "program" as well. Hopefully these questions will be answered in the relatively near future.
Now that an increasing number of judges are beginning to contact applicants, there has been a lot of interest in finding out how to prepare for an interview with a judge. Below are some useful recent (and some not-so-recent) forum threads about the clerkship interview process:
* how do judges evaluate clerk candidates at the interview stage?
* calling courts for interviews
* state supreme court and federal district court interview, prep?
* clerkship interview to offer ratio
* Clerkship interviews in June: On-spot offers? Exploding?
It appears that Georgetown has to decided to join Harvard in sending a mass email advising its entire 3L class to apply to clerkships. Why the doom and gloom? Unlike the Harvard email, which was clearly spurred by the Cravath and Skadden deferrals, Georgetown appears just as concerned about very low summer associate offer rates, offer decisions being made months after the summer program has ended, and a non-existent 3L OCI market:
I have been speaking with many of our close contacts in law firms across the country to assess what firms are planning in terms of post-graduate offers to their summer associates. Most firms indicate that they are waiting until the latest possible date to finalize their strategy so as to take into account as much market information as possible, but a few themes are emerging:
1. Unlike past years, many firms will not be making offers to all or almost all their summers. I hear of offer rates that range from 80% at the high end to 50% at the low end. Note that there is significant variation from firm to firm and region to region, and all the firms I speak with are trying their best to make offers to as many of their summer associates as possible.
2. Many firms are considering making deferred offers to some or all of their current summer associates to begin work sometime in 2011, and some have already announced that they will do so. Firms are not clear as to what stipend, if any, they will pay deferred associates in the coming year, and what conditions (e.g. working in the public sector) must be met to receive a stipend.
3. Offer decisions will likely be made late this year, some weeks or months after the summer program ends, as firms assess their needs.
4. There will be very little opportunity to interview with a large firm as a 3L/4E. While 3L/4E interviewing at EIW is low even in strong markets, it is even lower in the current economic climate. If you review the list of firms currently registered to interview 3Ls during EIW 2009 on Symplicity, you will note that there are few employers and interview slots available for 3Ls/4Es.
Of course, Georgetown recommends that the best thing a 3L can do in this economy is to apply for clerkships--even before you find out your job is in danger:
Consider a judicial clerkship. State and federal judicial clerkships present excellent professional opportunities but will be more competitive this year than last. Waiting until you need a job to apply may prove too late - the first Law Center deadline for participating in the federal and relevant state court application process is July 15. Don't overlook the D.C. local courts, specialty federal courts or other unusual but valuable opportunities like the 7th circuit staff attorney's office clerkships. For detailed information access our clerkship resources at the OCS home page, and consult with your OCS counselor as soon as possible.
The full Georgetown email is available here.
I think it is pretty safe to say that the judicial clerkship crunch has begun, and any non-3L who hasn't already sent out his applications is taking a pretty big risk by waiting any longer.
So says Drexel Professor Dan Filler. Professor Filler, as you may remember, initially predicted the crash of the 2010-11 clerkship market two weeks ago. Not surprisingly, Professor Filler credits the Cravath deferrals and the Harvard email for his latest prediction of doom and gloom.
What should 2010-11 clerkship applicants do to get a competitive edge in this tough environment? Professor Filler recommends that they read Law Clerk Addict.
A little more than a month ago we posted about how certain judges require their law clerks to obtain a security clearance before beginning their clerkship. However, as one applicant who emailed us has noted, there is a complete derth of information out there about which judges require one of more of their clerks to obtain a security clearance. Although (top) law schools are usally pretty good at compiling this sort of miscellaneous information, "[l]aw schools do not have good information on this subject as the security clearance is a relatively recent phenomenon." Hence, we received this request:
Can we get a definitive list going on lawclerkaddict about which clerkships require Secret and Top Secret security clearances?
Why does this matter? As our commenter notes:
You can be denied these clearances for relatively innocuous things like extensive foreign contacts/travel, psychiatric treatment, a DUI when you were younger, etc. It would be helpful to generate a list of clerkships that require this clearance (especially since many equally good/interesting clerkships do not require clearance).
Unfortunately, because this issue is so new, we don't have any information on it either, except to note that Senior Judge Thomas Hogan (D.D.C.) stated in his OSCAR profile last year that one of his clerks required a security clearance. Based on our previous post, it seems that most of these positions are likely found in the D.C. Circuit, 4th Circuit, D.D.C., and E.D. Va. However, one could also reasonably speculate that the judges who have been appointed to the FISA Court (and to a lesser extent, the FISA Court of Review) might require at least one clerk to get a security clearance to assist with those matters.
Of course, all of the above (except for Judge Hogan) is pure speculation and not a substitute for reliable information. So, if you are aware of any judges who require one or all of their law clerks to obtain a security clearance before starting their clerkship, please post a comment about it or send an email to lawfirmaddict@gmail.com so that we may (hopefully) develop a reliable list for future applicants.
Last week we made several blog posts about the impact law firm deferrals and layoffs may have on the 2010-11 clerkship market (see here, here, and here). Below are some useful recent forum threads considering similar issues relating to the current economy and the clerkship market:
* better for deferred corp atty: DE chancery or CoA clerkship?
* Wise to pursue clerkships ITE?
* Take firm offer @ OCI then go clerk - still have offer?
* Clerkship: any point for those not interested in lit or academia
One of our observant commenters on the 10th Circuit page correctly notes that (soon-to-be-former) Judge Michael McConnell (10th Cir.) is still actively maintaining an OSCAR listing for 2010-11 clerkships, even though he announced more than a month ago that he was resigning effective this August to join the Stanford Law School faculty. While the commenter speculates that Judge McConnell might be maintaining the listing for his successor, I find it highly unlikely, given that whoever President Obama nominates to replace Judge McConnell will almost certainly have a very different judicial philosophy and, assuming a timely nomination and confirmation, will likely have more than enough time to hire 2010-11 clerks on his own.
However, it is hard to think of any other plausible reasons why a judge who has publicly announced a resignation in the extremely near future is still actively soliciting clerkship applications. Of course, it is possible that he might be doing it for a future law review article on the clerkship application process... after all, it would be very interesting to know just how many people will apply to a judge on OSCAR without doing even a modicum of research about the judge beforehand.
Senior Judge Ruggero Aldisert (3d Cir.) and two of his former law clerks have published a very interesting article in the Penn State Law Review about the law clerk application process and what factors judges use to evaluate applicants. While this article was originally written in 2006, I expect much of its advice and information remains relevant to current applicants.
According to Above the Law, Harvard Law School sent out an email this afternoon to its entire 3L class strongly advising all of them to apply for clerkships this fall. In fact, to make it particularly easy for 3Ls to apply this fall, HLS has extended its internal clerkship administration deadlines until late summer so that rising 3Ls can get faculty recommendations and generate judge lists.
So, to answer rezclerk's question below, yes, the 2010-11 clerkship application cycle is going to leave lots of people high and dry. Thanks Cravath!
EDIT: It would be great if people would discuss these blog posts in the comments, but for those who don't like the blog format, you can follow the discussion on these forum threads:
With Skadden, Morgan Lewis, and, now, Cravath deferring rising 3L's until 2011, there is no doubt there will be more judicial clerkship applications in 2010. There is also little to no doubt that more firms will delay the start dates for the class of 2010.
If you want to clerk in 2010 but are afraid the probable flood of clerkship applications will leave you high and dry, please comment.
This might come as relatively old news to some, but for those who don't know, the University of Virginia School of Law has launched a great new blog, The 'Shipping News, devoted to judicial clerkships. While several law schools have launched such blogs in recent months, the content of this blog is surprisingly good relative to similar "official" sites. Below are some particularly interesting posts worth checking out:
* Clerking for Non-Litigators: a post explaining why transactional attorneys should consider clerkships too.
* Think Local: a post about how one should not rule out state clerkships, particularly in this economy.
* Clerking as an Alum: discussing the benefits of applying as a graduate instead of a student.
Unfortunately it seems UVA is only adding a new post once every month or so, but quality is better than quantity.
It seems that 2010-11 hiring on the Ninth Circuit is really starting to pick up, with rumors that Judges John Noonan and James Browning are done and that Judge Ronald Gould has made at least one hire. This is in addition to yesterday's news that Judge Arthur Alarcon is done and last week's news that Judge Consuelo Callahan is done, Judge Stephen Reinhardt has partially hired, and that Judges Dorothy Nelson and Milan Smith are interviewing (in Judge Smith's case, for the last 2010-11 position available).
In related prestigious clerkship news, we received a tip today that Judge Marjorie Rendell (3d Cir.), one of the most sought after clerkships in the Third Circuit, has recently hired a University of Chicago graduate. As usual, please feel free to publicly post your tips on the court comment pages or the notifications page, or to privately submit them by sending an email to lawfirmaddict@gmail.com.
The past couple of days have seen some additional movement on the circuit court clerk hiring front. Some highlights:
* Based on notifications, comments, and other tips, the early hiring list has been updated to indicate that Judges Roger Gregory (4th Cir.) and Arthur Alarcon (9th Cir.) are done, while Rosemary Barkett (11th Cir.), Amalya Kearse (2d Cir.) and Jane Roth (3d Cir.) have partially hired.
* An observant tipster on our Ninth Circuit comments page notes that Judge Marsha Berzon (9th Cir.) updated her OSCAR profile to narrow her class rank requirement from top 10% to top 5%. Perhaps this sudden change is another sign that Dan Filler's prediction about very bad days for 2010-11 clerkship applicants will indeed come to pass.
* Commenters on the Fourth Circuit and Seventh Circuit comment pages have indicated that Judge Paul Niemeyer (4th Cir.) will begin interviewing in July and that Judge Diane Sykes (7th Cir.) will begin reviewing applications later this month. However, given that these tips are anonymous, feel free to take them with a grain of salt.
Drexel law professor Dan Filler predicts very dark days for 2010-11 judicial clerkship applicants.
This weekend has been rather active on the circuit court judge hiring front, with reports of hires by Judges Stephen Reinhardt (9th Cir.), Consuelo Callahan (9th Cir.), Eugene Davis (5th Cir.), and Roger Gregory (4th Cir.), and scheduled interviews by Dorothy Nelson (9th Cir.) and Harris Hartz (10th Cir.).
For more information on who is hiring early for the 2010-11 term, check out the early hiring list.
For those who still aren't aware, Law Clerk Addict is tracking pre-September hires through a moderated early hiring list. As you can see, there has been a non-trivial amount of 2010-11 hiring activity over the past week or so. Some selected highlights:
* Judge Jerry Smith (5th Cir.) is completely off-plan and currently extending interview invitations to rising 3Ls.
* Judges Maryanne Barry (3d Cir.) and Milan Smith (9th Cir.), both of whom hired some alumni applicants for 2010-11 in mid to late 2008, are extending interview invitations to alumni again.
* Judge Joel Dubina (11th Cir.) is reported to be interviewing and allegedly has made at least one hire.
* On the district court front, Judge Charles Breyer (N.D. Cal.), brother to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, is reportedly done for 2010-11.
Remember, early hiring updates are typically not announced on the front page, so be sure to visit the early hiring list directly to get the most up to date news on the 2010-11 hiring cycle.
A relatively large number of judges have been added to the early hiring list tonight based on a combination of reader tips and OSCAR notices, and several additions previously listed as rumors have been upgraded to confirmed status. Note that the date on the early hiring list represents the approximate date of the listed event, and not the date the judge was added to the list, so the updated listings are scattered all over the list.
May 22 marks the first day that third year law students may register for an OSCAR account and begin building their applications. Of course, none of these applications will be released to judges before September 8. Nevertheless, once you have access to OSCAR it becomes a lot easier to find judges who do not follow the plan (well, besides the obvious ones everyone knows about).
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has issued a press release touting the benefits of the new OSCAR upgrade that took place this past weekend. So what changed? Apparently "judges now can look at a law school’s profile for its ranking and grading system," and official forums have been added, even though they are buried in a far corner of the interface and are less active than LCA's own forum.
The 2010-11 early hiring list has been updated to reflect tips we have received that Judge Guido Calabresi (2d Cir.) has partially hired and that Judge Richard Tallman (9th Cir.) is currently conducting interviews. Judge Calabresi is rumored to have hired from Duke and Yale.
On the district court front, rumor has it that Judge Renee Bumb (D.N.J.) is done for 2010-11.
8:05PM UPDATE: According to our notifications section, it appears that libertarian Judge Andrew Kleinfeld (9th Cir.), who has the distinction of being the northern-most federal judge in the nation, may have also began the interviewing process.
As many of you know, OSCAR was (purportedly) "upgraded" last weekend and, as part of the changes, one seemingly cannot apply to multiple clerkship openings with the same judge, even if the term dates are different. However, this seems to be a bug, rather than a feature. You can still apply for multiple terms through the following process:
1) Apply for one open position as usual.
2) Instead of going back to "Clerkship Details" and selecting another term, go back to "Judge List" and click on the judge's name again.
3) Now click on "Clerkship Details," select the other open position you want. Unlike before, you will be able to apply.
Hope this helps!
As implied from the previous Notices post, Judge Raymond Kethledge (6th Cir.) is not yet full for 2010-11, contrary to our report last week. However, given Judge Kethledge's popularity and penchant for hiring early, it is still recommended that you get your applications in as soon as possible!
The OSCAR listing for Judge Ann Williams (7th Cir.) has recently been edited to remove three of the four previously-listed 2010-11 clerkship positions, and rumor has it that these positions were removed because the positions have been recently filled. Accordingly, I have tentatively added Judge Williams to the early hiring list. If anyone can confirm, debunk, or otherwise comment on this rumor please leave a comment or email lawfirmaddict@gmail.com.
I can now confirm, again, from a very reliable source, that Judge Raymond Kethledge (6th Cir.) is not only completely full for the 2010-11 term, but has also partially hired for 2011-12 (a fact not reflected on OSCAR)! The early hiring list has been updated to reflect Kethledge's status, and I have also put up law school demographic information on his four 2010-11 clerks-to-be.
It should go without saying that if you're interested in Judge Kethledge, and are in the market for a 2011-12 clerkship, you might want to send your application materials in ASAP...
I have been able to confirm from a very reliable source that Judge Jerry Smith (5th Cir.) is now accepting paper clerkship applications for the 2010-11 term, even though (contrary to prior practice) this fact is not yet advertised on OSCAR. Judge Smith is notorious for not complying with the hiring plan and for interviewing law students well before September, so I would speculate that current 2Ls / rising 3Ls should send in their application materials as soon as possible to maximize their chances.
Since we are in the midst of the traditional application season for United States Supreme Court clerkships for the 2010-11 term, I thought I would link to this very comprehensive post about how to apply for a SCOTUS clerkship.
Some quick updates to the Law Clerk Addict's list of judges hiring before the Plan:
* The previously reported rumor that Theodore McKee (3d Cir.) has completed hiring for 2010 has been confirmed. Furthermore, though not reflected on the list (which only covers the 2010-11 hiring season), I have received a reliable tip that Judge McKee has already made one hire for 2011-12.
* These aren't based on new information, but I have updated the list to add older rumors that Allyson Duncan (4th Cir.) and Eugene Davis (5th Cir.) have partially hired and that Peter Fay (11th Cir.) is completely done for the 2010-11 term.
I have noticed that there has been a large amount of discussion recently (see here, here, and here) in how one can obtain a clerkship in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and similar jurisdictions. Perhaps surprisingly, there are some resources out there examining this very question. Here are some of the better ones:
* Michael J. Keyser, The Best Kept Secret in the Law: How to Get Paid to Live on a Tropical Island, 15 J. TRANSNAT’L L.& POL’Y 219, 235 (2006) -- this law review article, available for download on the FSU website, provides perhaps the most comprehensive guide to obtaining a clerkship in American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
* Clerks in Paradise -- an article published last year in the American Lawyer discussing clerkships in tropical islands and mentioning what some clerks did after returning to the mainland United States. See also this Above the Law post about the article.
* Law Clerk on Gilligan's Island -- written by a former law clerk for the Supreme Court of Palau (yes, technically not a United States jurisdiction, but close enough to warrant inclusion), this website discusses the author's experience adjusting to both his clerkship and life on a tropical Pacific island.
I am pleased to announce a new tool, Federal Judges Hiring Before the Plan: 2010-11 Clerkship Season, which you can access through the new "hiring" tab.
Under the Law Clerk Hiring Plan, federal judges may not participate in the law clerk hiring process until after Labor Day. Nevertheless, some judges hire early. This page documents which judges interviewed applicants and/or partially or fully completed the 2010-11 hiring process before September 8, 2009. Unlike the notifications section, which operates year-round and is unmoderated, these charts are exclusively maintained by Law Clerk Addict and will not be updated after Labor Day.
For purposes of the chart, a judge's hiring practices are "confirmed" when I receive verifiable information from a reliable source (e.g. chambers, or a law school career services office). All other tips (e.g. anonymous emails)are deemed "rumors" until/unless they are verified. If you would like to report a pre-Plan interview or offer (and yes, we consider interviews with / offers to alumni prior to Labor Day as "pre-Plan" hiring even though such interactions do not violate the Plan) please send an email to lawfirmaddict@gmail.com. Likewise, please email me (or post in the comments section) if any information posted on the hiring table (or any other part of the site) is incorrect or if you can confirm a rumor.