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The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has circulated the following brief job announcement to certain law schools for unpaid "internships" to start in Fall 2009:
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Employer: U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Title: Judicial Internship
Description: Judicial interns will be actively engaged in all aspects of a federal appellate judge's chambers (bench memos, opinions, etc.). Interns will gain experience in legal research and writing and exposure to the inner workings of a federal appellate court. Both current law sdhool students and recent law school graduates are elibible to apply. The internship is unpaid.
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Given that there is only one federal appellate judge based in Puerto Rico, it appears that Judge Juan Torruella is the unnamed judge seeking these unpaid interns.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer is currently accepting applications for a 2010-11 clerkship, potentially renewable for a second year. To apply, second a resume, transcript, writing sample, and cover letter to:
The Honorable Max Baer
One Oxford Centre, Suite 2525
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Multiple unpaid deferred associate positions are available with the Supreme Court of Kansas through the American Bar Association Judicial Division - Deferred Associates Judicial Clerkship Project. Job descriptions and information on how to apply is below the fold.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is currently seeking deferred associates to fill several unpaid 2009-10 volunteer clerkship positions. Each applicant should submit a form (obtained from human resources), a cover letter with three listed references, an unedited writing sample not to exteed ten pages, and college and law school transcripts.
Judge Francisco A. Besosa (D.P.R.) is accepting applications for an unpaid clerkship beginning in the fall of 2009. (The exact start and end dates are negotiable.) Applicants should send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to Sean Peterson at Sean_Peterson@prd.uscourts.gov or to Brunny Rodriguez at Brunny_Rodriguez@prd.uscourts.gov.
This blog doesn't generally cover administrative law judge clerkships, but given the state of the market some of you, particularly those with technical backgrounds, may find the following job announcement from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel interesting.
Justices John A. Dooley, Denise R. Johnson, and Brian L. Burgess are considering applications for a one-year judicial clerkship from August 9, 2010 to August 12, 2011.
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Salary: $43,264.00, anticipated rate of pay
Duration: One-Year Term
Deadline: September 2, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.
Submit one application, which will be considered by all three justices, by email in "PDF" format to:
* One Cover letter
* Resume
* Sample of legal writing
* Transcript (official or unofficial accepted), indicating academic standing if available
* Two or more letters of recommendation from present or former employers or law professors.
The above items can be sent separately, and, if any are unavailable electronically, please mail to:
Attn: Monica Bombard
Vermont Supreme Court
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05609-0801
For questions, please contact Monica Bombard at 802-828-4784 or by email (monica.bombard@state.vt.us).
Judge Frederick Weisberg of the D.C. Superior Court is currently seeking a 2009-10 law clerk. The job description and information on how to apply can be found after the jump.
The Honorable Burton R. Lifland, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, is accepting applications from deferred 3Ls/recent graduates for an unpaid potentially 1-year judicial clerkship position to begin fall 2009. The judge is very flexible in terms of time commitment and start date.
To apply, send a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and 2 or 3 letters of recommendation to:
United States Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of New York
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004-1408
Several Montana state trial court judges are seeking clerkship applicants for the 2009-10 term. For information on how to apply, visit the Montana Judicial Branch's employment page.
The New Jersey Judicial Branch is currently seeking applicants for approximately 480 open law clerk positions in the state judiciary. For information on these positions and how to apply, view the job announcement here.
As I mentioned both last month and the month before that, the the job announcements page at the U.S. Courts website is perhaps the most underutilized resource for finding judicial clerkship positions, particularly those that have opened up at the last minute. This month, the U.S. Courts website brings us a full four clerkship opportunities for the 2009-10 term:
* Term Law Clerk (W.D. Okla.) NOTE: June 24, 2009 deadline!
The Supreme Court of Israel is currently looking to hire foreign law clerks to serve terms ranging from three months to one year. Likewise, the Constitutional Court of South Africa is seeking foreign law graduates to serve judicial clerkships ranging from six months to one year.
The catch? Positions with both courts are unpaid (except for a small commuting allowance offered by the Israeli high court). However, such a position might be an absolutely perfect match for a rising Harvard 3L or a deferred Cravath associate.
Associate Justice Mark E. Recktenwald of the Supreme Court of Hawai'i is currently accepting clerkship applications for the year commencing in September 2010. Justice Recktenwald is the newest member of the Supreme Court of Hawii. Prior to becoming an associate justice, he served as Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals from April 30, 2007 to May 11, 2009.
Information on how to apply is available below the fold.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is now accepting clerkships for the 2010-11 term. The job announcement is below the fold.
The U.S. Courts jobs website (previously blogged about here) is advertising a temporary, emergency clerkship opening with Chief Judge Richard Arcara (W.D.N.Y.). This position is not being advertised on OSCAR.
For information on how to apply, see the job announcement.
Judge Charles E. Erdmann (C.A.A.F.) is currently in the process of hiring a career law clerk. According to the job announcement, Judge Erdmann is looking for someone with bar membership and 4-6 years of litigation experience. Interested applicants should apply before June 5.
Yes, I understand that in some circles a staff attorney position is not considered a "real clerkship." Nevertheless, while Law Clerk Addict does not collect data on staff attorneys (at least not yet), I thought this job announcement from the Atlanta-based United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit might be of interest to this blog's readers.
View the full job announcement below the fold.
In cast you might not have gotten the hint from yesterday's post, not all federal judicial clerkships are advertised on OSCAR, particularly those with relatively short application windows. A good place to find some of these non-OSCAR clerkships is to view the job announcements at the U.S. Courts website.
What sort of positions can you find there? Currently, federal judges in Florida, Maryland, Nevada, and Ohio are advertising openings for 2009 clerkships.
Have you had your biglaw offer rescinded, your start date deferred, or been outright fired? Well, the good news is that you can clerk for a SDNY magistrate judge... well, provided you're willing to work for free for a year and are okay with the title "judicial intern" (but don't fret, for "the internships will be substantively similar to a clerkship").
Information on how to apply for one-year volunteer internships with Magistrate Judges Debra Freeman (SDNY) and James Francis (SDNY) are below the fold. For those who care less about job prestige and more about putting food on the table, a Manhattan-based 2009 clerkship is also available with state Judge Bernard J. Fried--provided, of course, that you can work part-time.
The Minnesota Supreme Court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals are, as of this week, accepting clerkship applications for the 2010-11 term.
Thinking about applying? Details are under the fold.