Law Clerk Addict's Blog
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.
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.
Appellate Judges
Smith, N. (9th Cir.)
Location: Pocatello, ID
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Easterbrook, Frank (7th Cir.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Norris, Alan (6th Cir.)
Location: Columbus, OH
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Cabranes, Jose (2d Cir.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 7/11/2010 to 7/12/2011
Edmondson, J. (11th Cir.)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 7/1/2010 to 6/30/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Cook, Deborah (6th Cir.)
Location: Akron, OH
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
District Judges
Carmon, Gregory (C.I.T.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Lamberth, Royce (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Fallon, Eldon (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Gibson, Kim (W.D. Pa.)
Location: Johnstown, PA
Term: 6/15/2010 to 6/15/2011
Parker, James (D.N.M.)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Magistrate Judges
Barfield, W. Leon (E.D. Ga.)
Location: Augusta, GA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Davis, Ivan (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 9/27/2010 to 9/27/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Teel, S. (Bankr. D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/31/2009 to 8/31/2012
Appellate Judges
Michael, M. Blane (4th Cir.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/15/2011
Paez, Richard (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Randolph, A. (D.C. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Rawlinson, Johnnie (9th Cir.)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Ripple, Kenneth (7th Cir.)
Location: South Bend, IN
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011
Rymer, Pamela (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
District Judges
Messitte, Peter (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Messitte, Peter (D. Mont.)
Location: Missoula, MT
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/24/2012
Morrow, Margaret (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 8/2/2010 to 8/5/2011
Mosman, Michael (D. Or.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Nickerson, William (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2011
Oliver, Solomon (N.D. Ohio)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2012
Pratt, Robert (S.D. Iowa)
Location: Des Moines, IA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Pro, Philip (D. Nev.)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Quarles, Williams (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/29/2011
Robart, James (W.D. Wash.)
Location: Seattle, WA
Term: 9/10/2010 to 9/10/2012
Sammartino, Janis (S.D. Cal.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Saris, Patti (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Guave, Susan (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/26/2011
Robinson, Deborah (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Graber, Susan (9th Cir.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011
Hartz, Harris (10th Cir.)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Hawkins, Michael (9th Cir.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/5/2011
Iukta, Sandra (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Jones, Edith (5th Cir.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011
District Judges
Gilmore, Vanessa (S.D.T.X.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 8/25/2010 to 8/20/2012
Goodwin, Joseph (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Charleston, WV
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Griesa, Thomas (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/9/2011
Gutierrez, Philip (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Hinkle, Robert (N.D. Fla.)
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Hughes, Lynn (S.D.T.X.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Huvelle, Ellen (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/11/2011
Johnston, Thomas (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Beckley, WV
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011 or 8/23/2010 to 8/20/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kay, Allen (S.D. W.Va.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 10/4/2010 to 9/30/2011 or 1/10/2011 to 1/11/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kay, Allen (D. Haw.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 10/4/2010 to 9/30/2011 or 1/10/2011 to 1/11/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kiser, Jackson (W.D. Va.)
Location: Danville, VA
Term: 7/1/2010 to 7/1/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 7/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Kravitz, Mark (D. Conn.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 6/15/2010 to 6/14/2011 or 8/15/2010 to 8/14/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Lemelle, Ivan (E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/16/2011 or 9/16/2010 to 9/16/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Martin, Beverly (N.D. Ga.>)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
McBryde, John (N.D.T.X.>)
Location: Ft. Worth, TX
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Magistrate Judges
Guave, Susan (D. Md.)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/26/2011
Goldman, Marc (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Joel, David (N.D. W.Va.>)
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Katz, Theodore (S.D.N.Y.>)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/17/2011
Lloyd, Howard (N.D. Cal.>)
Location: San Jose, CA
Term: 5/13/2010 to 5/15/2011
Lynch, William (D.N.M.>)
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Maas, Frank (S.D.N.Y.>)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/7/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Kressel, Robert (Bankr. D. Minn.)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/12/2012
Appellate Judges
Cox, Emmett (11th Cir.)
Location: Mobile, AL
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Preference is given to applicants who plan to locate permanently within one of the states comprising the Eleventh Circuit.
Fisher, Raymond (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Exceptional writing or work experience (e.g., district court clerkship, post-graduate legal experience or fellowships) a plus. Below top 10% considered only on individual basis.
Gorsuch, Neil (10th Cir.)
Location: Denver, CO
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/13/2011
Owen, Priscilla (5th Cir.)
Location: Austin, TX
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Starting date is flexible depending on the Court's needs but must be in August 2010. End date will depend on start date. Class ranking in top 5% is preferred. Law review or other journal is preferred.
District Judges
Bates, John (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 9/6/2010 to 9/5/2011
Notes: Law journal and top 25 percent preferred.
Campbell, Tena (D. Utah)
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Term: 1/1/2011 to 12/31/2011
Notes: Only one clerkship available.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
None.
District Judges
Batts, Deborah (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/13/2010 to 9/7/2012
Notes: Two positions available.
Joyner, J. Curtis (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/3/2011
Notes: Law Schools considered: Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, Howard, Michigan, Stanford, Temple, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Villanova and Yale.
Kessler, Gladys (D.D.C.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 8/28/2010 to 8/30/2012
Trauger, Aleta (M.D. Tenn.)
Location: Nashville, TN
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2012
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.