Law Clerk Addict's Blog
Appellate Judges
O'Scannlain, Diarmuid (9th Cir.)
Location: Portland, OR
Term: 8/18/2011 to 8/18/2012
District Judges
Bunning, David (E.D. Ky.)
Location: Covington, KY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Mihm, Michael (C.D. Ill.)
Location: Peoria, IL
Term: 8/30/2010 to 9/2/2011
Pallmeyer, Rebecca (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 10/11/2011
Magistrate Judges
Pollak, Cheryl (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2009 to 8/31/2010
NOTE: This is an unpaid position!
Dohnal, Dennis (E.D. Va.)
Location: Richmond, VA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 9/3/2011
Kurren, Barry (D. Haw.)
Location: Honolulu, HI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Opel, Robert (Bankr. M.D. Pa.)
Location: Willkes Barre, PA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/31/2012
Whitley, J. (Bankr. W.D.N.C.)
Location: Charlotte, NC
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Magner, Elizabeth (Bankr. E.D. La.)
Location: New Orleans, LA
Term: 8/1/2009 to 8/1/2010
Appellate Judges
Kearse, Amalya (2d Cir.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
District Judges
Burns, Ellen (D. Conn.)
Location: New Haven, CT
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Crane, Randy (S.D. Tex.)
Location: McAllen, TX
Term: 8/15/2009 to 8/15/2010
NOTE: This is a 2009-10 clerkship.
Bucklo, Elaine (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Lawrence, William (S.D. Ind.)
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Term: 8/3/2010 to 8/3/2012
Magistrate Judges
Pollak, Cheryl (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/15/2011
Buchanan, Theresa (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Leval, Pierre (2d Cir.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 6/1/2010 to 6/1/2011
Suhrheinrich, Richard (6th Cir.)
Location: Lansing, MI
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
McKeown, M. (9th Cir.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 8/15/2011 to 8/31/2012
Roth, Jane (3d Cir.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012
Notes: Moving chambers to Philadelphia, PA in late 2009.
Hardiman, Thomas (3d Cir.)
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012
District Judges
Covello, Alfred (D. Conn.)
Location: Hartford, CT
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/13/2011
Wigenton, Susan (D.N.J.)
Location: Newark, NJ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Jackson, Raymond (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/17/2011
Lee, Gerald (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/20/2012
Faber, David (S.D. WVa.)
Location: Bluefield, WV
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Duggan, Patrick (E.D. Mich.)
Location: Detroit, MI
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
O'Malley, Kathleen (N.D. Ohio)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Term: 9/13/2010 to 9/14/2012
Campbell, David (D. Ariz.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Wilson, Stephen (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/5/2011 and 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011
Alsup, William (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Term: 9/1/2011 to 8/31/2012 and 11/19/2011 to 11/13/2012
Huff, Marilyn (S.D. Cal.)
Location: San Diego, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/27/2011
Smith, C. (N.D. Ala.)
Location: Huntsville, AL
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Magistrate Judges
Hayes, Karen (W.D. La.)
Location: Monroe, LA
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/26/2011
Miller, Tommy (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/22/2010 to 8/14/2011
Gold, Steven (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
Barbosa, Manuel (Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
Location: Rockford, IL
Term: 8/17/2009 to 8/18/2010
Appellate Judges
Duncan, Allyson (4th Cir.)
Location: Raleigh, NC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
District Judges
Davis, Mark (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011 and 9/15/2010 to 9/15/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Hoyt, Kenneth (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Zagel, James (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/6/2012
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
Burns, Gloria (Bankr. D.N.J.)
Location: Camden, NJ
Term: 8/3/2010 to 8/26/2011
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
Ambro, Thomas (3d Cir.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Nelson, Dorothy (9th Cir.)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Term: 8/17/2010 to 8/14/2011
Linn, Richard (Fed. Cir.)
Location: Washington, DC
Term: 3/1/2011 to 8/1/2012
District Judges
James, Robert (E.D. La.)
Location: Monroe, LA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Cogan, Brian (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011
Lefkow, Joan (N.D. Ill.)
Location: Chicago, IL
Term: 9/7/2010 to 8/31/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Pohorelsky, Viktor (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
Jones, Thomas (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
Jordan, Kent (3d Cir.)
Location: Wilmington, DE
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/14/2011 or 10/4/2010 to 10/2/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Cole, Ransey (6th Cir.)
Location: Columbus, OH
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/19/2011 or 1/1/2011 to 1/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Aldisert, Ruggero (3d Cir.)
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/8/2011 or 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates. 3rd Cir. judge who sits in Santa Barbara.
Ryan, James (6th Cir.)
Location: Detroit, MI
Term: 8/7/2010 to 8/31/2011
District Judges
Rakoff, Jed (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Chesler, Stanley (D.N.J.)
Location: Newark, NJ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Cooper, Mary (D.N.J.)
Location: Trenton, NJ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Pollak, Louis (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Surrick, R. (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Caldwell, William (M.D. Pa.)
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/16/2012
O'Grady, William (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2011
Chin, Denny (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2011 or 10/1/2010 to 10/1/2011
Notes: Three positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
None.
Bankruptcy Judges
Flately, Patrick (Bankr. W. Va.)
Location: Wheeling, WV
Term: 9/1/2010 to 9/1/2012
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
Southwick, Leslie (5th Cir.)
Location: Jackson, MS
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Thomas, Sidney (9th Cir.)
Location: Billings, MT
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011 or 8/30/2010 to 8/26/2011 or 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2010 or 9/13/2010 to 9/9/2011
Notes: Four positions available, with different term dates.
Tymkovich, Timothy (10th Cir.)
Location: Denver, CO
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011 or 1/2/2011 12/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
District Judges
Schiller, Berle (E.D. Pa.)
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Term: 8/24/2010 to 8/25/2011 or 8/25/2010 to 8/26/2010
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Schroeder, Thomas (M.D.N.C.)
Location: Winston Salem, NC
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/2/2010 to 8/2/2010
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Scullin, Frederick (N.D.N.Y.)
Location: Syracure, NY
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011
Shubb, William (E.D. Cal.)
Location: Sacramento, CA
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/2/2011
Simandle, Jerome (D.N.J.)
Location: Camden, NJ
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/31/2012
Smith, William (D.R.I.)
Location: Providence, RI
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Smith, G. Murray (D. Ariz.)
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Stamp, Federick (N.D. W. Va.)
Location: Wheeling, WV
Term: 8/30/2010 to 8/27/2012
Stein, Sidney (S.D.N.Y.)
Location: New York, NY
Term: 7/1/2010 to 6/30/2011 or 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Tauro, Joseph (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/26/2011
Trenga, Anthony (E.D. Va.)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Term: 9/1/2010 to 8/31/2011
Vitaliano, Eric (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/15/2010 to 9/15/2011
Ward, T. (E.D. Tex.)
Location: Marshall, TX
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011 or 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Weinstein, Jack (E.D.N.Y.)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Term: 9/7/2010 to 9/7/2011
Welein, Ewing (S.D. Tex.)
Location: Houston, TX
Term: 9/6/2010 to 8/31/2014
Zobel, Rya (D. Mass.)
Location: Boston, MA
Term: 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011
Magistrate Judges
Schulze, Jillyn (N.D. Ga.)
Location: Atlanta, GA
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2012
Segal, Suzanne (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: Beginning 9/1/2010
Notes: Career clerk position.
Bankruptcy Judges
St. John, Stephen (Bankr. E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/9/2010 to 8/12/2011
Appellate Judges
None.
District Judges
Friedman, Jerome (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/19/2011
Notes: Graduates may apply beginning August 17, 2009. Law students may apply beginning September 8, 2009. The cutoff date for applications is September 11, 2009.
Oliver, Solomon Jr. (N.D. Ohio)
Location: Cleveland, OH
Term: 8/15/2010 to 8/15/2012
Magistrate Judges
Lloyd, Howard R. (N.D. Cal.)
Location: San Jose, CA
Term: 5/13/2010 to 5/14/2011
Notes: Administrative Law Clerk position: Seeking bright, confident self-starter with good analytical skills, writing experience and common sense. Strong preference for someone with ties to this area. Would welcome applicant with a few years of litigation experience at high-quality firm.
Segal, Suzanne (C.D. Cal.)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Term: 9/1/2009 to indefinite
Notes: Resume, law school transcript and two writing samples; references from employers are appreciated.
Bankruptcy Judges
None.
Appellate Judges
None.
District Judges
Aycock, Sharion (N.D. Miss.)
Location: Aberdeen, MS
Term: 8/1/2010 to 8/1/2011
Morgan, Henry (E.D. Va.)
Location: Norfolk, VA
Term: 8/16/2010 to 8/12/2011 or 2/14/2011 to 2/10/2012
Notes: Two positions available, with different term dates.
Magistrate Judges
Schulze, Jillyn (D. Md.)
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Term: 8/23/2010 to 8/22/2011
Bankruptcy Judges
None.