Federal Judges Hiring Activity: 2011-12 Clerkship Season

NOTE: This list is for 2011-12 season. If you are looking for the 2010-11 list, please click here.

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 primarily documents which judges interviewed applicants and/or partially or fully completed the 2010-11 hiring process before September 7, 2010, though some hiring events may continue to be posted after that date.


For purposes of this 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 an interview or offer please send an email to lawfirmaddict@gmail.com. Likewise, please email me if any information posted here is incorrect or if you can provide confirmation for a rumor.
 

Appellate Courts:

  

District Courts:
Federal Judge  
Status
  

Reliability

Nelson, Dorothy Wright

(9th Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 24, 2010)

  

Rumored done, 6/24/2010.

Gorsuch, Neil M.

(10th Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 24, 2010)

  

Rumored done, 6/24/10.

Sutton, Jeffrey S.

(6th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(June 22, 2010)

  

Rumored partly done, 6/22/10.

Posner, Richard Allen

(7th Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 22, 2010)

  

Rumor done hiring, 6/22/10.

Torruella, Juan R.

(1st Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 21, 2010)

  

Per OSCAR, 6/21/10.

Niemeyer, Paul Victor

(4th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(June 21, 2010)

  

Rumored partial hire on 6/21/10.

Smith, Jerry Edwin

(5th Cir.)

  

Interviewing
(June 21, 2010)

  

Rumored interviewing, 6/21/10.

Elrod, Jennifer Walker

(5th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(June 21, 2010)

  

Rumored partial hire with one spot left, not scheduling more interviews 6/21/10.

Pryor, William Holcombe Jr.

(11th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(June 21, 2010)

  

Rumored partial hire with one spot left, 6/21/10.

Fletcher, Betty Binns

(9th Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 10, 2010)

  

Rumored done, 6/24/10.

Black, Susan Harrell

(11th Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 10, 2010)

  

Rumored done as of 6/10/10.

Cox, Emmett Ripley

(11th Cir.)

  

DONE
(April 10, 2010)

  

Rumored done as of 4/1/10.

Clement, Edith Brown

(5th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 26, 2009)

  

Rumor

Haynes, Catharina

(5th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 26, 2009)

  

Rumor

Tatel, David S.

(D.C. Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 26, 2009)

  

Rumor

Batchelder, Alice Moore

(6th Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 23, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Wesley, Richard C.

(2d Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 22, 2009)

  

Rumored partial hire 9/22/09

Katzmann, Robert A.

(2d Cir.)

  

DONE
(September 19, 2009)

  

Rumor

Jordan, Kent A.

(3d Cir.)

  

DONE
(September 18, 2009)

  

Rumored interviewing 9/3/09, rumored done 9/18/09

Griffith, Thomas Beall

(D.C. Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 18, 2009)

  

Rumor

Williams, Stephen Fain

(D.C. Cir.)

  

DONE
(September 18, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Garland, Merrick B.

(D.C. Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 17, 2009)

  

Rumor

Dyk, Timothy B.

(Fed. Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 17, 2009)

  

Rumor

Walker, John Mercer Jr.

(2d Cir.)

  

Partially Hired
(August 19, 2009)

  

Rumor

Roth, Jane Richards

(3d Cir.)

  

DONE
(August 3, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

(SCOTUS)

  

Partially Hired
(July 6, 2009)

  

Rumor

McKee, Theodore Alexander

(3d Cir.)

  

DONE
(June 22, 2009)

  

Rumor
 
Federal Judge  
Status
  

Reliability

Pannell, Charles A. Jr.

(N.D. Ga.)

  

Partially Hired
(June 21, 2010)

  

Rumored partial hire, 6/21/10.

Wilken, Claudia Ann

(N.D. Cal.)

  

DONE
(June 10, 2010)

  

Rumored done for 2011-13, 6/24/10.

Seibel, Cathy

(S.D.N.Y.)

  

DONE
(September 24, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Gwin, James S.

(N.D. Ohio)

  

Partially Hired
(September 24, 2009)

  

Rumor

Huck, Paul C.

(S.D. Fla.)

  

DONE
(September 22, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Baer, Harold Jr.

(S.D.N.Y.)

  

Interviewing
(September 15, 2009)

  

Rumor

Amon, Carol Bagley

(E.D.N.Y.)

  

DONE
(September 8, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Cote, Denise

(S.D.N.Y.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 4, 2009)

  

Rumor

Alsup, William Haskell

(N.D. Cal.)

  

Partially Hired
(September 3, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Garaufis, Nicholas

(E.D.N.Y.)

  

Partially Hired
(August 24, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Kay, Alan Cooke

(D. Haw.)

  

Partially Hired
(August 4, 2009)

  

Confirmed

Altonaga, Cecilia M.

(S.D. Fla.)

  

Partially Hired
(July 21, 2009)

  

Confirmed