| Court |
Judge |
Decision |
Status |
Date |
Notes |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
Rader, Randall Ray |
Other |
ALUM |
2011-07-25 (Other) |
Note - Rader is now the Chief Judge
Current clerks:
1 from Washington University in St Louis Law
1 from Stanford Law
1 from George Washington University Law
1 from Georgetown University Law |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Wilson, Charles R. |
Offer |
3L |
2010-09-16 (Phone) |
accepted. Notre Dame. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Smith, David Brooks |
Offer |
ALUM |
2010-03-30 (Other) |
2011-2012 cycle; offer made in person at end of interview; offer accepted following day. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Beezer, Robert R. |
Offer |
3L |
2009-10-09 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
Bye, Kermit Edward |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-09-29 (Email) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Prado, Edward Charles |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-09-24 (Email) |
Confirmed for 2010: Wash U and Cornell. Both 3Ls. Prado done hiring for 2010. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Prado, Edward Charles |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-09-22 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Wilson, Charles R. |
Offer |
3L |
2009-09-21 (Email) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Smith, Norman Randy |
Rejected |
3L |
2009-09-20 (Postal) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Bea, Carlos T. |
Offer |
3L |
2009-09-19 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Jordan, Kent A. |
Rejected |
3L |
2009-09-18 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Berzon, Marsha Siegel |
Offer |
3L |
2009-09-17 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Hawkins, Michael Daly |
Offer |
3L |
2009-09-17 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Hawkins, Michael Daly |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-09-17 (Phone) |
Harvard 3L |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Wilson, Charles R. |
Offer |
3L |
2009-09-17 (Other) |
Interview. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit |
Randolph, Arthur Raymond |
Offer |
3L |
2009-09-17 (Other) |
The information listed about Randolph's clerks are correct. He hired a Penn 3L and a NYU 3L on the 17th. He is done hiring for 2010-11. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Straub, Chester J. |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-09-16 (Phone) |
NYU (Feb 2011) |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Fisher, D. Michael |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-09-15 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Smith, Jerry Edwin |
Rejected |
3L |
2009-09-13 (Postal) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Prado, Edward Charles |
Interview |
3L |
2009-09-11 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
Lucero, Carlos F. |
Other |
3L |
2009-09-11 (Email) |
A clerk emailed to ask for another writing sample. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Cudahy, Richard Dickson |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-09-05 (Postal) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Cudahy, Richard Dickson |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-09-04 (Email) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Cudahy, Richard Dickson |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-09-04 (Postal) |
previous post in error--method was postal, not email
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Carnes, Edward Earl |
Rejected |
3L |
2009-09-03 (Postal) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Bybee, Jay S. |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-07-19 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Bybee, Jay S. |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-07-19 (Phone) |
Columbia '09 grad. Offer has been accepted. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Smith, Jerry Edwin |
Other |
3L |
2009-07-17 (Postal) |
Letter from Judge Smith requesting any additional information that might be helpful (e.g. additional writing sample) and providing some information about his interviewing process. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Stewart, Carl E. |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-07-17 (Email) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Reinhardt, Stephen Roy |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-07-08 (Phone) |
Took at least one clerk from Yale |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Smith, Jerry Edwin |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-07-07 (Postal) |
Standard rejection letter. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Smith, Jerry Edwin |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-07-01 (Postal) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Garza, Emilio M. |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-06-24 (Email) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Kennedy, Cornelia Groefsema |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-06-24 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Kennedy, Cornelia Groefsema |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-06-24 (Phone) |
Michigan Law Alum (sorry, should have noted that before) |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Gilman, Ronald Lee |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-24 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Clay, Eric L. |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-23 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
Kelly, Paul Joseph Jr. |
Other |
3L |
2009-06-19 (Email) |
Per e-mail, Kelly is done for 2010-2011 |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Norris, Alan Eugene |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-19 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Cowen, Robert E. |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-06-15 (Other) |
Done per OSCAR |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Gibbons, Julia Smith |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-12 (Email) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Rendell, Marjorie O. |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-06-11 (Other) |
Hired a Chicago alum |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Barkett, Rosemary |
Other |
ALUM |
2009-06-10 (Other) |
Jan 2010 to Jan 2011 position filled today per OSCAR. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Roth, Jane Richards |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-06-09 (Email) |
GULC grad. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Nelson, Dorothy Wright |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-04 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Barry, Maryanne Trump |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-03 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Smith, Milan Dale Jr. |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-06-03 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Dubina, Joel Fredrick |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-06-02 (Email) |
Ala. J.D. 09 |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Dubina, Joel Fredrick |
Interview |
3L |
2009-06-01 (Postal) |
Dubina will be interviewing 6 people for 3 spots. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Davis, W. Eugene |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-05-31 (Email) |
Judge Eugene Davis acknowledged the hiring of 2 LSU 3L's for the 2009-2010 term during the LSU commencement ceremony. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Jordan, Kent A. |
Other |
ALUM |
2009-05-27 (Postal) |
Applied in May; chambers said it is waiting until September to begin hiring process. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Stewart, Carl E. |
Other |
ALUM |
2009-05-26 (Other) |
For the 2008-2009 term the University of Mississippi clerk was hired as an alumni and graduated in 2006 (previously clerked for district court judge). The University of Chicago clerk was hired as a student and graduated in 2008.
For the 2009-2010 terms there is a clerk from Southern Methodist University (unknown) and one from Southern University Law Center (student graduate 2009). |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Pooler, Rosemary S. |
Other |
ALUM |
2009-05-22 (Email) |
Applied to Judge Pooler for 2010-11, but Judge's assistant responded to say that the Judge was only looking for applicants for 2011-12. Strongly implies that the judge is finished hiring for 2010-11! |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Kleinfeld, Andrew Jay |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-05-21 (Phone) |
Interview via phone with clerk. If successful, then another phone interview with a different clerk. If successful, then phone interview with judge. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit |
Holmes, Jerome A. |
Interview |
ALUM |
2009-04-30 (Other) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Rawlinson, Johnnie B. |
Rejected |
ALUM |
2009-04-25 (Postal) |
2009-10 term. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
McKee, Theodore Alexander |
Other |
ALUM |
2009-04-14 (Other) |
Full for 2010-11. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Fay, Peter Thorp |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-03-25 (Other) |
Completely full for 2010. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Silverman, Barry G. |
Other |
ALUM |
2009-03-20 (Other) |
Fully hired for 2010. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Chagares, Michael A. |
Offer |
3L |
2009-03-16 (Phone) |
|
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
Smith, David Brooks |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-03-11 (Other) |
Hired a GULC district court graduate. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Davis, W. Eugene |
Offer |
ALUM |
2009-02-11 (Email) |
BYU grad hired for 2010-11. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Elrod, Jennifer Walker |
Offer |
ALUM |
2008-12-15 (Email) |
Baylor graduate hired for 2010. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
Duncan, Allyson Kay |
Offer |
ALUM |
2008-11-04 (Email) |
Hired at least one for 2010. |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Pooler, Rosemary S. |
Other |
ALUM |
0000-00-00 (Email) |
Applied to Judge Pooler for 2010-11, but Judge's assistant responded to say that the Judge was only looking for applicants for 2011-12.
Strongly implies that the judge is finished hiring for 2010-11! |