Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: New Term, New Hires
Our last round-up of Supreme Court clerk hiring was published back in August, before the start of October Term 2008. Now that the justices are back in the country and back on the bench, they’re back to interviewing clerkship applicants.
Over at the Clerkship Notification Blog, there was buzz about Justice Stephen Breyer interviewing and hiring clerks for October Term 2009. That intelligence was correct. Here are his hires:
1. Christopher Fonzone (Harvard 2007 / Wilkinson)2. Jennifer Nou (Yale 2008 / Posner)
Fonzone appears to be the “2007 Harvard grad” referenced in the comments. With Chris Fonzone and Jen Nou on board, Justice Breyer is all done for OT 2009. (We also hear that he’s started to hire for October Term 2010, but we have no details.)
Update (3:40 PM): We now know one of SGB’s hires for OT 2010:
Erika Myers (Stanford 2008 / Kozinski)
Interesting — although Chief Judge Kozinski is a big-time feeder, he tends to feed more to the right side of the Court. So he may be expanding his range as a feeder judge.
The updated list of Supreme Court clerks, with Fonzone and Nou and Myers added, appears after the jump.
If you’re aware of some SCOTUS clerk hiring news not previously reported in these pages, please share what you know, by email (subject line: “Supreme Court clerk hiring”). Thanks.
OCTOBER TERM 2009 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of November 21, 2008)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. Roman Martinez (Yale 2008 / Kavanaugh)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. Hyland Hunt (U. Michigan 2008 / D. Ginsburg)
2. Adam Jed (Harvard 2008 / Calabresi)
3. Merritt McAlister (University of Georgia 2007 / Anderson (11th Cir.))
4. David Pozen (Yale 2007 / Garland)
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Jonathan Bond (GWU 2008 / Sutton)
2. Steven Lehotsky (Harvard 2002 / D. Ginsburg)
3. Daniel M. Sullivan (Chicago 2008 / O’Scannlain)
4. Katherine Twomey (UVA 2008 / Wilkinson)
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. Scott Keller (University of Texas 2007 / Kozinski)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice David H. Souter
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. Marah Stith (Yale 2006 / O’Scannlain)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Elizabeth Barchas (Harvard 2008 / Garland)
2. Pamela Bookman (UVA 2006 / Sack)
3. Vincent Levy (Columbia 2007 / D. Ginsburg)
4. John Rappaport (Harvard 2006 / Reinhardt)
For October Term 2010:
1. Amy Bergquist (U. Minnesota 2007 / W. Fletcher / J. Tunheim (D. Minn.))
2. David Newman (Yale 2006 / Katzmann / Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.))
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Andrew Crespo (Harvard 2008 / Reinhardt)
2. Bessie Dewar (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher / L. Pollak (E.D. Pa.))
3. Chris Fonzone (Harvard 2007 / Wilkinson)
4. Jennifer Nou (Yale 2008 / Posner)
For October Term 2010:
1. Erika Myers (Stanford 2008 / Kozinski)
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Jaynie Randall (Yale 2006 / M. Patel (N.D. Cal.) / Cabranes)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (retired):
1. Joshua Deahl (U. Michigan 2006 / Benavides)
SCOTUS Clerk Hiring [Clerkship Notification Blog]
List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States [Wikipedia]
Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of Supreme Court clerks (scroll down)
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Comments
S&C BONUS = SKADDEN BONUS
Great job to all of them.
Congratulations to all of them.
First !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
This is the beginning of a new age.
Will forego the usual insult to Elie at this point.
I hear that clerking for SCOTUS raises one's chances of getting an offer to join WILDMAN HARROLD. Good luck in that pursuit, good luck.
Scalia is hiring. 1 slot. David Askeio from Yale 06.
5 = fail
doo doo
Justice Kennedy better be careful around that Texas kid otherwise he catch the HIV. Everything is bigger in Texas including the HIV.
You should call this the never been laid list.
Souter won't have any need to hire since he's out the door after this term.
9 is correct, Texas HIV is made by people in San Antone, who know what HIV should taste like. Columbia clerks' HIV is made in New York City...NEW YORK CITY!
Who is that "David Lat" guy? What are you doing on Elie's blog? Also, can you maybe post about something important, like layoffs or bonuses?
Right on, 11. But he does hire far later than everyone else.
Bill Richardson to Commerce?
I know the Texas/HIV thing is a joke, but Scott Keller is a good guy and doesn't deserve your BS.
Flame away!
-Not Scott Keller
why does nyu suck so much at placing supreme court clerks?
Can we get some confirm from 1, please.
SCOTUS to 190
What Texas/AIDS thing? Is there something amiss down in Texas? Who says?
Great, a Federal Reserve guy will be BHO's Sec Treas. What an utter joke.
Re: 17
Because you're all a bunch of whiny Nancies who ask questions like, "Why does my law school suck so much?"
Proud to see a fellow UT guy up there. But the HIV is bigger in Texas. Just ask your mom.
Somebody's mom has HIV? We should probably tell her.
do supreme court justices hire 1L judicial interns for the summer?
*dreams about working at the supreme court...wakes up and cries knowing that the best i'll be able to do is the detroit traffic court*
-nervous T-10 1L
email job leads to nervoust101l@yahoo.com
Has anyone heard whom or if Breyer has hired for 2010 yet? Lat reported rumors but anything more definitive would be much appreciated.
This site is getting out of hand with insulting and obnoxious comments that have no relation to legal news and gossip. I urge the folks at ATL to start moderating posts.
Why is everything so BIG and HUGE in Texas?
If you don't like the freewheeling comments, don't read them. I know many people who read ATL but skip the comments (because they find them rude, crass, unhelpful, etc.).
Where would I least be likely to photocopy balls?
26 - will you photocopy mine?
3:44 - Look at Lat's update.
"Update: We now know one of SGB's hires for OT 2010: Erika Myers (Stanford 2008 / Kozinski). This is interesting -- although Chief Judge Kozinski is a big-time feeder, he tends to feed more to the right side of the Court. So he may be expanding his range as a feeder judge."
GWU > Boalt, Chicago, NYU, Penn
GWU = UVA, Columbia, Texas
-Crowded GW 2L
Hey, where's the UNLV love? Shouldn't the well-vaunted William S. Boyd School of Law be placing at least one or two of these clerks?
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BREAKING NEWS: SUPREME COURT CONDUCTING LAYOFFS. 4 OF 9 JUSTICES TOLD TO "LOOK INTO OTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES." LAYOFFS REPORTED TO BE PERFORMANCE-BASED. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS ASSURES PUBLIC THAT "THIS COURT DOES NOT DO LAYOFFS."
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Columbia and NYU are both weak at clerkship placement.
Please stop making racist, insensitive comments.
Forgot,
GWU > Cornell and GTOWN
-Crowded GW 2L
I work in DC and have seen enough GW Law folks to know that GW _____________
33 = Comment of the day.
--Elie
I work in DC and have seen enough GW Law folks to know that GW _____________
Thank you.
-33
38: elie! good to see you buddy. *puts hand on your lower back*
have you put any consideration into hiring me this summer?
-nervous T-10 1L
email job leads to nervoust101l@yahoo.com
GO BLUE!
Beat Duke/OSU!
35 is clearly a racist.
I love seeing Elie down here in the comments. Lets us now that he actually reads what we say. Thanks Elie.
32,
What.
Nice scoop 33, I had only heard that the annual SCOTUS Holiday Party had been cancelled ...
Is that actually Elie? I bet it's just a lame dude registering with the same name so as to put some authority (yeah right) into his comments.
33 wins.
lol @Justice Breyer hiring fedsoc member Erikkka Myers. lol @ dumb liberals fuming about this "sinister kkkabal of conservative lawyers."
SCROTUS. Heh.
Wait, is that "SCOTUS"? My bad.
Hey nervous T10 1L, Have you sent out your resumes and cover letters yet?
Guys in my fraternity used to clerk for the Supreme Court all the time. I remember, back then, it wasn't really a big deal.
Is it just me, or is the University of Georgia doing really well in SCOTUS hires lately?
Georgia is a decent law school.
I agree on Georgia. They seem to really be getting a lot of SCOTUS hires lately, and not with just one judge. Impressive.