Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Color Commentary on the October Term 2012 Class
Some interesting observations about the October Term 2012 law clerks of the U.S. Supreme Court (plus updated clerk lists for OT 2012 and OT 2013).
Here they are. If you have news of a new hire or a correction, please email us (subject line: “SCOTUS clerk hiring”). Thanks.
OCTOBER TERM 2012 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of June 14, 2012)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. Caroline Edsall (Yale 2010 / Brody (E.D. Pa.) / Kavanaugh)
2. Jonathan Ellis (Penn 2010 / Randolph / Bristow)
3. Sina Kian (Stanford 2010 / Griffith / Tatel)
4. Benjamin Snyder (Harvard 2011 / Sutton)
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Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Adam Klein (Columbia 2011 / Kavanaugh)
2. Ian Samuel (NYU 2008 / Kozinski / Bristow Fellow)
3. Danielle Sassoon (Yale 2011 / Wilkinson)
4. Eric Tung (Chicago 2010 / Gorsuch / Bristow Fellow)
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. David Denton (Harvard 2011 / Wilkinson)
2. Josh Patashnik (Stanford 2011 / Sutton)
3. Mark Taticchi (GW 2010 / Ikuta)
4. Lauren Willard (UVA 2011 / Kozinski)
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. Robert Dunn (Chicago 2010 / O’Scannlain)
2. Janet Galeria (Berkeley 2011 / Griffith)
3. David Morrell (Yale 2010 / E. Jones)
4. Kenton Skarin (Northwestern 2009 / Wilkinson)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Martine Cicconi (Stanford 2010 / Garland / Bristow Fellow)
2. Joshua Johnson (Yale 2009 / Tatel Tot / Gertner (D. Mass.))
3. Julie Kobick (Harvard 2010 / Saylor (D. Mass.) / Chagares)
4. Thane Rehn (Columbia 2009 / Posner)
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Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Kwaku Akowuah (Harvard 2004 / Garaufis (E.D.N.Y.) / Katzmann)
2. Emily Rebecca Gantt (UVA 2011 / Boudin)
3. Joshua Geltzer (Yale 2011 / Kozinski)
4. Susannah Weaver (Georgetown 2008 / Kennedy (D.D.C.) / Katzmann)
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Brian Barnes (Yale 2010 / Griffith)
2. Emily Kennedy (Duke 2010 / Batchelder)
3. Claire McCusker Murray (Yale 2009 / Kavanaugh)
4. Ryan Watson (GW 2007 / J. Brown)
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
1. Brian Goldman (Stanford 2010 / Reinhardt)
2. Brian Burgess (NYU 2009 / Calabresi / Tatel / Quasi-Bristow (special assistant to SG))
3. Scott Grinsell (Yale 2009 / Pooler)
4. Charlotte Taylor (NYU 2008 / Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) / Katzmann)
Justice Elena Kagan
1. Samantha Bateman (Stanford 2010 / Brinkema / Garland)
2. Brad Garcia (Harvard 2011 / Griffith)
3. Zach Schauf (Harvard 2011 / Garland)
4. David Zimmer (Harvard 2010 / W. Fletcher)
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (retired):
1. Eric Citron (Yale 2007 / Robertson (D.D.C.) / Tatel Tot)
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Justice David H. Souter (retired):
1. Anthony Vitarelli (Yale 2009 / Griffith)
Justice John Paul Stevens (retired)
1. Eduardo Bruera (Cornell 2011 / C. King (5th Cir.))
OCTOBER TERM 2013 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of June 14, 2012)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. Morgan Goodspeed (Harvard 2012 / Kavanaugh)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Katherine Mims Crocker (UVA 2012 / Wilkinson)
2. Ryan Walsh (Chicago 2012 / O’Scannlain)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. Katherine Yarger (Duke 2008 / Gorsuch / Eid (Colo.))
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Kelsi Brown Corkran (Chicago 2005 / Tatel)
2. Daniel Rubens (Harvard 2008 / Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.) / Katzmann)
3. Burden Walker (Harvard 2010 / S. Williams)
4. ?
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Zina Bash (Harvard 2007 / Kavanaugh)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
1. Fred Smith (Stanford 2007 / Thompson (M.D. Ala.) / Parker)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Elena Kagan
1. Sophia Brill (Yale 2011 / Garland)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (retired):
1. ?
Justice David H. Souter (retired):
1. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens (retired)
1. ?
Do you have a hire we haven’t reported yet, or an addition or correction to any of this information? Please email us (subject line: “SCOTUS clerk hiring”). Thanks.
In Chambers: Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices [Amazon (affiliate link)]
Know-It-Alls Who Say Nothing [New York Magazine]
U.S. Supreme Court: Never mind the 9. Meet the 36. [Thomson Reuters News & Insight]
Jonathan Ellis L’10 to clerk for SCOTUS Chief Justice Roberts [Penn Law News & Stories]
Six Stanford Law School Alumni Clerking at Supreme Court OT 2012 [Stanford Law School News]
Three NYU Law alumni to clerk at Supreme Court in upcoming term [NYU Law School News]
A Supreme Honor [GW Law School Magazine]
Two GW Law Graduates to Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court During October 2012 Term
[20th & H: GW Law Dean’s Blog]
Yarger ’08 secures clerkship with Justice Clarence Thomas [Duke Law News & Events]
Kennedy ’10 to clerk for Alito [Duke Law News & Events]
Crocker ’12 to Clerk for Justice Scalia [Virginia Law News]
Gantt ’11 to Clerk for Justice Breyer [Virginia Law News]
Willard ’11 to Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Kennedy [Virginia Law News]
A Love for the Law: From Academia to a Supreme Court Clerkship [Cornell Law School]
Earlier: Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Justices Are Done for October Term 2012
The Obamacare Opinion Will Be Disappointing
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2012 and OT 2013
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Updated Official List for OT 2011, and a Request for Tips
Prior ATL coverage of Supreme Court clerks (scroll down)
