Clerkships
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Kramer Levin, Money, Peter Lattman, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Kramer Levin
Firms continue to raise their clerkship bonuses, although the pace of announcements seems to be slowing. Here’s the latest addition to the $50K/$70K Club: “Kramer Levin increased its clerkship bonus to $50,000 for one year and $70,000 for two years. The info is on their NALP page.” Indeed it is. You can access the firm’s […] -
Biglaw, Clerkships, Job Searches, New York Observer, Non-Sequiturs, Peter Lattman, Shameless Plugs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.02.07
* Do you believe in life after law? Five Biglaw escapees — a writer, a baker, a stand-up joke-maker — discuss life on the outside. [New York Observer] [FN1] * Some helpful clerkship application advice. [Infirmation] [FN2] * Monica Goodling, to the Lido Deck! [What About Clients?] * Fun fact of the day: Did you […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Dewey Ballantine, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Dewey Ballantine
Please welcome a new member to the $50K Club: “Dewey Ballantine just raised its clerkship bonus. $50K for a federal clerkship or the highest court of any state.” If you’re aware of any judicial clerkship bonus news that hasn’t previously appeared here, please email us (subject line: “Clerkship Bonus”). In addition, if you’re planning to […]
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Announcements, Blogging, Clerkships, Shameless Plugs
Clerkship Notification Blog: Check It Out
In addition to fall recruiting season for law firms, clerkship application season is almost upon us. The “season” officially starts in September, when current law students are allowed to submit their applications for federal judicial clerkships. But, as reported by the WSJ Law Blog, a fair number of judges are cheating moving faster than the […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude, Willkie Farr
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Akin Gump and Willkie (and WilmerHale Pulls a Latham)
Here are two updates about clerkship bonuses (a subject of interest to a limited group of readers — but those who care REALLY care): 1. Willkie Farr & Gallagher: The rumor that Willkie pays a $50,000 clerkship bonus has been confirmed. We understand this applies to both New York and Washington. 2. Akin Gump: In […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Paul Hastings Joins the $50K/$70K Club
The rumor from the other day has been confirmed: Paul Hastings, of Transformers fame,* has raised its clerkship bonus to $50,000. We’ve confirmed the news with two sources: an associate at the firm, and a law clerk with an outstanding offer. (We don’t know what PH pays for two clerkships, though; if you have that […] -
Clerkships, Guido Calabresi, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #3)
About a month has passed since our last post about Supreme Court clerk hiring for October Term 2008 (not OT 2007, whose clerks started just this month, but the following one). We were reminded that we hadn’t written about the subject in a while after we received this email: “I heard that some dude from […] -
3rd Circuit, Books, Clerkships, Dolores Sloviter, Media and Journalism, Saira Rao
Chambermaid: For the Record
Just a quick follow-up to our recent post about Saira Rao and Chambermaid, her novel about a law clerk’s challenging year clerking for a federal judicial diva. A tipster writes: I just left a lunch where Saira Rao spoke to the South Asian Bar Association of Delaware, and she clarified something [from the recent Philadelphia […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Kirkland & Ellis Joins the $50K Club
People, please, be patient. We heard you the first time you asked us to confirm that Kirkland & Ellis has raised its clerkship bonus. It was not necessary to reiterate this request in the comments to every single post on ATL. We reached out to Kirkland earlier this week, shortly after we started hearing this […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Williams & Connolly
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Williams & Connolly, Orrick
Confirmed news of two more firms raising their clerkship bonus amounts: 1. Williams & Connolly: From $25K to $35K. 2. Orrick: From $15K to $40K. If you get wind of clerkship bonus news, please send it our way (subject line: “Clerkship Bonus”). Thanks. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: O'Melveny & Myers, Morrison & Foerster
We’re back. It’s Monday. We don’t like Mondays. We’re feeling sluggish today. So we’ll take the path of least resistance, and start a thread about an ATL staple: clerkship bonuses. We have some good news about two new (and non-New York) firms. First, the rumor about O’Melveny & Myers can be treated as confirmed. We […] -
3rd Circuit, Books, Clerkships, Dolores Sloviter, Judicial Divas, Saira Rao
Judicial Clerkships From Hell: Submissions, Please
Check out the woman at right. She is the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter, and she sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Sloviter seems like a kindly old lady, doesn’t she? We’ve seen her on the bench, at multiple oral arguments. Based on her grandmotherly appearance, we once quipped to […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Media and Journalism, Money, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Skaddenfreude, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Bonuses to $250K?
In our recent New York Times op-ed piece praising lavish signing bonuses for Supreme Court clerks, we wrote that the bonuses “are expected to reach $250,000 this year — paid on top of starting salaries approaching $200,000.” Some people have inquired into the factual basis for our statement. As it turns out, we did some […]
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: What's Up With Shearman?
A reader e-mails: please do a post of shearman’s pathetic clerkship bonus, currently at $15,000!!!!!!! Okay, you got our attention with the seven exclamation points. Lat posted a clerkship bonus List o’ Shame last week that featured the top firms below the new standard of $50k: 1. Wachtell ($0) 8. Latham ($35k) [see update on […] -
Clerkships, John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: OT 2008 (Update #2)
Here’s a quick follow-up on Wednesday’s post, reporting on Supreme Court clerk hiring for October Term 2008. That’s not the Term whose clerks will start showing up for work next month — the October Term 2007 clerks are listed here — but the Term after that. Interestingly enough, the two justices thought most likely to […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Latham & Watkins Joins the $48,333 Club
Before those big Supreme Court opinions start drifting in, let’s put in a quick word about clerkship bonuses. As several commenters suggested yesterday, we contacted Latham & Watkins to find out about their clerkship bonus policy. We confirmed that the firm effectively pays a clerkship bonus just shy of $50,000, which does not vary depending […] -
Announcements, Blogging, Clerkships, Shameless Plugs
Clerkship Notification Blog: Help Wanted
While we’re on the subject of judicial clerkships (or clerkship bonuses), and with clerkship application season not that far off, we’d like to put in a quick plug for the Clerkship Notification Blog. We’ve mentioned it in these pages before. It’s a great resource for clerkship applicants. But it can’t go on without your help. […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude, Willkie Farr
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Covington (New York), Willkie, and a List of Shame
Some good news for law clerks heading to the New York office of Covington & Burling after their clerkships. A source at the firm directed us to check out this updated section of their website: We reward judicial clerks who come directly to the firm following their clerkship(s) with credit for purposes of both salary […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Debevoise Joins the $70K Club
Good news for clerks with offers from Debevoise & Plimpton: the bonus is no longer flat. Debevoise is joining the $70K Club for two-year clerks. The announcement email appears after the jump. -
Clerkships, J. Michael Luttig, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court
Update on Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They Now?
A few more updates from tipsters: Edward C. Dawson, who clerked for Kennedy in OT 2003, is with Yetter & Warden, and according to our tipster is in the new Austin office. Marc Allen, also a former Kennedy clerk, has reportedly gone in-house with Boeing, working for his old boss, Judge J. Michael Luttig. Leondra […]