Clerkships

Federal Clerkship Academy Is Back, This Time Without Loyalty Pledge

No blood oaths this time, we promise.

Wealthy Applicants Have A Much Easier Time Applying For Clerkships

But there are reforms that should be made to ameliorate the problems faced by less-wealthy clerkship applicants. 

An Open Letter To Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Clerks: YOU HAD ONE JOB

'You muthaf**kas are slipping!'

Law Clerk Attacked Outside Federal Courthouse

Scary story.

Best Law School For Federal Clerkships

That's an impressive stat.

The Yale Law School Clerkship Process Puts Women In An Impossible Position

This Slate article should make every law school reconsider its clerkship process.

Want To Make More Money Than A Supreme Court Justice? Become A SCOTUS Clerk!

You could be earning an almost half-a-million-dollar bonus on top of your already huge six-figure salary.

Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Kavanaugh’s History-Making Class Of Clerks

All four are women, a first at One First Street, and thanks to them, women constitute a majority of this Term's clerks -- the first time this has happened in SCOTUS history.

Morning Docket: 09.24.18

* The Senate Judiciary Committee has reached a tentative deal with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as to when she will testify about her allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. The showdown is expected to go down on Thursday, pending any last-minute changes. [New York Times] * Judge Kavanaugh dug up calendars from the summer of 1982 to corroborate his denials of Dr. Ford's allegations. He apparently kept detailed entries as a teen, listing events like "go to [Mark] Judge's," but "drunk sexual assault fun time" is nowhere to be found. So convenient! [New York Times] * And now, a second woman has come forward to accuse Judge Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct -- this time, during his drunken college years. Meet Deborah Ramirez, who says that when they were Yale freshmen, Kavanaugh shoved his penis in her face and as she pushed him away, caused her to touch it without her consent. [New Yorker] * Professor Amy Chua claims that everything current and former Yale Law students are saying about her Kavanaugh clerkship coaching is "outrageous" and "100% false." Perhaps unsurprisingly, those Yale Law students say Chua is lying. [HuffPost] * "I am resigning from the firm, effective immediately." It may seem like former federal prosecutor Michael Bromwich quit his job as senior counsel at Robbins Russell after objections were raised by partners to his joining Dr. Ford's legal team, but they made a mutual agreement months ago about parting ways. His representation of Dr. Ford merely "accelerated" the departure. [National Law Journal] * Will President Trump fire Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein over his reported comments about wearing a wire before the midterms and Kavanaugh's prospective confirmation? Trump's GOP allies want him to wait before anything else gets muddled. [CNN]

More From Professor Amy Chua About Her Clerkship Counseling

And an update on the Tiger Mother's health as well: she has been released from the hospital.

Just Finished Your Clerkship? Start Your Own Law Firm.

You're more experienced than you might think.

Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Complete Clerk Roster For October Term 2018

What's happening to the "orphaned" law clerks who were hired by Justice Kennedy before he announced his retirement?

Kavanaugh’s Female Clerks Praise His Advocacy For Women In The Law

Kavanaugh is the only D.C. Circuit judge to ever hire four women to clerk for him in the same year.

Yale Prof Promotes Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Extraordinary’ Ability To Hire Her Daughter

Look, 'Tiger Moms' are gonna tiger, but the Kavanaugh Klan of Yale elites is getting pathetic.

Revolutionary Arrangement Will Allow Federal Law Clerk To Take Parental Leave During Clerkship

Far too many law clerks have been forced to choose between their careers and their families. That ends today.