NALP 2015 ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE — PANELS ABOUT CLERKSHIPS
Impact of Early Clerkship Hiring on Summer Associate Programs and On-Campus Recruiting
With the formal demise of the Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan in 2014, judges are hiring law clerks earlier and earlier. Many federal judges are making offers to both students and alumni far in advance — as much as three years before the start of a clerkship term. Students may now start applying as early as August of their 1L summer, as soon as access to OSCAR is granted. This session will examine the impact of such early hiring on firms’ OCI practices and summer associate programs. Panelists will present best practices for law firms and law school career counselors in dealing with the issues arising from summer associates who may already have clerkships or who may be actively pursuing clerkships. They will also discuss the practice of judges hiring alumni candidates with one or more years of experience at a firm.
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- Sheila Driscoll, Director of Judicial Clerkships, The George Washington University Law School
- Melissa Lennon, Assistant Dean for Career Services, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Natasha Zech, Director of Attorney Recruiting and Development, Williams & Connolly LLP
Federal Clerkships and OSCAR: Looking Back, Looking Forward
As we mark the tenth anniversary of OSCAR, it is a great time to review the hiring landscape and to consider OSCAR’s past, present, and future role in federal law clerk hiring. The Chair of the federal judges’ OSCAR Working Group and the OSCAR Program Manager will join seasoned clerkship advisors for a lively conversation about where we’ve been, what we’re seeing, and where we might be headed.
- The Honorable Timothy Burgess, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Alaska
- Marilyn Drees, Director, Yale Law School Career Development Office
- Laura Simon, OSCAR Program Manager, Administrative Office of the United States Courts
- Susan Staab, Associate Director of Career Services, University of Chicago Law School
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2015 Annual Education Conference [National Association for Law Placement (NALP)]