How To Become A Supreme Court Clerk If You Attend A Lower-Ranked Law School

It may be a long shot, but you still may have a shot.

By Staci Zaretsky on December 13, 2017 3:29 pm

To the extent that you’re applying from a school that does not traditionally send folks to the court, it’s important to stand out academically. There’s no substitute for a good GPA.

— Claire Evans, a partner at Wiley Rein, offering her advice on how to land a Supreme Court clerkship if you attend a “long-shot” law school. Evans graduated from Rutgers Law in 2002, and went on to clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas in 2008. Evans completed three federal clerkships (two of them on appellate courts) and a Bristow Fellowship before she was selected as a Supreme Court clerk.

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Staci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.