Bristow Fellows

Plus the law schools and lower-court judges producing the most Bristows.

Plus the 10 most recent classes of Bristow Fellows, and the law schools and lower-court clerkships from whence they came.

This time around, there's an interesting little twist.

Plus rankings of the law schools and lower-court judges that send the most folks into these prestigious posts.

Congratulations to the new fellows, their law schools, and their judges!

Which law schools and judges send the most people into prestigious Bristow Fellowships?

Which law schools and lower-court judges send the most people into prestigious Bristow Fellowships?

Which law schools and lower-court judges send the most people into prestigious Bristow Fellowships at the U.S. Solicitor General's Office?

Who are the five brilliant young lawyers just selected for Bristow Fellowships at the U.S. Solicitor General's Office? And which law schools and lower-court judges have produced the most Bristows over the past few years?

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).

Congratulations to the 2012 Bristow Fellows, who learned of their selection earlier this month. These one-year fellowships in the U.S. Solicitor General's Office, awarded to recent law school graduates with outstanding academic records and top clerkships, are generally regarded as second only to Supreme Court clerkships in prestige. Let's take a look at the next crop of Bristow Fellows....

On Monday we published an update on Supreme Court law clerk hiring. In the wake of that update, we received a veritable cornucopia of tips and news of new hires. The most welcome information came from the Supreme Court itself, so let's take a look!

Federal government lawyers are having their pay frozen. But let’s face it: you don’t don’t go into government service for the money. You might do it for the experience. You might do it for the lifestyle. And, depending on the position, you might do it for the prestige. Someone once said to me, “You can’t […]

In our reader poll on possible Supreme Court nominees — which is still open, by the way — Solicitor General Elena Kagan is leading the pack, at least in terms of the predictive poll. At the current time, a majority of respondents believe that she will be nominated by President Obama to the seat of […]