Clerkship Resources

General Resources

• Laura B. Bartell, A Splendid Relationship-Judge and Law Clerk, 52 La. L. Rev. 1429 (1992)

• Donald L. Burnett, Jr., Law Clerking: "My Favorite Year," 53 Advoc. 26 (Mar./Apr. 2010)

• Federal Judicial Center, Law Clerk Handbook: A Handbook for Law Clerks to Federal Judges (Sylvan A. Sobel ed., 2d ed., Fed. Jud. Center 2007)

• Geraldine Szott Moohr, One Kind of Legacy: Judge Sprouse's Law Clerks, 98 W. Va. L. Rev. 17 (1995)

• William E. Nelson et al., The Liberal Tradition of the Supreme Court Clerkship: Its Rise, Fall, and Reincarnation? 62 Vand. L. Rev. 1749 (2009)

• Charles H. Sheldon, Law Clerking with a State Supreme Court: Views fromt he Perspective of the Personal Assistants to the Judges, 6 Just. Sys. J. 347 (1981)

• Stephen L. Wasby, Clerking for an Appellate Judge: A Close Look, 5 Seton Hall Cir. Rev. 19 (2008)

• Stephen L. Wasby, "Why Clerk? What Did I Get Out of It?" 56 Leg. Educ. 411 (2011)

 

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Clerkship Selection and Employment Resources

• Ruggero J. Aldisert, Ryan C. Kirkpatrick & James R. Stevens III, Rat Race: Insider Advice on Landing Judicial Clerkships, 110 Penn. St. L. Rev. 835 (2006)

• Christopher Avery et al., The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks, 68 U. Chi. L. Rev. 447 (2007)

• Ed Finkel, Crunching Clerks: Funding Cuts and a Tougher Job Market Tighten the Competition, 96 ABA J. 19 (Feb. 2010)

• Susan Harp, Clerking-Something Every First Year Law Student Should Know, 29 Stetson L. Rev. 1291 (2000)

• David K. Hendrickson, Conducting Job Interviews: A Guide for Federal Judges (Fed. Jud. Ctr. 1999)

• Vermont Law Schol Career Services, Guide to State Court Judicial Clerkship Procedures

• Kimm Alayne Walton, Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams 1178-227 (2d. ed., Thompson/West 2008)

 

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OSCAR Resources

• Applicant Quick Reference Guide

• Applicant User Guide

 

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Court Guides and Directories

• Almanac of the Federal Judiciary (available on Westlaw)

• The American Bench: Judges of the Nation

• BNA's Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges and Clerks

• The Directory of Minority Judges of the United States

• Want's Federal-State Court Directory

• Judicial Yellowbook

• Federal Judicial Center, History of the Federal Judiciary

• National Center for State Courts