Sunday, April 6, 2008

Law Clerk Addict 2009

Law Clerk Addict 2009 is now operating! Hard to believe that the hiring season has begun, but several judges hire two years in advance instead of just one year, and several others have begun searching this spring. Feel free to post any information you have (anonymously, of course) for the 2009-2010 clerkship year over there.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Top 30 and Top 50 law school charts

Here's a visual representation of the percentage of clerks from the Top 30 and Top 50 schools. (I apologize for the abbreviations; however, they should be sufficiently readable.)

Monday, December 3, 2007

One-track placement

Curious which schools place a plurality percentage of their clerks in a single circuit? Sorted below. (Minimum 10 clerks, ties so noted.)

UCLA has 13 from 9th for 72.2% of clerks
Berkeley has 6 from 9th for 60.0% of clerks
Texas has 12 from 5th for 57.1% of clerks
Stanford has 16 from 9th for 55.2% of clerks
Penn has 7 from 3d for 43.8% of clerks
Michigan has 7 from 6th for 33.3% of clerks
Yale has 16 from 9th for 30.8% of clerks
GWU has 3 from 5th for 30.0% of clerks
Chicago has 7 from 7th for 26.9% of clerks
Duke has 4 from 4th & 11th for 26.7% of clerks
Columbia has 8 from 2d for 25.0% of clerks
NYU has 4 from 9th & DC for 21.1% of clerks
Georgetown has 4 from 6th for 20.0% of clerks
Virginia has 3 from 4th, 5th, 6th & 11th for 18.8% of clerks
Northwestern has 3 from 9th for 18.8% of clerks
Harvard has 12 from 2d, 9th & DC for 15.2% of clerks

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Vault 100 clerkship salary bonus chart

To view the latest clerkship salary bonus for Vault 100 firms, click here.
Last updated March 19, 2008.

Monday, October 1, 2007

About this blog

I've only included clerks hired this year. A two-year clerk in the second year of a clerkship for 2008-2009, for instance, would not be included [but a clerk working a second year would be bracketed]. Feel free to post anonymously. It's not the most readable format, but if you search using Ctrl+F, it makes it extremely easy to find the information you want, all on one page. It's also easy for me to edit, and I don't have to host a Web page.

Do not confuse this site with the Clerkship Notification Blog. This site is not intended to be a resource for information on which judges are hiring or who has begun interviewing. It is only intended to log which judges have hired from which schools. Judges who did not hire any clerks this term (generally those with only career clerks) are so noted. Inactive judges are not listed.

Do not tell me that I'm missing information or about how inaccurate my information is. If it's inaccurate and you can correct the errata, then tell me what to correct and I'll do so. If it's inaccurate but you have no factual information that can remedy the errata, save some anecdotal evidence of "at least a dozen" people who're clerking, or that "I can think of at least three that aren't listed," but you fail to name who they're clerking for, I'll ignore your comments. It's utterly unproductive.

This site focuses solely on federal appellate clerks. There are numerous other resources for Supreme Court clerks, and it does not track staff attorneys. It also looks only at clerks who will work the 2008-2009 term.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Distribution of clerks by law school tier

Distribution of clerks by law school tiers, calculated for 544 total clerks.

T1 496 91.2%
T2 36 6.6%
T3 7 1.3%
T4 5 0.9%



T30 464 85.3%
others 80 14.7%



T18 405 74.4%
others 139 25.6%



T14 354 65.1%
others 190 34.9%



T7 253 46.5%
others 291 53.5%



HYS 160 29.4%
others 384 70.6%

Friday, September 21, 2007

Percentage of clerks by school

(The percentage represents the % of a given class that will be clerking for the 2008-2009 term (excluding all second-year clerks). The denominators for class size include both full-time and part-time students. The numerators are not adjusted to exclude alumni from current students who will clerk, and they include both alumni and current students.)

1 Yale 27.5%
2 Stanford 17.0%
2 Harvard 14.2%
6 Chicago 13.5%
5 Columbia 8.3%
10 Duke 7.3%
12 Northwestern 6.9%
6 Penn 6.4%
8 Michigan 5.7%
15 UCLA 5.4%
18 Texas 4.8%
16 Vanderbilt 4.7%
10 Virginia 4.3%
4 NYU 4.2%
28 Notre Dame 3.9%
8 Berkeley 3.8%
14 Georgetown 3.4%
20 Minnesota 2.7%
77 Richmond 2.5%
22 Emory 2.4%
24 Iowa 2.4%
25 W&L 2.4%
36 Indiana 2.4%
19 WUSTL 2.1%
66 Kansas 1.9%
22 GWU 1.8%
36 North Carolina 1.7%
28 Washington 1.7%
25 Illinois 1.6%
13 Cornell 1.6%
T4 Ave Maria 1.5%
31 W&M 1.5%
97 Catholic 1.4%
77 Nebraska 1.4%
16 USC 1.4%
44 BYU 1.4%
70 Oklahoma 1.2%
60 Brooklyn 1.2%
36 Hastings 1.2%
28 Boston College 1.2%
T4 Mississippi College 1.0%
91 South Carolina 0.9%
70 New Mexico 0.9%
36 Georgia 0.9%
25 Fordham 0.8%
T3 Little Rock 0.7%
20 Boston U 0.7%
60 Kentucky 0.7%
T3 Howard 0.7%
97 Louisville 0.7%
47 Florida 0.7%
36 Wake Forest 0.7%
66 Missouri 0.7%
47 American 0.6%
T3 Creighton 0.6%
51 Arizona State 0.6%
T3 West Virginia 0.6%
36 Alabama 0.6%
T3 Mississippi 0.6%
52 Cardozo 0.6%
66 Pepperdine 0.5%
31 Ohio State 0.4%
T4 Capital 0.4%
36 Maryland 0.4%
T3 Michigan State 0.4%
46 SMU 0.3%
60 Kent 0.3%
70 St. John's 0.3%
100 McGeorge 0.3%
85 San Diego 0.3%
T3 Suffolk 0.2%

Total clerks by school

2 Harvard 79
1 Yale 52
5 Columbia 32
2 Stanford 29
6 Chicago 26
8 Michigan 21
18 Texas 21
14 Georgetown 20
4 NYU 19
15 UCLA 18
6 Penn 16
10 Virginia 16
12 Northwestern 16
10 Duke 15
8 Berkeley 10
22 GWU 10
16 Vanderbilt 9
20 Minnesota 7
28 Notre Dame 7
60 Brooklyn 6
19 WUSTL 5
22 Emory 5
24 Iowa 5
36 Hastings 5
36 Indiana 5
25 Fordham 4
36 North Carolina 4
77 Richmond 4
97 Catholic 4
13 Cornell 3
16 USC 3
25 Illinois 3
25 W&L 3
28 Boston College 3
28 Washington 3
31 W&M 3
47 American 3
47 Florida 3
66 Kansas 3
20 Boston U 2
36 Georgia 2
44 BYU 2
52 Cardozo 2
70 Oklahoma 2
77 Nebraska 2
91 South Carolina 2
T4 Ave Maria 2
T4 Mississippi College 2
31 Ohio State 1
36 Alabama 1
36 Maryland 1
36 Wake Forest 1
46 SMU 1
51 Arizona State 1
60 Kent 1
60 Kentucky 1
66 Missouri 1
66 Pepperdine 1
70 New Mexico 1
70 St. John's 1
85 San Diego 1
97 Louisville 1
100 McGeorge 1
T3 Creighton 1
T3 Howard 1
T3 Little Rock 1
T3 Michigan State 1
T3 Mississippi 1
T3 Suffolk 1
T3 West Virginia 1
T4 Capital 1
31 Wisconsin 0
34 Davis 0
34 George Mason 0
36 Colorado 0
44 Arizona 0
47 Tulane 0
47 UConn 0
[other schools outside the top tier]

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Clerks by school

550 clerks (last updated July 11, 2008)

Pryor
11Alabama
Sloviter
3American
Elrod
5American
Daughtrey
6American
CanbySr.9Arizona State
ManionSr.7Ave Maria
Smith
8Ave Maria
Torruella
1Berkeley
Michael
4Berkeley
Williams
4Berkeley
Wood
7Berkeley
B. FletcherSr.9Berkeley
Berzon
9Berkeley
Graber
9Berkeley
Paez
9Berkeley
TashimaSr.9Berkeley
W. Fletcher
9Berkeley
Barry
3Boston College
Barry
3Boston College
Lucero
10Boston College
Torruella
1Boston U
Martin
6Boston U
Raggi
2Brooklyn
Straub
2Brooklyn
WinterSr.2Brooklyn
Sloviter
3Brooklyn
KravitchSr.11Brooklyn
Marcus
11Brooklyn
Rogers
6BYU
Bybee
9BYU
Griffin
6Capital
Fisher
3Cardozo
Gould
9Cardozo
Shedd
4Catholic
Kelly
10Catholic
Brown
DCCatholic
Sentelle
DCCatholic
Elrod
5Chicago
Jolly
5Chicago
Smith
5Chicago
Smith
5Chicago
Stewart
5Chicago
Wiener
5Chicago
Boggs
6Chicago
Cook
6Chicago
CudahySr.7Chicago
Easterbrook
7Chicago
Easterbrook
7Chicago
Posner
7Chicago
Ripple
7Chicago
Ripple
7Chicago
Wood
7Chicago
Gruender
8Chicago
Bybee
9Chicago
D. NelsonSr.9Chicago
Ikuta
9Chicago
O'Scannlain
9Chicago
Rymer
9Chicago
W. Fletcher
9Chicago
EbelSr.10Chicago
FaySr.11Chicago
Randolph
DCChicago
WilliamsSr.DCChicago
Boudin
1Columbia
SelyaSr.1Columbia
FeinbergSr.2Columbia
Katzmann
2Columbia
KearseSr.2Columbia
KearseSr.2Columbia
Livingston
2Columbia
Livingston
2Columbia
Raggi
2Columbia
Sack
2Columbia
Chagares
3Columbia
Fuentes
3Columbia
Jordan
3Columbia
Clement
5Columbia
Smith
5Columbia
Boggs
6Columbia
Gibbons
6Columbia
Gilman
6Columbia
Moore
6Columbia
Williams
7Columbia
Loken
8Columbia
B. FletcherSr.9Columbia
Fisher
9Columbia
Gould
9Columbia
Schroeder
9Columbia
Silverman
9Columbia
ThompsonSr.9Columbia
Lucero
10Columbia
Dubina
11Columbia
Ginsburg
DCColumbia
Rogers
DCColumbia
FriedmanSr.FedColumbia
Hall
2Cornell
Wesley
2Cornell
Smith
3Cornell
Riley
8Creighton
Duncan
4Duke
Duncan
4Duke
King
4Duke
Niemeyer
4Duke
Garza
5Duke
Jolly
5Duke
Moore
6Duke
Tinder
7Duke
Rymer
9Duke
Tacha
10Duke
Black
11Duke
Edmondson
11Duke
Tjoflat
11Duke
Tjoflat
11Duke
Sentelle
DCDuke
Davis
5Emory
Kleinfeld
9Emory
Carnes
11Emory
Carnes
11Emory
Wilson
11Emory
Black
11Florida
Black
11Florida
Wilson
11Florida
NewmanSr.2Fordham
Barry
3Fordham
Jordan
3Fordham
Kelly
10Fordham
Torruella
1Georgetown
Katzmann
2Georgetown
Ambro
3Georgetown
Fisher
3Georgetown
RothSr.3Georgetown
Smith
5Georgetown
KeithSr.6Georgetown
MerrittSr.6Georgetown
SilerSr.6Georgetown
SilerSr.6Georgetown
Loken
8Georgetown
D. NelsonSr.9Georgetown
McKeown
9Georgetown
Tallman
9Georgetown
SeymourSr.10Georgetown
Brown
DCGeorgetown
Tatel
DCGeorgetown
Bryson
FedGeorgetown
Dyk
FedGeorgetown
Newman
FedGeorgetown
CoxSr.11Georgia
Dubina
11Georgia
Chagares
3GWU
Williams
4GWU
Prado
5GWU
Rogers
6GWU
Sutton
6GWU
Bea
9GWU
Lucero
10GWU
ClevengerSr.FedGWU
Michel
FedGWU
Schall
FedGWU
Boudin
1Harvard
Lipez
1Harvard
Lynch
1Harvard
Lynch
1Harvard
StahlSr.1Harvard
Calabresi
2Harvard
Hall
2Harvard
Katzmann
2Harvard
KearseSr.2Harvard
LevalSr.2Harvard
Livingston
2Harvard
Parker
2Harvard
Parker
2Harvard
Raggi
2Harvard
Sack
2Harvard
Sack
2Harvard
Straub
2Harvard
Barry
3Harvard
Fuentes
3Harvard
GarthSr.3Harvard
Hardiman
3Harvard
Gregory
4Harvard
Shedd
4Harvard
Wilkinson
4Harvard
Benavides
5Harvard
Clement
5Harvard
Dennis
5Harvard
Elrod
5Harvard
Jones
5Harvard
Owen
5Harvard
Owen
5Harvard
Boggs
6Harvard
Boggs
6Harvard
Cook
6Harvard
Gibbons
6Harvard
Gilman
6Harvard
KeithSr.6Harvard
Posner
7Harvard
Williams
7Harvard
Wood
7Harvard
Gruender
8Harvard
Loken
8Harvard
Melloy
8Harvard
Shepherd
8Harvard
Bea
9Harvard
Bybee
9Harvard
Clifton
9Harvard
FarrisSr.9Harvard
Kleinfeld
9Harvard
NoonanSr.9Harvard
Paez
9Harvard
Paez
9Harvard
Reinhardt
9Harvard
Thomas
9Harvard
WallaceSr.9Harvard
Wardlaw
9Harvard
Gorsuch
10Harvard
Gorsuch
10Harvard
McConnell
10Harvard
Tymkovich
10Harvard
Anderson
11Harvard
Tjoflat
11Harvard
Tjoflat
11Harvard
Brown
DCHarvard
Brown
DCHarvard
Garland
DCHarvard
Garland
DCHarvard
Griffith
DCHarvard
Griffith
DCHarvard
Griffith
DCHarvard
Kavanaugh
DCHarvard
Kavanaugh
DCHarvard
Randolph
DCHarvard
Rogers
DCHarvard
SilbermanSr.DCHarvard
Dyk
FedHarvard
Lourie
FedHarvard
Lourie
FedHarvard
Moore
FedHarvard
AldisertSr.3Hastings
FernandezSr.9Hastings
T. NelsonSr.9Hastings
EbelSr.10Hastings
Hartz
10Hastings
KeithSr.6Howard
Kanne
7Illinois
Ripple
7Illinois
N.R. Smith
9Illinois
SelyaSr.1Indiana
Tinder
7Indiana
Tinder
7Indiana
Wollman
8Indiana
Holmes
10Indiana
Colloton
8Iowa
Melloy
8Iowa
Melloy
8Iowa
Rader
FedIowa
Schall
FedIowa
Briscoe
10Kansas
Briscoe
10Kansas
Tacha
10Kansas
Prost
FedKent
SilerSr.6Kentucky
Smith
8Little Rock
Bye
8Louisville
Wesley
2Maryland
HugSr.9McGeorge
GreenbergSr.3Michigan
Jordan
3Michigan
Motz
4Michigan
Williams
4Michigan
Clay
6Michigan
Cook
6Michigan
KennedySr.6Michigan
KennedySr.6Michigan
Martin
6Michigan
McKeague
6Michigan
McKeague
6Michigan
Tinder
7Michigan
Colloton
8Michigan
Gould
9Michigan
Graber
9Michigan
McKeown
9Michigan
TashimaSr.9Michigan
Gorsuch
10Michigan
Hull
11Michigan
Ginsburg
DCMichigan
Sentelle
DCMichigan
Gruender
8Michigan State
Clay
6Minnesota
Gilman
6Minnesota
Rogers
6Minnesota
Kanne
7Minnesota
BrightSr.8Minnesota
Bea
9Minnesota
BeezerSr.9Minnesota
Stewart
5Mississippi
Southwick
5Mississippi College
ManionSr.7Mississippi College
GibsonSr.8Missouri
Riley
8Nebraska
Riley
8Nebraska
Murphy
10New Mexico
Gregory
4North Carolina
Daughtrey
6North Carolina
Kanne
7North Carolina
KravitchSr.11North Carolina
Lipez
1Northwestern
Hardiman
3Northwestern
Niemeyer
4Northwestern
NorrisSr.6Northwestern
Sutton
6Northwestern
Flaum
7Northwestern
Sykes
7Northwestern
GibsonSr.8Northwestern
Murphy
8Northwestern
Bea
9Northwestern
M. Smith
9Northwestern
Tallman
9Northwestern
Gorsuch
10Northwestern
Hartz
10Northwestern
Tatel
DCNorthwestern
WilliamsSr.DCNorthwestern
Barksdale
5Notre Dame
Sykes
7Notre Dame
Sykes
7Notre Dame
BrightSr.8Notre Dame
O'Scannlain
9Notre Dame
Kelly
10Notre Dame
Wilson
11Notre Dame
FeinbergSr.2NYU
Katzmann
2NYU
WalkerSr.2NYU
GreenbergSr.3NYU
Duncan
4NYU
Motz
4NYU
Garza
5NYU
HigginbothamSr.5NYU
Stewart
5NYU
Daughtrey
6NYU
Gibbons
6NYU
FergusonSr.9NYU
Kozinski
9NYU
M. Smith
9NYU
W. Fletcher
9NYU
EdwardsSr.DCNYU
EdwardsSr.DCNYU
Rogers
DCNYU
Tatel
DCNYU
Moore
6Ohio State
Henry
10Oklahoma
Holmes
10Oklahoma
StahlSr.1Penn
WalkerSr.2Penn
Wesley
2Penn
Ambro
3Penn
Chagares
3Penn
Fisher
3Penn
Rendell
3Penn
Scirica
3Penn
Scirica
3Penn
Sloviter
3Penn
Kozinski
9Penn
WallaceSr.9Penn
Hartz
10Penn
McConnell
10Penn
Prost
FedPenn
Schall
FedPenn
McConnell
10Pepperdine
Agee
4Richmond
King
4Richmond
BeamSr.8Richmond
Tjoflat
11Richmond
Evans
7San Diego
Haynes
5SMU
Dennis
5South Carolina
Gilman
6South Carolina
Wesley
2St. John's
Lipez
1Stanford
Lynch
1Stanford
LevalSr.2Stanford
Parker
2Stanford
Gregory
4Stanford
Wilkinson
4Stanford
Owen
5Stanford
Flaum
7Stanford
Sykes
7Stanford
Berzon
9Stanford
CanbySr.9Stanford
Clifton
9Stanford
FergusonSr.9Stanford
Fisher
9Stanford
Kozinski
9Stanford
Kozinski
9Stanford
McKeown
9Stanford
NoonanSr.9Stanford
NoonanSr.9Stanford
Reinhardt
9Stanford
Rymer
9Stanford
Silverman
9Stanford
Thomas
9Stanford
W. Fletcher
9Stanford
Wardlaw
9Stanford
Edmondson
11Stanford
Pryor
11Stanford
Ginsburg
DCStanford
Lourie
FedStanford
Griffin
6Suffolk
Jacobs
2Texas
RothSr.3Texas
Duncan
4Texas
Benavides
5Texas
Clement
5Texas
GarwoodSr.5Texas
GarwoodSr.5Texas
Garza
5Texas
HigginbothamSr.5Texas
Jones
5Texas
King
5Texas
Owen
5Texas
Prado
5Texas
Southwick
5Texas
Wiener
5Texas
Moore
6Texas
HollowaySr.10Texas
Anderson
11Texas
Randolph
DCTexas
Dyk
FedTexas
Gajarsa
FedTexas
Calabresi
2UCLA
Pooler
2UCLA
AldisertSr.3UCLA
Cole
6UCLA
Evans
7UCLA
AlarconSr.9UCLA
Bybee
9UCLA
Clifton
9UCLA
D. NelsonSr.9UCLA
Fisher
9UCLA
HallSr.9UCLA
HallSr.9UCLA
Ikuta
9UCLA
Ikuta
9UCLA
M. Smith
9UCLA
Pregerson
9UCLA
Rymer
9UCLA
Wardlaw
9UCLA
FarrisSr.9USC
FernandezSr.9USC
Paez
9USC
Jordan
3Vanderbilt
Williams
4Vanderbilt
Benavides
5Vanderbilt
Batchelder
6Vanderbilt
Cole
6Vanderbilt
Shepherd
8Vanderbilt
Hartz
10Vanderbilt
Hull
11Vanderbilt
Henderson
DCVanderbilt
Smith
3Virginia
Michael
4Virginia
Motz
4Virginia
Wilkinson
4Virginia
Barksdale
5Virginia
Barksdale
5Virginia
Southwick
5Virginia
Martin
6Virginia
Rogers
6Virginia
Sutton
6Virginia
BeezerSr.9Virginia
Kleinfeld
9Virginia
Birch
11Virginia
Carnes
11Virginia
Pryor
11Virginia
Ginsburg
DCVirginia
Smith
3W&L
Elrod
5W&L
Black
11W&L
Hardiman
3W&M
Agee
4W&M
Shedd
4W&M
Briscoe
10Wake Forest
B. FletcherSr.9Washington
GoodwinSr.9Washington
Tallman
9Washington
King
4West Virginia
Prado
5WUSTL
Cook
6WUSTL
Benton
8WUSTL
Wardlaw
9WUSTL
Murphy
10WUSTL
Boudin
1Yale
Lynch
1Yale
Cabranes
2Yale
Cabranes
2Yale
Calabresi
2Yale
Calabresi
2Yale
LevalSr.2Yale
Livingston
2Yale
Parker
2Yale
Pooler
2Yale
Pooler
2Yale
WalkerSr.2Yale
Gregory
4Yale
Michael
4Yale
Motz
4Yale
Niemeyer
4Yale
Wilkinson
4Yale
Benavides
5Yale
Gibbons
6Yale
Flaum
7Yale
Posner
7Yale
Benton
8Yale
Benton
8Yale
Colloton
8Yale
Loken
8Yale
Murphy
8Yale
Berzon
9Yale
Berzon
9Yale
Clifton
9Yale
FarrisSr.9Yale
Fisher
9Yale
Hawkins
9Yale
Hawkins
9Yale
HugSr.9Yale
McKeown
9Yale
O'Scannlain
9Yale
Reinhardt
9Yale
Reinhardt
9Yale
Silverman
9Yale
TashimaSr.9Yale
Thomas
9Yale
Thomas
9Yale
Lucero
10Yale
McConnell
10Yale
Pryor
11Yale
Garland
DCYale
Garland
DCYale
Griffith
DCYale
Kavanaugh
DCYale
Kavanaugh
DCYale
Tatel
DCYale
WilliamsSr.DCYale