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OVERVIEW:
Each year, a number of NDLS graduates begin their careers by serving as a judicial clerk. These highly-sought after positions provide graduates with a unique opportunity to learn the inner workings of the judicial system, while at the same time honing important legal skills and problem-solving abilities. Judicial clerkships provide a graduate with confidence about his or her abilities as an attorney but also enhance his or her value to future employers. As a judicial clerk, the graduate assists a judge, or a group of judges, in a variety of tasks, including research, writing, and administrative duties.
Guide to Judicial Clerkships
Guide to OSCAR (online system for clerkship applications)
Judicial Clerkship Deadlines
- May/June – Research Judicial Clerkship Opportunities
- ASAP – Request Letters of Recommendations from Professors
- June 15, 2009 – Send List of Judges to Professor Recommenders and their Administrative Assistants
- July 13, 2009 – Submit Hardcopy Application Materials to CSO for Bundling +
- September 8, 2009 – First Date Applications May Be Received by Judges
- September 11, 2009 – First Date Judges May Contract Applicants for Interviews
- September 18, 2009 – First Date For Interviews and Offers
+ after July 13th you may prepare hardcopy application bundles independently; the CSO will provide mailing materials and postage for materials dropped off at the CSO.
KEY RESOURCES:
- OSCAR – On-line System for Clerkship Application and Review
- Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan
- Federal Judicial Vacancies, Nominations & Confirmations
- Federal Judicial Center – including judges bios
- The Value of a Clerkship
- Guide to State Court Clerkships (Netid Required)
NOTRE DAME RESOURCES:
- Symplicity — Use Symplicity to track and save application materials such as cover letters, resumes, and recommendation letters as well as create Excel files to be used for mail merge documents; you can also see prior ND clerks for applicable judges
- State Court Clerkship Deadline Guide (Netid Required)
- Required Excel Spreadsheet Format (Excel file) Please remember that if you import information from other sources, you must insure that the information conforms to this format. (Netid Required)
- Create a Word mail merge with Excel data (pdf file) (Netid Required)
- ND / SMC Judges by Court – (Netid Required)
- Notre Dame Judicial Law Clerks and their Courts – Federal Courts (Netid Required)
- Notre Dame Judicial Law Clerks and their Courts – State Courts (Netid Required)
NOTRE DAME CLERKS AND THEIR COURTS
| U.S. Supreme Court | U.S. Court of Appeals | U.S. District Courts | Other Federal Courts | State/ Specialty Courts | |
| Class of 2007 | 11 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Class of 2006 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Class of 2005 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Class of 2004 | 7 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Class of 2003 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| Class of 2002 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 15 | |
| Class of 2001 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Class of 2000 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
