JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP HANDBOOK - Cornell University Law School
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP HANDBOOK - Cornell University Law School
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP HANDBOOK - Cornell University Law School
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE WEB SITE<br />
The tools you need to help you create your federal and state clerkship applications can be<br />
quickly accessed via the Office of Public Service web site.<br />
Selected resources:<br />
C OSCAR, the Online System for Clerkship Application and Review: OSCAR is the single<br />
centralized resource for notice of available federal clerkships, clerkship application<br />
information, and law clerk employment information. The 2011 OSCAR system is<br />
scheduled to launch in late May, 2011. All federal judges in courts included in the<br />
<strong>Law</strong> Clerk Hiring Plan will be listed on OSCAR. Judges will be able to indicate<br />
whether they are not hiring or, if they are hiring, whether they wish to receive<br />
applications electronically or in hard copy. Judges decide whether or not to post<br />
clerkship information, and it is expected that the vast majority will. For those judges<br />
who do not post clerkship information, a notation of “no information available” will<br />
be displayed. Applicants applying to judges who want electronic submissions (well<br />
over 60% of judges) will upload their application materials through the OSCAR web<br />
site. Applicants designate the judges to whom they wish to apply. Recommenders<br />
upload their letters through OSCAR as well. These judges are able to sort and screen<br />
the applications directed to them and print only what they want to read in hard<br />
copy.<br />
C Federal Court Jurisdictional Map: Indicates geographic boundaries of the United<br />
States Courts of appeal and District Courts.<br />
• Symplicity Clerkship Module: Use this resource to create an Excel spreadsheet of<br />
mailing addresses for the federal judges to whom you are applying. This Excel file is<br />
used for your cover letter mail‐merge (the efficient way to create letters that are<br />
addressed to each individual judge). Also, faculty administrative assistants use your<br />
Excel file to create your recommendation letters. You are responsible for e‐mailing<br />
your Excel file to the appropriate administrative assistants. A note about mailing:<br />
Assistant Dean Comstock oversees a process that enables you to send your hard<br />
copy application materials via Federal Express, and at a greatly reduced price.<br />
Specific instructions will be provided over the summer.<br />
C Judicial Nominations and Confirmations: The Senate Judiciary Committee’s official<br />
web page. For the current congressional session, click on links at the bottom of the<br />
page.<br />
C Judicial Nominations and Confirmations (Michigan): Provides current mailing<br />
addresses for nominated and recently‐confirmed judges.<br />
C Judicial Nominations and Confirmations (Yale): Provides a database of federal<br />
judicial nominations and confirmations, status and address information, and links to<br />
other nominations resources.<br />
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