JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP HANDBOOK - Cornell University Law School

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Leadership Libraries 15 LexisNexis 15 Clerkship Notification Blog 15 State Court Judges Spreadsheet 15 Guide to State Judicial Clerkships 15 National Center for State Courts 15 Print Resources 15 Federal Clerkship Application Time Line Getting Organized 15 Identifying Recent Nominations and Confirmations 16 Staff Attorney and Pro Se Law Clerk Positions 17 State Clerkship Application Time Line 17 The Clerkship Application Packet Resume 17 Cover Letter 19 Transcript 20 Recommendation Letters 20 Writing Samples 21 Clerkship Interviews Generally 21 Expectations About Acceptance – Federal Clerkships 23 Expectations About Acceptance – State Clerkships 24 Clerking and Course Selection 24 Federal Court Workplace Issues 25 ii | P age
APPENDICES A. Clerkship Application Worksheet B. Cornell Law Faculty Who Have Clerked C. “The Value of Judicial Clerkships to a Transactional Career” D. “Federal Staff Attorney Positions” E. ”Supreme Court Application Basics”/List of “Feeder Judges” to the Supreme Court F. Judges Who Interviewed and/or Made Offers to Cornellians in the Past 5 Years G. Judges With Cornell Clerks During 2010‐2011 H. Judges Who Are Known Personally By Someone on the Faculty I. Judges Who Are Cornell Law School Alumni/ae and Who Hire Clerks J. Judges Who Have Judged Cornell’s Moot Court Competition K. Judges Who Hired Cornell Clerks During the 2010‐2011 Academic Year L. Judges With Two‐Year Clerkships M. Judges Who Do Not Hire or Who Only Hire Permanent Clerks N. “How Not to Get a Judicial Clerkship” O. Judicial Clerkship Resources P. Sample Cover Letters Q. Sample Thank You Letter R. Diagram ‐ Basic Structure of the Federal Court System S. Map ‐ Circuits of the U.S. Courts of Appeals Note: Because of database problems, Appendices F, H, I, J, L and M were not available when this Handbook went to print in the first week of March, 2011. We expect to be able to produce these appendices by the end of March. They will be made available to you in two ways: via email, as Excel spreadsheets (and thus easily sorted and organized), and in an updated version of this Handbook posted to the Public Service web site. iii | P age
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