On Plan Clerkships 2011 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Should we expect no call if we havent heard by now or is this an all day thing?

Personally I assumed I was done after the first 15 minutes.

I think this is right. I got 4 interviews, and all came in the first 15 minutes.

I applied to roughly 40 judges. Got 3 CoA interviews, one district.

Me too in every respect (3 COA, 1 district, all in the first 15), except I applied to over a hundred.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from the 11th Circuit?

[Anonymous User]

If I got an interview, how many people do you think a Dist. Ct. Judge interviews for one spot? i.e. odds at this point?

[Anonymous User]

I heard from W.D. Tenn. - Judge Breen earlier this week
Also heard from Judge Navarro in Las Vegas this morning

[Anonymous User]

any CA judges? are they typically later?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard from N.D. Ill.?

[Anonymous User]

I can't take this anticipation.

[Anonymous User]

Is everything done? I'm hoping west coast isn't but I'm feeling ready to give up. this has been terrible.

[Anonymous User]

I can't take this anticipation.

Dude, there's nothing left to anticipate. Even out west, a judicial assistant's day starts at 8:00 - 11:00 EST. And that's assuming they don't come in early to make a few phone calls on the most important day of a chambers' year.

[Anonymous User]

Well, that whole application thing was a big waste of time.

[Anonymous User]

Well, that whole application thing was a big waste of time.

Totally agree - I really wanted N.D. Ill.

[Anonymous User]

I really wanted one interview out of 80ish applications.

[Anonymous User]

When is it appropriate to call chambers you haven't heard from to get an interview because you'll be in town? Today? Monday?

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% at Harvard with glowing recs from two big-name profs and the chief counsel of a federal agency. Clerkship interviews received: 0. Ooph.

[Anonymous User]

When is it appropriate to call chambers you haven't heard from to get an interview because you'll be in town? Today? Monday?

Yeah... I don't know how I feel about calling all the EDPA judges who didn't call me and saying I got an interview with one of them. Especially because I scheduled him on Thursday, when they'll be booked (my COA judges are all Fridays, due to scheduling quirks on their end).

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% at Harvard with glowing recs from two big-name profs and the chief counsel of a federal agency. Clerkship interviews received: 0. Ooph.

I'm going to assume you applied somewhat selectively. I'm top 1% at Georgetown, I'd take top 10% at Harvard over me any day, and I have four. But all in flyover circuits.

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% at Harvard with glowing recs from two big-name profs and the chief counsel of a federal agency. Clerkship interviews received: 0. Ooph.

I'm going to assume you applied somewhat selectively. I'm top 1% at Georgetown, I'd take top 10% at Harvard over me any day, and I have four. But all in flyover circuits.

This just shows that the process is very random.

[Anonymous User]

1st/2d/DC/9th anyone?

[Anonymous User]

When is it appropriate to call chambers you haven't heard from to get an interview because you'll be in town? Today? Monday?

Any advice about timing these calls?

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% at Harvard with glowing recs from two big-name profs and the chief counsel of a federal agency. Clerkship interviews received: 0. Ooph.

I'm going to assume you applied somewhat selectively. I'm top 1% at Georgetown, I'd take top 10% at Harvard over me any day, and I have four. But all in flyover circuits.

This just shows that the process is very random.

Or it shows that "did you get an interview" is based on more than just school rank, class rank, and recommendations.

[Citizen Genet]

I can't take this anticipation.

Dude, there's nothing left to anticipate. Even out west, a judicial assistant's day starts at 8:00 - 11:00 EST. And that's assuming they don't come in early to make a few phone calls on the most important day of a chambers' year.

That might be a little collectively ego-centric, don't you think?

[Anonymous User]

Don't fret just yet. D. Ct. judges still calling - just got my first on-plan interview.

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything from D.Mass.?

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% at Harvard with glowing recs from two big-name profs and the chief counsel of a federal agency. Clerkship interviews received: 0. Ooph.

How widely did you apply?

Also, what's top 10% at HLS? What were your first year grades? I'm trying to gauge my competitiveness for clerkships, but i have no way of telling.

[Anonymous User]

Top 10% at Harvard with glowing recs from two big-name profs and the chief counsel of a federal agency. Clerkship interviews received: 0. Ooph.

How widely did you apply?

Also, what's top 10% at HLS? What were your first year grades? I'm trying to gauge my competitiveness for clerkships, but i have no way of telling.

I'd be curious to know what top 10% at HLS is too. I've heard everything from just above 3.9 to above 4.0.

Personally, if professors stick somewhat to the curve, I would tend to think that top 10% is closer to 3.9 than 4.0 based on an analysis of standard distributions, but I don't have any direct evidence.

Upperclass grades seem to be a lot easier than 1L grades though. I had half-Hs, half-Ps and no DS as a 1L and got straight Hs and multiple DSs as a 2L.