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by Anonymous User » Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:01 pm
About to start applying, 2L with ~3.66 GPA at CCN, secondary journal (not going to do Board), will have a fairly well-known prof as a recommender and making calls (did RA work for him and did well in his classes, among other things). Other recommenders should be good, but not as strong (seminar professor, and a 1L professor). Also have a named full-tuition scholarship, for whatever that might be worth. Lots of BLL classes on transcript (Evidence, Admin, Corps, Antitrust, etc.), but waiting on 3L to take Fed Courts. Nothing published yet, but still working on my Note so that's a possibility.
I'm getting conflicted advice on how broadly to apply/how competitive I am. Targeting D. Ct. only, and my original judge list was pretty long and fairly geographically diverse. I have strong ties near CDCA, but not really anywhere else. I have a few friends with clerkships lined up who seem fairly confident that I could get away with just targeting my preferred districts: CDCA, SDNY, EDNY, EDPA, EDVA, DCO (I like the idea of clerking in Denver, and possibly moving there one day, but no ties), and taking advantage of my recommenders' connections in a few other districts like NDIL.
I keep thinking that is too narrow, but as soon as I start expanding the list to places like DMD, SDCA, DVT, and a long list of other places I would be fine spending a year in, the list gets pretty long. My clerkship office seems to think that a list of ~60 judges is a good start, whereas my list was more like 150. Am I competitive enough to narrow that to my preferred districts (which I've narrowed to ~60 judges), or should I be sticking with my instinct to apply broadly?
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