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Washington and Lee, Top 10%, Law Review (but no board position). Chances at USDC or Magistrate? Is it worth a shot?

Thanks!

Definitely worth a shot. It probably goes without saying, but I would recommend targeting judges who are alums of W&L or have hired W&L clerks in the past in particular.

Thanks, I appreciate it. Anyone else?

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Anonymous User wrote:Definitely worth a shot. It probably goes without saying, but I would recommend targeting judges who are alums of W&L or have hired W&L clerks in the past in particular.

This, there's at least one judge I know of that hires fairly heavily from W&L

OP here.

Thanks. If I wanted to concentrate on one level of judges, should it be District or Magistrate?

Anonymous User wrote:OP here.

Thanks. If I wanted to concentrate on one level of judges, should it be District or Magistrate?

If you could only concentrate on one, I would probably say district, only because you'd have a bigger universe of judges to apply to.

Anonymous User wrote:Washington and Lee, Top 10%, Law Review (but no board position). Chances at USDC or Magistrate? Is it worth a shot?

Thanks!

Yes, absolutely. It just depends if you are willing to live in a less than desirable location.

Good luck.