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State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:18 pm
by PublicInterest
Assume decent stats ( honors at ccn, NY County DA, and something like SDNY clerkship). Is this at all possible? I could do biglaw but really think I'd hate it and want to go straight into state prosecution. I didn't apply for clerkships as a 3L because I'm an idiot and always thought I'd go straight to a DAs office. But now I'm thinking I want to keep my options open and maybe go federal down the line. Thoughts?
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:25 pm
by anon168
PublicInterest wrote:Assume decent stats ( honors at ccn, NY County DA, and something like SDNY clerkship). Is this at all possible? I could do biglaw but really think I'd hate it and want to go straight into state prosecution. I didn't apply for clerkships as a 3L because I'm an idiot and always thought I'd go straight to a DAs office. But now I'm thinking I want to keep my options open and maybe go federal down the line. Thoughts?
Yes it's possible but I think you could as easily skip the clerkship and your chances of getting an AUSA would not be hurt, especially with offices that really like to poach from local DAOs.
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:36 pm
by lawstudentabc123
Do you have an offer from DANY?
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:39 pm
by Anonymous User
lawstudentabc123 wrote:Do you have an offer from DANY?
No. Just had second round. If I don't get it ill probably start applying for 2014 clerkships.
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:46 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:lawstudentabc123 wrote:Do you have an offer from DANY?
No. Just had second round. If I don't get it ill probably start applying for 2014 clerkships.
Mind sharing when you had your round one?
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:03 pm
by PublicInterest
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:lawstudentabc123 wrote:Do you have an offer from DANY?
No. Just had second round. If I don't get it ill probably start applying for 2014 clerkships.
Mind sharing when you had your round one?
About 2-4 weeks ago. Don't want tons at when specifically because I've probably come close enough to outing self
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:34 pm
by Anonymous User
any other thoughts on this path?
Re: State prosecutor ---> federal court clerk ---> US Atty?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:58 pm
by nevdash
Seems possible. I want to follow the same kind of path, but it seems like you might have to go DANY --> AIII clerkship --> DANY --> USAO. If you spend too much time in your first DA stint, you risk losing your shot at a clerkship. If you spend too little time, then you risk not having enough experience for a USAO, even after a clerkship. I think it would be credited to go 1-2 years DANY --> clerkship --> 2-3 years DANY, then apply. Also, tons of D.Ct. judges were former AUSAs (the judge for whom I'll be clerking next year was one, and I came across a ton of others in my search); try to clerk for one of them so you can use that connection.