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Is a COA clerkship a prereq for appellate work?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:54 pm
by Anonymous User
I'm mainly talking about the more elite DC shops. Does it simply give you a leg up, or do you need one to do appellate work at places like Wilmer, GDC, Skadden, etc.
Re: Is a COA clerkship a prereq for appellate work?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:02 pm
by ResIpsa21
Not sure, but one way to answer your own question would be to look up the online profiles of the people working in those groups and see what their clerkship experience was.
Re: Is a COA clerkship a prereq for appellate work?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:23 pm
by bdubs
Pretty sure it's a de facto requirement
Re: Is a COA clerkship a prereq for appellate work?
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:41 pm
by dixiecupdrinking
I'm sure if you were a rock star with some idiosyncratic reason for not clerking you might have a shot. But realistically, it is a requirement. You're taking about some of the most prestigious, sought after legal positions anywhere. No reason for them to hire someone who either doesn't have the credentials to get a COA clerkship or isn't sufficiently interested in appellate work to do it.