He's hired from HLS before as well.Anonymous User wrote:The current SLS clerks in Ellison's chambers beg to differ (as does the one clerking for him next year). None were on Law Review.Anonymous User wrote:I'll do more than that: I happen to know for a fact that Ellison ONLY hires Yale Law candidates. PERIOD. (And has no problem in finding them: his three 2015-2016 term slots were on Oscar for less than two weeks before they were filled.) While I assumed this type of school snobbery existed at the CoA level, this is the first instance I've heard of such extreme snobbery at the federal district level. District!! I mean fine, the Southern District of Texas (and, more specifically, the Houston district) happens to be the largest in the country, and I know Ellison is a Yalie himself, but I still find it shocking that the man wouldn't even consider someone like a T14 law review EIC. It ain't the S.D.N.Y. or something.Tangerine Gleam wrote:The above post nailed it. I overstated Thompson's competitiveness a bit (as far as saying that "feeder"-like stats were a prerequisite). It's more that he's been around for a very long time, is very well-respected, and has come to attract top-flight candidates who might not otherwise be rushing to live in Montgomery.
Edit: I'll also throw in Keith Ellison as a feeder-ish district court judge.
Anyway, I should goddamn well HOPE he's a feeder if he has standards that high...
And EDTX is definitely a highly competitive district for folks interested in patent lit-- lots of highly credentialed folks from the coasts kicking around in little old Marshall.
