SDNY Clerk Taking Questions Forum

[Anonymous User]

I'm clerking on 9th Cir. now. SDNY next year. The 9th cir. is grueling. I work 7 days a week/14 hr days. . . .and no, not for A. Kozinski. Should I expect this nightmare to continue next year in SDNY?

Also, I know some double clerks who lock the offers down early. Should I start applying now? end of my clerking seems so far away

MSB?

I worked pretty much 9-5 for my CA9 judge.

From what I know, this is quite a rarity on the 9th Cir (though there are definitely a handful of 9-5 chambers–I've heard this about Fletcher and Hawkins specifically). Obviously, most aren't going to be Kozinski-esque hours, but ~10-14 hour days and frequent weekend work seems like more the norm than the exception.

[Anonymous User]

My 9th Cir. Clerkship was cake. But it was for a senior judge with a (IIRC) 66% caseload and virtually no en banc work. Seems like we had a ton of 2 page mem dispos. If I had to write 3 full published opinions after a sitting, that sucked and meant late hours. If all my cases were mem dispos, I'd have to surf ESPN to make it to 5.

[Hutz_and_Goodman]

What is the process on evaluating applications? Do you wait until all letters of rec are in? Are some applications either given special attention or discarded before then?