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So I just found out that five of the ten Delaware Chancery Court clerks this year attended UPenn. Is that just a fluke, or does the school you go to matter that much when it comes to chancery clerkships?

5 is higher than usual, but Penn usually places 3-4 of the 10 spots on average. VC Strine teaches at Penn, and several of the professors at Penn are close with the C/VCs. If you want to clerk on Chancery there are a couple of profs that it is wise to become friendly with, and that's the reason Penn does well. Penn is also the closest T14 school to most chambers. (GULC might be closer to the Sussex county VC).

Does anyone know the sort of credentials for chancery clerkships. I have heard people comparing to SDNY district court, and others seem to say not so prestigious.
About me: T-14, GPA 3.5-3.6, I hope to get it above 3.6 by Spring, tons of corporate classes, and generally my higher grades were in corporate classes.

Anonymous User wrote:Does anyone know the sort of credentials for chancery clerkships. I have heard people comparing to SDNY district court, and others seem to say not so prestigious.
About me: T-14, GPA 3.5-3.6, I hope to get it above 3.6 by Spring, tons of corporate classes, and generally my higher grades were in corporate classes.

Since there are only 10 total clerk positions available, they tend to be very competitive, on par with non-2/9/D.C. circuits. A GPA in the top 5-10% from a top school is standard, but recommendations could land you a spot if you're on the cusp of competitiveness.

WhirledWorld wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Does anyone know the sort of credentials for chancery clerkships. I have heard people comparing to SDNY district court, and others seem to say not so prestigious.
About me: T-14, GPA 3.5-3.6, I hope to get it above 3.6 by Spring, tons of corporate classes, and generally my higher grades were in corporate classes.

Since there are only 10 total clerk positions available, they tend to be very competitive, on par with non-2/9/D.C. circuits. A GPA in the top 5-10% from a top school is standard, but recommendations could land you a spot if you're on the cusp of competitiveness.

Thanks for reply, time to take out to dinner my corporate professor who happens to be a giant on the field.

WhirledWorld wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:Does anyone know the sort of credentials for chancery clerkships. I have heard people comparing to SDNY district court, and others seem to say not so prestigious.
About me: T-14, GPA 3.5-3.6, I hope to get it above 3.6 by Spring, tons of corporate classes, and generally my higher grades were in corporate classes.

Since there are only 10 total clerk positions available, they tend to be very competitive, on par with non-2/9/D.C. circuits. A GPA in the top 5-10% from a top school is standard, but recommendations could land you a spot if you're on the cusp of competitiveness.

I don't know - I'm not saying this is wrong, but I know of four current 3Ls at Penn who will be clerking next year in DE Chancery. Two are on LR and two aren't. OTOH, from my own experience, it seems very hard to get COA clerkships without LR from Penn. In fact everyone that I know of who got one this year was on LR. Just my own observation.

The difference most likely is that those students either did well in Chancellor Strine's class or had a professor who knows the Chancellors personally and who was advocating on their behalf (although those are the same factors for getting any clerkship outside of the top 10 percent).