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Is it okay to use an excerpted version of a Note as a writing sample? I have a Note that's going to be published in the next few months that I feel confident in, but the requirements limit the WS length to 20 pages. I think the Note sets up nicely to just cut off the "recommendation" section and leave the rest of it which is mostly legal analysis and a critique of a SCOTUS decision.

On an unrelated Note is it appropriate to put a pending publication on a resume?

Thanks all.

My understanding is that both are perfectly fine.

Piggybacking on that question -- if the requirements don't say so explicitly, is a piece about 30 pages long (double-spaced) acceptable? (Submitting it as a Note). The clerkship office says not to worry, judges will read as much as they want and then put it down if need be, but I'm concerned since the first 7-8 pages (after the Introduction) spend time setting the background, and I don't get into the meat until a bit later.

The problem is that the piece doesn't really lend itself well to excerpting an entire section...

I've heard from numerous former clerks that one way of possibly getting "off the pile" of hundreds of apps is to be one with a print-journal-version of a published Note. That is, sending the entire journal issue in which your note is published. Now, practices vary from office to office + this doesn't quite answer your question, but I used it to justify sending in my full note to a few judges, without excerpting.