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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:02 am

Hamilton done for 2022, per a polite form email (and it's definitely a form email because it called even me impressive)

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by howdy96 » Mon Jun 21, 2021 3:56 pm

Tharp filled per OSCAR.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:02 pm

Looks like Durkin, Kennelly, Pacold, Pallmeyer, Seeger, and Wood are left for this cycle. Any tea on whether they've interviewed yet? Or whether any others are going to post late like a couple judges did last year?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Looks like Durkin, Kennelly, Pacold, Pallmeyer, Seeger, and Wood are left for this cycle. Any tea on whether they've interviewed yet? Or whether any others are going to post late like a couple judges did last year?
Wood moved on the first day and has already extended at least one offer.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:36 pm
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Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:02 pm
Looks like Durkin, Kennelly, Pacold, Pallmeyer, Seeger, and Wood are left for this cycle. Any tea on whether they've interviewed yet? Or whether any others are going to post late like a couple judges did last year?
Wood moved on the first day and has already extended at least one offer.
That's Diane, of course. I realized belatedly you meant Andrea

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Mon Jun 21, 2021 4:02 pm
Looks like Durkin, Kennelly, Pacold, Pallmeyer, Seeger, and Wood are left for this cycle. Any tea on whether they've interviewed yet? Or whether any others are going to post late like a couple judges did last year?
Durkin will likely take his time. I don't think he's started interviewing yet. Same with Seeger.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:02 pm

Ripple is also done, I believe.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:07 pm

Pacold's also a slow mover, and I think she mainly hires COA clerks now so she's often not bound by the plan

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:12 pm

Pallmeyer is done per OSCAR.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:41 pm

Did anyone just receive an email from Judge Pallmeyer without any content in it besides their name and email?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Did anyone just receive an email from Judge Pallmeyer without any content in it besides their name and email?
Yes, I'm assuming that was a rejection email with a mail merge glitch. The position is already listed as "filled" on OSCAR, and I'd imagine that if it were an interview request, the subject line would say so.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:47 pm
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Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:41 pm
Did anyone just receive an email from Judge Pallmeyer without any content in it besides their name and email?
Yes, I'm assuming that was a rejection email with a mail merge glitch. The position is already listed as "filled" on OSCAR, and I'd imagine that if it were an interview request, the subject line would say so.
Ok thank you, so just to confirm, you also received it?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:53 pm
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Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:47 pm
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Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:41 pm
Did anyone just receive an email from Judge Pallmeyer without any content in it besides their name and email?
Yes, I'm assuming that was a rejection email with a mail merge glitch. The position is already listed as "filled" on OSCAR, and I'd imagine that if it were an interview request, the subject line would say so.
Ok thank you, so just to confirm, you also received it?
Not the anon you replied to, but my friend and I also got this email.

Also got an email that Kennelly filled his positions.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:58 pm

Anything on Seeger or Flaum?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:42 pm

Anything on Durkin?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Anything on Durkin?
Durkin just reached out to applicants to complete his writing exercise.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Anything on Durkin?
Durkin just reached out to applicants to complete his writing exercise.
Any updates on this, have interviews gone out?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Anonymous User wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:54 pm
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Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:41 am
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Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:42 pm
Anything on Durkin?
Durkin just reached out to applicants to complete his writing exercise.
Any updates on this, have interviews gone out?
OP here. Not that I know of.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:38 pm

Anyone heard from Seeger?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:50 pm

Nothing on Seeger, but he moves pretty late, so I wouldn't expect to hear anything for a while. Has anyone heard of movement from Flaum?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:46 am

Anything on Seeger now that his app has closed?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:19 pm

Seeger takes forever. However long you expect him to take, it will take longer. Great reputation though and he could be super selective if he wanted to be.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Feb 13, 2022 7:07 pm

Does anyone know how the NDIL judges compare ideologically? With Illinois' whole deal where the president's party and senators' party each gets a few picks, it seems like appointing president is not always a good reflection of ideology. Which of the NDIL judges would you all say are more solidly liberal versus centrist (or just not ideological) versus conservative/Fed Soc-y?

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

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Does anyone know how the NDIL judges compare ideologically? With Illinois' whole deal where the president's party and senators' party each gets a few picks, it seems like appointing president is not always a good reflection of ideology. Which of the NDIL judges would you all say are more solidly liberal versus centrist (or just not ideological) versus conservative/Fed Soc-y?
Ideology isn't much of a thing for district judges, but Kness and Pacold are Fed Soc-y, and Tharp and Seeger are kind-of-sort-of-maybe.

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Re: Let's Talk 7th Circuit!

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:19 am

Former NDIL clerk here, I'd say Rowland, Lee, Coleman, Wood, Alonso, Chang, and Ellis are the liberals. The vast majority (e.g. Feinerman, Pallmeyer, Tharp, Durkin, Dow, Shah, Seeger) are moderate/non-ideological. Only Blakey, Pacold, and Kness (and Kendall to some extent) strike me as FedSoc-type conservative.

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