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COA judges that require prior clerkship experience
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:54 pm
by Anonymous User
Anyone know which Judges require prior experience? Any in which it would be considered a bad thing? Thanks!
Re: COA judges that require prior clerkship experience
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:48 pm
by Tangerine Gleam
Good topic. This is the sort of thing that could use some aggregation/discussion. I'll throw out a few data points:
Katzmann (2d Cir.) strongly prefers (and maybe requires, I'm not sure) a district court clerkship. He often takes clerks from Jed Rakoff.
Tatel (D.C. Cir.) seems to prefer district court clerks, too, but not sure if it's a requirement.
Nguyen (9th Cir.), according to OSCAR, prefers some sort of legal work experience, whether clerkship or otherwise.
Re: COA judges that require prior clerkship experience
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:54 pm
by ph14
Tangerine Gleam wrote:Good topic. This is the sort of thing that could use some aggregation/discussion. I'll throw out a few data points:
Katzmann (2d Cir.) strongly prefers (and maybe requires, I'm not sure) a district court clerkship. He often takes clerks from Jed Rakoff.
Tatel (D.C. Cir.) seems to prefer district court clerks, too, but not sure if it's a requirement.
Nguyen (9th Cir.), according to OSCAR, prefers some sort of legal work experience, whether clerkship or otherwise.
Fisher (9th Cir.) strongly prefers clerks who have a district court experience, or else some other legal work experience.
Re: COA judges that require prior clerkship experience
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:54 am
by Person1111
McKeown (9th) and Tallman (9th) both prefer clerks with prior experience, and I think McKeown specifically wants former district court clerks. I also know Nguyen will sometimes hire clerks without prior experience (e.g. one of her incoming clerks is a c/o 2013 grad).