Just wanted to make sure that the following is true as I heard from another clerk: if you are doing two clerkships, but don't go straight from one clerkship to the other, you lose out on your pay bump because you have to officially resign from the former clerkship.
For example, if clerkship A starts in August and ends in August, clerkship B would have to start in August. If clerkship B starts, for example, a month later, you would have to resign from clerkship A, take a break for a month, and then start clerkship B. By doing so you apparently don't get the credit for the previous judicial clerkship for salary purposes.
Is there any truth to this?
No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships? Forum
Forum rules
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are sharing sensitive information about clerkship applications and clerkship hiring. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned."
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are sharing sensitive information about clerkship applications and clerkship hiring. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned."
-
rpupkin
- Posts: 5653
- Joined: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:32 pm
Re: No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships?
It depends. Check with HR at the court of your second clerkship.
-
mjb447
- Posts: 1419
- Joined: Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:36 am
Re: No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships?
There's a lot of variance in how positions marketed as "clerkships" are characterized for HR purposes so, although I don't think what you were told is necessarily true, pupkin's response is the credited one.Anonymous User wrote:Just wanted to make sure that the following is true as I heard from another clerk: if you are doing two clerkships, but don't go straight from one clerkship to the other, you lose out on your pay bump because you have to officially resign from the former clerkship.
For example, if clerkship A starts in August and ends in August, clerkship B would have to start in August. If clerkship B starts, for example, a month later, you would have to resign from clerkship A, take a break for a month, and then start clerkship B. By doing so you apparently don't get the credit for the previous judicial clerkship for salary purposes.
Is there any truth to this?
-
A. Nony Mouse
- Posts: 29293
- Joined: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:51 am
Re: No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships?
I received a salary bump for a previous clerkship when it was a state clerkship, and the salary bump was based purely on legal experience (which is pretty universal in the federal system), not specific employer, so what you were told doesn't make sense to me. But since different districts/judges handle things differently, rpupkin is right, talk to HR.
-
Anonymous User
- Posts: 431119
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships?
this doesn't sound right. it's not based on continuous government employment, its based on experience level.
Want to continue reading?
Register now to search topics and post comments!
Absolutely FREE!
Already a member? Login
-
mylifeis24
- Posts: 323
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 3:23 pm
Re: No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships?
https://oscar.uscourts.gov/qualificatio ... y_benefitsA law clerk’s salary depends upon legal work experience subsequent to graduation from law school, bar membership, and applicable locality pay adjustments:
JSP-11, step 1 – Law school graduates with academic excellence and no legal work experience. Annual base salary is $51,811(plus applicable locality rate).
JSP-12, step 1 – One or more years of post-graduate legal work experience and bar membership. Annual base salary is $62,101 (plus applicable locality rate).
JPS-13, step 1 – Two or more years of post-graduate legal work experience and bar membership. Annual base salary is $73,846 (plus applicable locality rate).
-
Anonymous User
- Posts: 431119
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: No Pay Bump for 2 Clerkships?
District court to circuit court clerk here.
The AO calculates pay steps based on literally having 52 weeks of experience each year. If you come straight out of law school into Clerkship 1, you'll be a JSP 11/1. If Clerkship 1 ends on week 50, you will start Clerkship 2 as a JSP 11/1, but then once you have worked for 2 weeks, you will automatically get a raise to JSP 11/2 and be eligible for a promotion to JSP 12/1. That's the critical part--your judge has to sign off on the paperwork that gives you the promotion.
The 52-week thing also matters if you're going to take a week off between clerkships or anything like that. If you only work 11 months at Clerkship 1 and take a month off, you will still start as a JSP 11/1 at Clerkship 2 because you haven't worked a full 52 weeks. Once you work the remaining month, you are eligible for promotion to JSP 12/1.
The AO calculates pay steps based on literally having 52 weeks of experience each year. If you come straight out of law school into Clerkship 1, you'll be a JSP 11/1. If Clerkship 1 ends on week 50, you will start Clerkship 2 as a JSP 11/1, but then once you have worked for 2 weeks, you will automatically get a raise to JSP 11/2 and be eligible for a promotion to JSP 12/1. That's the critical part--your judge has to sign off on the paperwork that gives you the promotion.
The 52-week thing also matters if you're going to take a week off between clerkships or anything like that. If you only work 11 months at Clerkship 1 and take a month off, you will still start as a JSP 11/1 at Clerkship 2 because you haven't worked a full 52 weeks. Once you work the remaining month, you are eligible for promotion to JSP 12/1.
