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What are my options?
T14 cum laude been practicing biglaw few years. Ideally want Delaware clerkship.
But to my surprise (correct me if wrong) looks like Del clerkships are all/mostly filled till 2022 already??
Also am a foreign citizen.
Any advice or strategy would be much appreciated thanks

As a foreigner, you can only do volunteer fed clerkships inside the Continental US. I'm sure if you can/want to volunteer for a year, you can get a DE clerkship. Dunno about state rules.

Anon-non-anon wrote:As a foreigner, you can only do volunteer fed clerkships inside the Continental US. I'm sure if you can/want to volunteer for a year, you can get a DE clerkship. Dunno about state rules.

How do you volunteer for clerkship?
Do I just email the judges?

If you have an OSCAR account you will see unpaid positions listed occasionally .

Also, you may also want to involve your school's clerkship office. They may have resources for alumni who are planning to apply, and they would probably have a better idea of judges looking for volunteers.

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Anon-non-anon wrote:As a foreigner, you can only do volunteer fed clerkships inside the Continental US. I'm sure if you can/want to volunteer for a year, you can get a DE clerkship. Dunno about state rules.

How do you volunteer for clerkship?
Do I just email the judges?

I would send paper copies with volunteer noted in cover letter very clearly. But first check with your clerkship office for any connections / history of this they're aware of. And if you want to target a few, I would consider calling chambers to see if they would take an extra volunteer clerk. Most likely answer is no, but it may prompt a conversation with the judge and decision to take a look at your app when they otherwise might just throw it out/put it on the pile. You could also target judges with long 6-month lists and chiefs, as you know they have extra work they could use help with.