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Chances at Delaware Chancery from CCN
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:38 am
by Anonymous User
Hey y’all, I’m wondering what my chances are for a clerkship at the Delaware Court of Chancery, coming from CCN. Rising 2L, top 20-30% (?? I honestly don’t know cutoffs), law review, and have a background in finance (i.e., can do a DCF). Would love to know what grades and credentials make CCN people competitive. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get into Corporations, but I’ll be taking another corporate-ish class in the fall. Idk if that makes my app dead on arrival lol. Thanks for any and all advice!
Re: Chances at Delaware Chancery from CCN
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:48 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Sep 07, 2021 10:38 am
Hey y’all, I’m wondering what my chances are for a clerkship at the Delaware Court of Chancery, coming from CCN. Rising 2L, top 20-30% (?? I honestly don’t know cutoffs), law review, and have a background in finance (i.e., can do a DCF). Would love to know what grades and credentials make CCN people competitive. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get into Corporations, but I’ll be taking another corporate-ish class in the fall. Idk if that makes my app dead on arrival lol. Thanks for any and all advice!
I think the positions are quite competitive, the only person I know from my CCN going to the Delaware Court of Chancery is top of the class and going to WLRK.
Re: Chances at Delaware Chancery from CCN
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:02 pm
by jotarokujo
top 30% from CCN is quite unlikely but still worth applying
Re: Chances at Delaware Chancery from CCN
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:57 pm
by Anonymous User
Columbia alum who is familiar with DE clerkship market. In my experience, Chancery doesn't attract top applicants from Columbia - almost universally students prefer any fed clerkship to Chancery (though I know a few doubles). Instead, Chancery gets fed by relationship professors (Eric Talley & if he's still teaching his seminar, Bill Savitt).
Re: Chances at Delaware Chancery from CCN
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:10 pm
by Anonymous User
Former clerk who worked in finance, reads Matt Levine's Money Stuff. I would never in a million years move to Delaware to make government money deciding the cases on Delaware Chancery's docket.
You're a rising 2L. You have good-ish grades, presumably a decent BigLaw job already lined up, and a year before the plan kicks off. Relax. Take Corporations before you go all in on this. Delaware Chancery isn't worth doing if you hate the subject matter.
