Bristow 2022 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Hi all, I know there's another thread elsewhere on the forum about this but I figured folks here might know more so... Anyone heard anything?

[Anonymous User]

Have a friend who was offered yesterday, so I'm sure others have heard back as well.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard anything yet this year or too soon still?

[Anonymous User]

I know someone who was offered earlier this week.

[Anonymous User]

can confirm that all of the Bristow offers are out.

[Anonymous User]

2 Y, 1 H, 1 S, 1 Ch

[Anonymous User]

Morbid curiosity, but what do Bristow level credentials look like?

[Anonymous User]

- A COA clerkship (maybe a d.ct clerkship too).

- A T-10 law school.

[Anonymous User]

- A COA clerkship (maybe a d.ct clerkship too).

- A T-10 law school.

This feels a lot less credential sensitive than I was expecting

[Anonymous User]

- A COA clerkship (maybe a d.ct clerkship too).

- A T-10 law school.

This feels a lot less credential sensitive than I was expecting

Yeah this is wrong, you need SCOTUS-equivalent credentials, but it’s somewhat more open to candidates from non-feeders and non-HYSC schools than SCOTUS. It also doesn’t care about political affiliation/connections, unlike SCOTUS hiring. All of the Bristows are public so you can look them up.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know who these years Bristows are?

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know who these years Bristows are?

Yes, but I see no reason to post them, it’ll be public eventually.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know who these years Bristows are?

Yes, but I see no reason to post them, it’ll be public eventually.

Sick bro

[hysreacher]

Anyone have the list Lat just put out?

[Anonymous User]

Simon de Carvalho (Chicago 2021 / Scudder / Kovner (E.D.N.Y.))
Jade Ford (Yale 2020 / Furman (S.D.N.Y.) / Pillard)
Kristin Holladay (Stanford 2021 / Kayatta / Feinerman (N.D. Ill.))
Ben Miller-Gootnick (Harvard 2021 / Pillard / Boasberg (D.D.C.))
Rachel Sommers (Yale 2022 / Lohier / Rakoff (S.D.N.Y.))¹

[Anonymous User]

- A COA clerkship (maybe a d.ct clerkship too).

- A T-10 law school.

This feels a lot less credential sensitive than I was expecting

Yeah this is wrong, you need SCOTUS-equivalent credentials, but it’s somewhat more open to candidates from non-feeders and non-HYSC schools than SCOTUS. It also doesn’t care about political affiliation/connections, unlike SCOTUS hiring. All of the Bristows are public so you can look them up.

Looks like they've started caring about political affiliation

[Anonymous User]

- A COA clerkship (maybe a d.ct clerkship too).

- A T-10 law school.

This feels a lot less credential sensitive than I was expecting

Yeah this is wrong, you need SCOTUS-equivalent credentials, but it’s somewhat more open to candidates from non-feeders and non-HYSC schools than SCOTUS. It also doesn’t care about political affiliation/connections, unlike SCOTUS hiring. All of the Bristows are public so you can look them up.

Looks like they've started caring about political affiliation

This is new. Every past administration had some mix of conservatives and liberals. Not a good look. Not a smart move, either, with the Court's current balance. I wonder if it will revert after Prelogar leaves.

[Anonymous User]

Last year had a Richardson clerk and this year has a Scudder/Kovner clerk. It’s not like they’re all Fletcher clerks. And it could easily be explained by fewer conservatives applying to the Biden SG’s office, not by bias, especially since the pool of very top candidates skews heavily left in the first place. Prelogar has also hired conservative ASGs which is much more consequential than the Bristow.

[Anonymous User]

It's also likely that it's a result of the 6-3 Court. At least four liberal candidates who would've clerked for the Court pre-2020 are now in the Bristow pool every year, and at least four conservative candidates who might have been interested in the Bristow are out.