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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?

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

Anyone heard anything yet this year or too soon still?

I know someone who was offered earlier this week.

can confirm that all of the Bristow offers are out.

2 Y, 1 H, 1 S, 1 Ch

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

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

- A T-10 law school.

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Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:27 am

- 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

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Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:54 am

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:27 am

- 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.

Does anyone know who these years Bristows are?

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Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:23 am

Does anyone know who these years Bristows are?

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

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Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:25 pm

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:23 am

Does anyone know who these years Bristows are?

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

Sick bro

Anyone have the list Lat just put out?

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

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Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:03 pm

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:54 am

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:27 am

- 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

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Tue Nov 22, 2022 5:12 pm

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:03 pm

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:54 am

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:27 am

- 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.

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.

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.