2024-2025 Clerkship Application Thread
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:41 pm
Howdy folks 
Thought I'd start this thread up.
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Thought I'd start this thread up.I've heard of Rakoff extending a 2025 offer as well. I think the problem with top SDNY judges is that it doesn't really benefit them to hire that far out, but once you get hired further out than you would want, it's hard to dial it back without skipping a class completely and missing out on some great candidates.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:41 pmFurman, Rakoff, Abrams, I think all full until 2025.
My interview invite for a circuit judge was for 2024
Amazing (by which I mean not amazing, but hey, here we are)Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:26 amThe folks you would expect to have moved on DDC have.
Rushing had already hired at least one clerk months ago for 2024-25. I wouldn’t be surprised if she is close to being full for 2024.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:44 pmSutton has hired and Rushing has extended interview offers for 24-25. Any other movement?
Van Dyke, but not sure if he's full.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:37 amAny movement for CA9?
Very interested in many of the non-California judges specifically.
Though they’re from LA, and may not have landed Watford, making Thomas their best hometown option, and the HLR EIC does not necessarily need a conventional feeder.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:15 pmwell she just hired the EIC of the HLR so there is that
Without making this a contentious topic or speaking to the EIC currently, is the Harvard EIC usually considered "best in show" position on the review, or is it a bit more of a political/electoral process? Might make a difference/I sincerely don't know how it works.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:44 pmThough they’re from LA, and may not have landed Watford, making Thomas their best hometown option, and the HLR EIC does not necessarily need a conventional feeder.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:15 pmwell she just hired the EIC of the HLR so there is that
Clerkships—while involving some level of merit—are all a political process based on ability to get Professors to go to bat for you so it seems totally fair to view being elected by your peers as similarly important w/r/t hiring.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:52 pmWithout making this a contentious topic or speaking to the EIC currently, is the Harvard EIC usually considered "best in show" position on the review, or is it a bit more of a political/electoral process? Might make a difference/I sincerely don't know how it works.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:44 pmThough they’re from LA, and may not have landed Watford, making Thomas their best hometown option, and the HLR EIC does not necessarily need a conventional feeder.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:15 pmwell she just hired the EIC of the HLR so there is that
My sense as an HLSer not on law review but that has lots of HLR friends is that it is that the position self-selects down to quite a narrow few (think about 5), and from there it is politics (but the self-selection probs implies merit and politics inherently too, I am not sure if there is pre-election angling).Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:48 pmClerkships—while involving some level of merit—are all a political process based on ability to get Professors to go to bat for you so it seems totally fair to view being elected by your peers as similarly important w/r/t hiring.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:52 pmWithout making this a contentious topic or speaking to the EIC currently, is the Harvard EIC usually considered "best in show" position on the review, or is it a bit more of a political/electoral process? Might make a difference/I sincerely don't know how it works.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:44 pmThough they’re from LA, and may not have landed Watford, making Thomas their best hometown option, and the HLR EIC does not necessarily need a conventional feeder.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:15 pmwell she just hired the EIC of the HLR so there is that
No. In recent years, EICs have not done extraordinarily well (in comparison to other people competitive for top-level COA clerkships). MEs and others on E-board have done better, although HLR's overall performance has declined markedly as more people near the top are self-selecting out of Law Review and it appears to offer less of a benefit in hiring processes. In recent years, the EIC has generally been someone who is (1) incredibly progressive, (2) well-liked by their peers, with (3) okay, but not fantastic grades, because those with better grades want to prioritize maintaining those and don't want the time-suck (sort of true about HLR generally these days).Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:52 pmWithout making this a contentious topic or speaking to the EIC currently, is the Harvard EIC usually considered "best in show" position on the review, or is it a bit more of a political/electoral process? Might make a difference/I sincerely don't know how it works.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:44 pmThough they’re from LA, and may not have landed Watford, making Thomas their best hometown option, and the HLR EIC does not necessarily need a conventional feeder.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:15 pmwell she just hired the EIC of the HLR so there is that
This.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:24 pmNo. In recent years, EICs have not done extraordinarily well (in comparison to other people competitive for top-level COA clerkships). MEs and others on E-board have done better, although HLR's overall performance has declined markedly as more people near the top are self-selecting out of Law Review and it appears to offer less of a benefit in hiring processes. In recent years, the EIC has generally been someone who is (1) incredibly progressive, (2) well-liked by their peers, with (3) okay, but not fantastic grades, because those with better grades want to prioritize maintaining those and don't want the time-suck (sort of true about HLR generally these days).Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:52 pmWithout making this a contentious topic or speaking to the EIC currently, is the Harvard EIC usually considered "best in show" position on the review, or is it a bit more of a political/electoral process? Might make a difference/I sincerely don't know how it works.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:44 pmThough they’re from LA, and may not have landed Watford, making Thomas their best hometown option, and the HLR EIC does not necessarily need a conventional feeder.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:15 pmwell she just hired the EIC of the HLR so there is that