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Re: Let's talk 5th Circuit!
How is everybody figuring out judge hiring practices generally? Word of mouth at my school is helpful but is it just easier to call each judge's chambers and ask questions? I don't want to be an annoying prospective clerk.
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Anyone know if Judge Jones has started interviewing?
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Anyone know if anyone on the 5th Circuit is still accepting 2019 applications?
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At least one hired, possibly a second. Otherwise, I don't know about the interviewing schedule.Anonymous User wrote:Anyone know if Judge Jones has started interviewing?
Not on OSCAR.TLSCLB wrote:Anyone know if anyone on the 5th Circuit is still accepting 2019 applications?
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Bumping.Anonymous User wrote:Time to revive this thread: Any info on Judge Willett for 2020? Reading apps? Interviewing? Full?
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Anyone apply for O'Connor (NDTex) hear back at all or have an interview?
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Anyone know if Jones is still looking at applications for 2020?
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She's full. I know two of the 2020 clerks and both said she is done hiring.Anonymous User wrote:Anyone know if Jones is still looking at applications for 2020?
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Does anyone know if Costa has made hiring decisions for 2020?
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This thread has been dormant for a minute. Anyone know what's happening in the Fifth?
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do you know if she is still considering applications for 2021?
Anonymous User wrote:She's full. I know two of the 2020 clerks and both said she is done hiring.Anonymous User wrote:Anyone know if Jones is still looking at applications for 2020?
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any movement in the past few weeks during this pandemic? I don't see many posts on Oscar, but many CA5 judges don't really use Oscar.
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anyone? This circuit thread is lacking compared with the others. Insight into hiring now, both on and off plan would be great. How are current clerks faring with post clerkship jobs in this climate? There have also been several recent appointees (including district level)
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Agreed - anyone have info on recent COA appointees currently hiring 1Ls? Or holder appointees for that matter.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 2:28 amanyone? This circuit thread is lacking compared with the others. Insight into hiring now, both on and off plan would be great. How are current clerks faring with post clerkship jobs in this climate? There have also been several recent appointees (including district level)
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My assumption is that they are all hiring or have hired by now. Oldham is certainly finished hiring, and I'd assume the same for the other Austin based judges as well.estatesinland wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:44 amAgreed - anyone have info on recent COA appointees currently hiring 1Ls? Or holder appointees for that matter.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2020 2:28 amanyone? This circuit thread is lacking compared with the others. Insight into hiring now, both on and off plan would be great. How are current clerks faring with post clerkship jobs in this climate? There have also been several recent appointees (including district level)
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There are quite a few open positions on OSCAR (but no idea if they are up-to-date). Does anyone have info on whether some of these are actually full?
Austin: Owen, 21; Willett, 22
Houston: Smith, 22; Costa, 21; Elrod, 22; King, 22
Dallas: Haynes, 22
Mississippi: Graves, 21; Southwick, 21; Barksdale, 21
Louisiana: Dennis, 21; Duncan, 22; Clement, 22; Higginson, 22
Austin: Owen, 21; Willett, 22
Houston: Smith, 22; Costa, 21; Elrod, 22; King, 22
Dallas: Haynes, 22
Mississippi: Graves, 21; Southwick, 21; Barksdale, 21
Louisiana: Dennis, 21; Duncan, 22; Clement, 22; Higginson, 22
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Anonymous User wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:04 pmThere are quite a few open positions on OSCAR (but no idea if they are up-to-date). Does anyone have info on whether some of these are actually full?
Dallas: Haynes, 22
I have weekly updates set up for all of the Texas-based District and Circuit Judges. Judge Haynes amended both her main profile and the two positions starting in 2022 limiting applications to OSCAR-only. One might infer, based on the update, that the positions remained unfilled as of some time in May. Unfortunately, I don't have any specific intel going beyond this sort of OSCAR tea-leaf reading related to any of the CA5 judges' posted positions.
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Any insight on interviews for 5th Circuit judges? Especially Judge Smith?
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Smith is a great clerkship. He gets to write a ton of interesting opinions, and his chambers work are quite organized. As many others have said, he only takes applications from 1Ls, and I believe he still has slots open for 2022-23. Probably the only judge in the country where you can show up to work in shorts and a t-shirt.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:24 amAny insight on interviews for 5th Circuit judges? Especially Judge Smith?
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He gave a talk several years ago at my school and said he only takes 1Ls because he likes to train them before a firm or another judge has started to do so. I've only heard great things about him and the above is true about shorts and a shirt. However, it forgets the flipflops.PistolBrad74 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:58 amSmith is a great clerkship. He gets to write a ton of interesting opinions, and his chambers work are quite organized. As many others have said, he only takes applications from 1Ls, and I believe he still has slots open for 2022-23. Probably the only judge in the country where you can show up to work in shorts and a t-shirt.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:24 amAny insight on interviews for 5th Circuit judges? Especially Judge Smith?
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Judge Smith has a great alumni network and his clerkship has a superb reputation for quality of life. Probably one of the best few non-feeder conservative clerkships in the country.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:24 amAny insight on interviews for 5th Circuit judges? Especially Judge Smith?
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I have heard similar things.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:18 amJudge Smith has a great alumni network and his clerkship has a superb reputation for quality of life. Probably one of the best few non-feeder conservative clerkships in the country.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:24 amAny insight on interviews for 5th Circuit judges? Especially Judge Smith?
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Thanks! Any insight into how he interviews or selects clerks?
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He does not adhere to the hiring plan. At my school, there is a professor that will recommend students to him but anybody is welcome to apply. Often several do. He seems to largely recruit from the same schools, so I imagine it is a similar process at other schools too.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:57 pmThanks! Any insight into how he interviews or selects clerks?
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Does anyone know what terms Judge Ho is hiring for? OSCAR seems to indicate he is only accepting email and paper applications, but it doesn't specify for which terms.
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