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The New Clerkship Plan
For the current clerks out there, are your judges following the new plan--i.e. not considering current students until after their 2L year?
I'd be particularly interested to know based on level of the court (district v. COA) and area of the country the extent to which it's being filed.
I'd be particularly interested to know based on level of the court (district v. COA) and area of the country the extent to which it's being filed.
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
Neither my district (2018-2019) or circuit judge (2019-2020) have any intention on following the plan.Anonymous User wrote:For the current clerks out there, are your judges following the new plan--i.e. not considering current students until after their 2L year?
I'd be particularly interested to know based on level of the court (district v. COA) and area of the country the extent to which it's being filed.
Both judges are in the Midwest Circuits (6,7,8) in non-major cities.
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
The magistrate judge I clerked for and the district judge I currently clerk for have always hired applicants with at least two years of law school grades because they typically interview and hire one year before the scheduled clerkship. Both judges are located in non-major cities in the 4th Circuit.
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
I know some judges are off plan on the 5th, 6th, and 10th circuits. Seems to vary more by ideology than circuit.
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
9th circuit and we are following the plan. I don’t know of any judges on the court who have opted out of the plan (Chief Judge Thomas was one of its major proponents) but that doesn’t mean that some haven’t done so quietly.
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
Can you expand on that?Anonymous User wrote:I know some judges are off plan on the 5th, 6th, and 10th circuits. Seems to vary more by ideology than circuit.
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
Different anon, but I think the previous anon was referring more to personal belief than political. My judge didn’t abide by the Plan, and her sole reason was that the strong(er)(est) feeders on the Circuit were plucking kids straight outta high school, so why shouldn’t she interview after a semester or two of grades?cyclawps wrote:Can you expand on that?Anonymous User wrote:I know some judges are off plan on the 5th, 6th, and 10th circuits. Seems to vary more by ideology than circuit.
Definitely rampant FOMO on purported superstar applicants to her peers. Was a lib, too
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Re: The New Clerkship Plan
Nope, it's political. For the most part, it's right-of-center judges who are hiring off-plan through the FedSoc network, while left-of-center judges are abiding by the plan.Anonymous User wrote:Different anon, but I think the previous anon was referring more to personal belief than political. My judge didn’t abide by the Plan, and her sole reason was that the strong(er)(est) feeders on the Circuit were plucking kids straight outta high school, so why shouldn’t she interview after a semester or two of grades?cyclawps wrote:Can you expand on that?Anonymous User wrote:I know some judges are off plan on the 5th, 6th, and 10th circuits. Seems to vary more by ideology than circuit.
Definitely rampant FOMO on purported superstar applicants to her peers. Was a lib, too