Informing judge about other interview offer Forum

[Anonymous User]

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[nixy]

I'm probably missing something, but if the interviews are for different terms, why would you tell each judge about the other?

[lavarman84]

Unless they both insist on the same date, you don't tell them. There's no conflict here. They're for different terms, and you want both.

[Anonymous User]

If you are offered and accept the first clerkship, I would let the judge who is offering for the following year know--that would make you a more desirable candidate.

I agree that you should not tell them about interviews (unless the judge asks).

Not sure what I would do if you get an offer for the later clerkship, might be worth saying something, but I have mixed feelings on this since you won't have the experience before you go to the first judge's chamber.

Edit: Accidental anon, this is AUSAorBUST.

[nixy]

Yeah, if one makes you an offer before the interview with the second, I think you can easily bring that up in the interview with the second. If one makes you an offer after the interview with the second, I'm not sure about updating the second. I suppose you could send a brief e-mail letting them know but not sure the best way to do that, if at all. (If you interviewed for the same term with 2 different judges, and one made you an offer, you'd want to let the other know right away, but because here the offers wouldn't conflict, that doesn't really apply.) But offers are different from interviews.

(You could probably work an upcoming interview into discussion about what you want to do in the future/what you'd be doing in the year before the judge's term - i.e. you're looking to clerk and have an interview scheduled - but that would be during the interview, not something to inform them about ahead of time.)