A judicial clerkship is a post-graduate, full-time, paid
position working for an individual judge or a group of judges in a
federal or state court. Students entering their last year of
law school and graduates may apply for judicial clerkships.
To facilitate the application process, the Office of Career
Services provides students and recent alumni with access to a
database containing the names and addresses of federal and highest
state court judges that can be used to prepare cover letters,
assistance obtaining and processing faculty recommendations,
assistance with OSCAR, the on-line system for clerkship application
and review, and mailing services for a number of applications.
To encourage students to consider post-graduate clerkships, the
Office of Career Services assists in the administration of the
Federal Scholars Program. The Program, made possible through
the generosity of two alumni, provides stipends to qualified
students for unpaid summer internships with the Federal Judiciary,
the United States Attorney’s Office or offices within the
Department of Justice and Federal Public Defenders.
A representative list of courts where graduates have clerked or
are clerking includes: