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 Career Development
Office 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 online system for clerkship application
and review, and mailing services for a number of applications.
To encourage students to consider post-graduate clerkships, the
Career Development Office 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:
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii
- U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of
Arkansas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Colorado
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Hampshire
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Iowa
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of South Carolina
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of West Virginia
- New York Court of Appeals
- New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division
- New Jersey Superior Court
- Washington State Court of Appeals