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:
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- 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 California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Second Circuit
- 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, Western District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Tax Court
- New York Court of Appeals
- New York State Appellate Divisions
- New York State Supreme Court
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- New York City Civil Court
- Arizona Superior Court
- Connecticut State Supreme Court
- Connecticut Court of Appeals
- Connecticut Superior Court
- Delaware Superior Court
- Delaware Family Court
- Maine Supreme Court
- New Jersey Superior Court
- New Jersey Family Court
- Pennsylvania Superior Court
- Chester County Court of Common Pleas (Pennsylvania)
- Rhode Island Superior Court
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Washington State Supreme Court