I had just finished a one -
year judicial clerkship & was beginning my first year of practice with a law firm.
Not exact matches
Students have access to extensive job search databases and resources on summer and academic -
year positions, including international law jobs and fellowships,
judicial clerkships and internships, as well as public interest and pro bono positions.
During these initial
years, I continued to seek federal
judicial clerkships (both in South Carolina and South Florida)-- unclear whether solo practice was the career path of my destiny.
This approximately forty -
year - old symposium, focuses on the institution of
judicial clerkships and has as its audience law students who plan to be
judicial law clerks and the judges who employ them.
Brooks Kushman is a law firm partner in the
Judicial Extern Program organized by the Wolverine Bar Association and the Eastern District of Michigan — through which first -
year minority students are hired for a split - summer
clerkship with Brooks Kushman and the Federal Bar.
Each
year, all 1Ls are invited to general information sessions about
clerkship opportunities, held by program director Michael Bressman, which cover the courses and extracurricular activities that help prepare a candidate for a
judicial clerkship.
There are hundreds of
judicial clerkships available each
year in federal and state court.
Judges throughout the country have also begun hiring experienced attorneys in recent
years, and therefore there are many opportunities
year - round for alumni who wish to pursue a
judicial clerkship.
It is important for students to note that some federal and state court judges begin hiring as early as fall or spring of 2L
year, so it is never too early to begin thinking about and researching
judicial clerkship opportunities.