Federal Judicial Clerkships

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2013 Judicial Clerkship Handbook	Developed by Cornell Law Faculty Judicial Clerkship Committee Explains Unique Job Search Timeline and Process Includes Cornell-Specific Data about Judges/Courts Who: Interviewed and/or Made Offers to Cornellians in the Past 5 Years Are Known Personally by Faculty Are CLS Alumni and Who Hire Clerks Have Judged Cornell's Moot Court Competition Have Only Two-Year Clerkships Who Do Not Hire or Who Only Hire Permanent Clerks Have Cornell Clerks in 2012-13 Hired Cornell Clerks in 2012-13 Have Had Cornell Law School Faculty as Clerks
Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (OSCAR)	Official Website Developed by the Administrative Office of the Federal Courts Judges Post Open Clerkship Positions Applicants Upload Application Materials Recommenders Upload Letters To register: click "start here"
Federal Judges Law Clerk Hiring Plan
Symplicity Clerkship Module	Resource for Creating Excel Spreadsheets of Judges' Mailing Addresses Use Your Symplicity Log-in Information and Click "Clerkships"
Mail-Merge Instructions	Use With Spreadsheets Created Using Symplicity Clerkship Module Step-by-Step Instructions Creates Individually Addressed Cover Letters
Job Vacancies in the U.S. Court System	Search For Job Openings Using These Titles: Career Law Clerk, Judicial Law Clerk, Staff Attorney, Supervisory Staff Attorney, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Federal Court Jurisdictional Map	Geographic Boundaries of the United States Courts of Appeal and District Courts
Judicial Nominations and Confirmations	Senate Judiciary Committee's Official Web Page For Current Congressional Session, Click on Links at Bottom of Page
Judicial Nominations and Confirmations (Yale)	Database of Federal Judicial Nominations and Confirmations Status and Address Information Links to Other Nominations Resources
Almanac of the Federal Judiciary	Located on Westlaw; Use Westlaw Password Search for a Database: "Almanac of the Federal Judiciary" Profiles Circuit, District and Key Bankruptcy and Magistrate Judges Provides Biographical Information, Noteworthy Rulings, Lawyer Evaluations and Media Coverage
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Maintaining the Public Trust: Ethics for Federal Judicial Law Clerks	Brochure published in 2011 by the Federal Judicial Center
Clerkships with Administrative Law Judges	Hiring Practices of Administrative Law Judges Excel Spreadsheet Compiled by NALP Current as of September 2010
Clerkships and International Students	NALP Article Considers Visa Issues and Application Strategies