Most firm websites say clerks can apply a year in advance. A partner told me once that firms really don't know their staffing needs until 3-6 months out. If my clerkship is over Aug. 2025, when sh… more

To those of who have clerked for two different circuits, what this beneficial to your career development or was the second circuit clerkship hard to explain to employers? Wrapping up a DJ clerkship and head… more

Anyone has insights on Bartlit Beck Chicago office?

Could really use some advice. I’m in a state court. Couldn’t get a job after the bar last year. Spent a really awful period applying, interviewing, and then being ghosted. In March I began a temporary… more

Thoughts on transitioning into a career clerk position? I started clerking for a magistrate judge out of law school, and am considering staying on for a few more years. I’m hoping to work at a firm at… more

Have any V10s matched Cravath's 125K clerkship bonus? I am currently negotiating a clerkship bonus, and the firms I've spoken to have not matched simply because they have not heard of peer fir… more

Clerkship applicant here: If a professor can’t call for you as they’re traveling abroad, would an email to the judge serve the same function? Or would that not be weighted in the same way as a call?

Re-entering the job search legal market as a relatively entry-level attorney with experience. I completed a Clerkship a few months prior to the start of the pandemic and have been doing contract work since then. … more

Does anyone have experience clerking for the Court of International Trade? Does it open the same kinds of opportunities as other Article III clerkships or not?

What did you use as a writing sample when applying for firms? Memos? Opinions? My judge has okayed whatever I want to use. Just curious what others have used.

Has anyone heard of firms offering clerkship bonuses for state court of appeals clerks? If so, what firm?

Have any of you clerked in DNJ? If so, where did you end up or what do you have lined up?

Just out of curiosity, how long does it frequently take from the time you submit an application on OSCAR to when a judge might contact you for an interview? I realize there is tremendous variation, of… more

how much is the typical clerkship bonus for big law?? i have heard first year salary minus amount you made during your clerkship? is that correct?

Firm: *hosts clerkship reception to get clerks to apply…. *applies….Firm: “sorry we’re not hiring at this time!” Why are they like this?

Are COA clerks also having a hard time landing BL jobs? Current district court clerk in a very competitive market about to strike out and it’s discouraging…to say the least.

Has anyone negotiated a below market clerkship bonus to be closer to market? How did you do it?

Hello! I'm looking for Post-Bar Law Clerk positions that will eventually turn into an offer for Associate Attorney positions. I'm located in Southern California and would prefer to work from h… more

Any advice for dealing with student loan payments while clerking? I was paying almost 2k a month in big law and asked for an adjustment now that I’m in a district court clerkship, but they’re still ma… more

When do firms tell you if and how much their clerkship bonus is when they don’t say on their website if they give one? Will they usually tell you when they call you to give you an offer?

Former bankruptcy law clerk, have not had a job in a while, but have been looking. Looking to practice in the Midwest. Suggestions welcomed.

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I will be joining big law (corporate) in September as a 1st year associate. Company has unlimited PTO and I would like to take a few days off in December between Christmas and new year and work remote… more

Data points on clerkship bonuses in Miami?

Joining a big law firm this September as a 1st year associate. My firm has an unlimited PTO policy. Will it be too early to take two weeks off in December ( Christmas week and first week of January ).… more

Current state law clerk. I'm in a situation where I have competing offers from a US District Court and a biglaw firm. Which should I take? My understanding is that I basically have to take the cle… more

Currently a bankruptcy law clerk but looking at either going to a fed district court or a mid-sized law firm next year. I want to go into commercial litigation. Which is the better option if I want to… more

How far in advance did you begin networking for a big law job post-clerkship? Would also like to know if you had to notify your judge beforehand to avoid any conflicts or if you waited to notify them … more

Do you know whether any judges allow remote clerks?

How does the clerkship bonus work? Is that a one time check or is it spread out of a certain amount of paychecks?

Currently clerking at a district court, no firm job lined up (despite sending dozens of apps) and was offered a COA clerkship. I’m really scared of this job market. Are double clerks also suffering? U… more

Those who clerked straight out of school (no firm experience), how is your search going? Assuming clerkship is over this fall.

For those of you switching firms post-clerkship, what, if anything, did you negotiate with your firm? Clerkship bonus, receiving a portion of bonus prior to starting, pro rata year-end bonus? And how … more

Has anyone clerked on the 6th Circuit? Any particularities about the circuit?

I start my DJ term clerkship in a competitive district in September 2024. Currently, I’m at a tiny civil lit firm with high expectations and a lot of responsibility, but I am mostly enjoying it (average 35-60 hou… more

Is the DC BL market unusually tough this year? I’m clerking at a very competitive district, summered at a BL firm in DC and I’m trying to re-recruit and not hearing anything. T6 grad, cum laude, elite… more