Are clerks allowed to take time off during a clerkship? I want to apply to a clerkship to start in January, but will be taking 2.5 weeks off for my honeymoon in late June/early July. Will this be a dealbreaker for clerkships that start before then?

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Do not bring this up in interviews, it's a bad look. Bring it up post offer but pre acceptance. 2.5 weeks is a long time to take off, because unlike firms, chambers are very leanly staffed. That said, I think a lot of judges might be understanding for big life events like this.

This is too theoretical to worry about for a single application, though. Most chambers get hundreds, if not a thousand, applications for each position. My flyover judge rejected a top 10% T6 applicant that interviewed well.

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That would be a lot. Definitely run it by any judge you interview with. My judge's rule was term clerks can take 1 full week vacation per year and then can take other vacation days piecemeal, like around the Xmas/NYE or to extend a long weekend (you get a lot of those with the federal holidays).

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Completely depends on the judge, but in general I agree that 2.5 weeks off is a big ask (especially if it's near the beginning of your term).
In my clerkship, we get two weeks off each year (one in August and one over Christmas).

Thank you for the replies! Super helpful. And to clarify, I’m applying for several clerkships, and was only going to apply to a few that start in January (because they are in my area) and for all others, I am only applying for with start dates after the trip. Just wondering if the January start dates are even worth applying to

I don't see why date would matter if you really want to do a clerkship. I did a federal dist. clerkship that started in January and went to state supreme court after. Most clerkships start/end in Aug/Sept so you'll have less people to compete with for post-clerkship opportunities.

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