Is it the smart move to take a pay cut and clerk for a judge?

Little context: I was an ED student, full time paralegal/clerk throughout my law school experience, and a single mother. I did not take advantage of the law school extracurriculars and missed out on clerk application deadlines my final year (2020). Would it benefit me to take a pay cut as a transactional clerk by about $20k to work as a clerk for a year then re-enter firm life? I’m transactional and enjoy that line of work.

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Depends, especially because you’re interested in transactional and not lit. If a federal judge or a judge in your state’s highest court, yes. If for a judge on Delaware Chancery Court, definitely yes (very valuable experience for transactional attorneys).

If you’re clerking for a state trial court judge and you don’t want to move to litigation, probably not.

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Thanks for the advice! Chancery Court is the most competitive and I was middle of the list in my class so I don’t think I have a chance to clerk for a chancellor.

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