Friday, August 10, 2007

About this blog

Given the recent flurry of visitors, I want to restate a comment I made on the 2008 blog.

Do not tell me that I'm missing information or about how inaccurate my information is. If it's inaccurate and you can correct the errata, then tell me what to correct and I'll do so. If it's inaccurate but you have no factual information that can remedy the errata, save some anecdotal evidence of "at least a dozen" people who're clerking, or that "I can think of at least three that aren't listed," but you fail to name who they're clerking for, I'll ignore your comments. It's utterly unproductive. You must name the judge that a clerk from a given school is working for. I will not include generic tallies of reported clerks from a given school.

Monday, July 30, 2007

New blog

Check out http://lawclerkaddict2008.blogspot.com for this year's clerkship data.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Update

Due to slow reporting, my own hectic schedule, and the inability to find a new primary source to aggregate information after the recent problems with AutoAdmit, updates will be rare. I'm putting the 2007 Summer Associate class statistics on hold until AutoAdmit cleans up its act, I find another source of information, or I find the time to contact recruiters directly. This page will be occasionally updated; see the comments if you'd like the uncollected data.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Greetings, ATL readers!

I wondered where the surge in posts came from, and I attribute it solely to the judicial diva (divo?) at Above the Law. A few comments.

First, this format is meant to be easy for me to do. Sorry, it's low-tech, but that's what you'll get from me. If you're capable of pressing Ctrl+F, you should find everything you need rather quickly and easily.

Second, I'm always glad to fill in information, and I'm pleased that individuals have been coming to bat for their respective schools with more insight. I'll take it all and update when I get the chance. This list is based upon second-hand reported information given to me from anonymous sources. Admittedly, it may have errors, but those will be corrected as soon as they are made known to me. Some have been confirmed by first-party sites. The biggest problem with this site is the lack of information; rarely has a reported school been incorrect.

Third, this site focuses solely on federal appellate clerks. There are numerous resources for Supreme Court clerks, and it does not track staff attorneys.

Fourth, this particular blog only looks at those hired for the 2007-2008 term. Originally, I made an exception for a few exceptions for judges who hire one year in advance (for example, Katzman and Cabranes). I retracted the (few) 2008-2009 clerks listed. The list includes both current students and alumni, as long as they will clerk in 2007-2008.

Finally, check out the 2006 and 2007 version of the Law Firm Addict, a source for placement of summer associates into Vault 100 firms.

Thanks!

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Vault 100 clerkship salary bonus chart

The chart below indicates the clerkship salary bonus that the Vault 100 (2008) firms offer federal COA clerks. Some notes:
-The chart uses the highest number for an office if different offices give different amounts.
-The chart uses only the official number of the firm, not the number that some may negotiate or that some clerks may receive for working for a particular judge or circuit.
-The second number indicates what, if anything, a two-year clerk receives (or "cbc" if case-by-case).
-Blanks are unknown data.
-All numbers are in thousands of dollars.

Last updated March 19, 2008
1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $0
2 Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP $50
3 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP $50
4 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP $50
5 Davis Polk & Wardwell $50
6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP $50
7 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP $50
8 Latham & Watkins LLP $50
9 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP $50
10 Covington & Burling LLP $50
11 Kirkland & Ellis LLP $50
12 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP $50
13 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison $50
14 Shearman & Sterling LLP $50
15 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP $35‡
16 Williams & Connolly LLP $35
17 Sidley Austin LLP $50
18 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP $50
19 O’Melveny & Myers LLP $50
20
White & Case LLP $50
21 Arnold & Porter LLP $50
22 Jones Day $50
23 Morrison & Foerster LLP $50
24 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP $15
25 Clifford Chance LLP
26 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP $15
27 Hogan & Hartson LLP $35
28 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP $35
29 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson $50
30 Ropes & Gray LLP $50
31 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP $50
32 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP $50
33 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP $50
34 Winston & Strawn LLP $50
35 Dewey Ballantine LLP $50
36 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati $20
37 Linklaters
38 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP $40
39 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
40 Proskauer Rose LLP
41 King & Spalding LLP $10
42
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP $25
43 Quinn Emanuel Urguhart Oliver & Hedges LLP $50
44 Baker & McKenzie
45 Baker Botts L.L.P. $35
46 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
47 Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP $35
48 Dechert LLP $50
49 Irell & Manella LLP $50
50 McDermott Will & Emery $35
51 Jenner & Block LLP $35
52 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP $50
53 Allen & Overy LLP
54 DLA Piper $35
55 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP $50
56 Fish & Richardson P.C.
57 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP $35
58 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
59 Goodwin Procter LLP
60 Cooley Godward LLP
61 Alston & Bird LLP
62 Heller Ehrman LLP
63 Vinson & Elkins LLP
64 Bingham McCutchen LLP $50
65
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
66 Greenberg Traurig, LLP $0
67 Kaye Scholer LLP
68 Holland & Knight LLP
69 Steptoe & Johnson LLP
70 Foley & Lardner LLP $35
71 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
72 Chadbourne & Parke LLP
73 Hunton & Williams LLP
74 Nixon Peabody LLP
75
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
76 Bryan Cave LLP
77 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
78 Perkins Coie LLP
79 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
80 Patton Boggs LLP
81 Howrey LLP
82 Reed Smith LLP $20
83 Crowell & Moring LLP $25
84 McGuireWoods LLP $10
85 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
86 Arent Fox PLLC $20
87 Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP $10
88 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner L.L.P. $70°
89 Dorsey & Whitney LLP
90 Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
91 Baker & Hostetler LLP
92 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP $50
93 Venable LLP
94 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
95 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
96 Dickstein Shapiro LLP
97 Fenwick & West LLP
98 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP $5
99 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC
100 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP $35

†Two-year bonus awarded for district clerkship plus appellate clerkship.

‡Firm has announced a higher clerkship bonus than reported here; however, firm has reduced or eliminated other stipends for incoming associates, and the announced "bonus" listed here has been reduced by other stipends included in that bonus to reflect the net clerkship bonus. Additionally, firm offers $50K bonus for Federal Circuit clerkships.

°Awarded for Federal Circuit clerkships only.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Percentage of clerks by school

(The percentage represents the % of a given class that will be clerking for the 2007-2008 term. The denominators for class size include both full-time and part-time students. The numerators are not adjusted to exclude alumni who will clerk from current students, and include both alumni and current students.)

2 Stanford 26.6%
1 Yale 22.1%
2 Harvard 10.4%
10 Duke 9.5%
28 Notre Dame 8.0%
6 Chicago 6.3%
6 Penn 6.2%
5 Columbia 5.8%
8 Michigan 5.7%
10 Virginia 5.3%
8 Boalt 4.9%
18 Texas 4.5%
4 NYU 4.5%
16 Vanderbilt 4.0%
15 UCLA 3.8%
12 Northwestern 3.7%
14 Georgetown 3.3%
13 Cornell 3.1%
24 Iowa 2.7%
22 Emory 2.6%
36 Alabama 2.5%
28 Washington 2.2%
25 W&L 2.2%
20 Minnesota 2.2%
T4 Ave Maria 2.0%
60 Kentucky 1.7%
T3 Mississippi 1.6%
16 USC 1.4%
36 Georgia 1.4%
34 George Mason 1.4%
19 WUSTL 1.4%
22 GWU 1.3%
36 Hastings 1.2%
28 Boston College 1.1%
91 Hawaii 1.0%
T3 Vermont 1.0%
31 Ohio State 0.9%
91 LSU 0.9%
31 Wisconsin 0.7%
T3 Memphis 0.7%
T3 Arkansas 0.7%
20 Boston U 0.7%
47 Tulane 0.7%
66 Missouri 0.7%
44 Arizona 0.7%
T3 West Virginia 0.7%
44 BYU 0.7%
53 Tennessee 0.6%
60 Temple 0.6%
77 Richmond 0.6%
70 Oklahoma 0.6%
T3 Akron 0.5%
47 UConn 0.5%
31 W&M 0.5%
91 Dickinson 0.5%
97 Marquette 0.5%
36 North Carolina 0.4%
T3 Cleveland State 0.4%
T4 Wayne State 0.4%
25 Fordham 0.4%
60 Brooklyn 0.4%
70 Rutgers 0.4%
60 Houston 0.3%
60 Kent 0.3%
100 McGeorge 0.3%
52 Cardozo 0.3%
70 Seton Hall 0.3%
66 Loyola Los Angeles 0.2%
47 Florida 0.2%
T3 NY Law 0.2%

Total clerks by school

2 Harvard 58
2 Stanford 46
1 Yale 44
5 Columbia 22
8 Michigan 21
4 NYU 20
10 Virginia 20
18 Texas 20
10 Duke 19
14 Georgetown 19
6 Penn 15
28 Notre Dame 14
8 Boalt 13
6 Chicago 12
15 UCLA 12
12 Northwestern 9
16 Vanderbilt 8
22 GWU 7
13 Cornell 6
20 Minnesota 6
22 Emory 6
24 Iowa 6
36 Hastings 5
28 Washington 4
36 Alabama 4
16 USC 3
19 WUSTL 3
25 W&L 3
28 Boston College 3
34 George Mason 3
36 Georgia 3
60 Kentucky 3
T3 Mississippi 3
T4 Ave Maria 3
20 Boston U 2
25 Fordham 2
31 Ohio State 2
31 Wisconsin 2
47 Tulane 2
60 Brooklyn 2
60 Temple 2
91 LSU 2
T3 Vermont 2
31 W&M 1
36 North Carolina 1
44 Arizona 1
44 BYU 1
47 Florida 1
47 UConn 1
52 Cardozo 1
53 Tennessee 1
60 Houston 1
60 Kent 1
66 Loyola Los Angeles 1
66 Missouri 1
70 Oklahoma 1
70 Seton Hall 1
70 Rutgers 1
77 Richmond 1
91 Dickinson 1
91 Hawaii 1
97 Marquette 1
100 McGeorge 1
T3 Akron 1
T3 Arkansas 1
T3 Cleveland State 1
T3 Memphis 1
T3 NY Law 1
T3 West Virginia 1
T4 Wayne State 1
25 Illinois 0
34 Davis 0
36 Colorado 0
36 Indiana 0
36 Maryland 0
36 Wake Forest 0
46 SMU 0
47 American 0
[other schools outside the Top Tier]

Clerks by school

488 clerks
Cook
6 Akron
Cox Sr. 11 Alabama
Dubina
11 Alabama
Dubina
11 Alabama
Tjoflat
11 Alabama
Schroeder
9 Arizona
Smith
8 Arkansas
Smith
3 Ave Maria
Manion
7 Ave Maria
Manion
7 Ave Maria
Cole
6 Boalt
Daughtrey
6 Boalt
Gilman
6 Boalt
Keith Sr. 6 Boalt
Wood
7 Boalt
Browning Sr. 9 Boalt
Clifton
9 Boalt
D. Nelson Sr. 9 Boalt
McKeown
9 Boalt
Pregerson
9 Boalt
W. Fletcher
9 Boalt
Gorsuch
10 Boalt
Williams Sr. DC Boalt
Ambro
3 Boston College
Bright Sr. 8 Boston College
Kelly
10 Boston College
Newman Sr. 2 Boston U
Martin
6 Boston U
Hall
2 Brooklyn
Chagares
3 Brooklyn
Kelly
10 BYU
B. Fletcher Sr. 9 Cardozo
Sotomayor
2 Chicago
Straub
2 Chicago
Garza
5 Chicago
Daughtrey
6 Chicago
Easterbrook
7 Chicago
Easterbrook
7 Chicago
Posner
7 Chicago
Wood
7 Chicago
Colloton
8 Chicago
Loken
8 Chicago
Rymer
9 Chicago
Randolph
DC Chicago
Dennis
5 Cleveland State
Torruella
1 Columbia
Torruella
1 Columbia
Torruella
1 Columbia
Feinberg Sr. 2 Columbia
Jacobs
2 Columbia
Kearse Sr. 2 Columbia
Leval Sr. 2 Columbia
Livingston
2 Columbia
Livingston
2 Columbia
Weis Sr. 3 Columbia
Wiener
5 Columbia
Cook
6 Columbia
Merritt Sr. 6 Columbia
Bybee
9 Columbia
Hawkins
9 Columbia
Ikuta
9 Columbia
Thomas
9 Columbia
Wardlaw
9 Columbia
Brown
DC Columbia
Ginsburg
DC Columbia
Randolph
DC Columbia
Tatel
DC Columbia
Howard
1 Cornell
Cardamone Sr. 2 Cornell
Walker
2 Cornell
Chagares
3 Cornell
Kanne
7 Cornell
Tymkovich
10 Cornell
Smith
3 Dickinson
Selya
1 Duke
Newman Sr. 2 Duke
Hardiman
3 Duke
Roth Sr. 3 Duke
Duncan
4 Duke
Jolly
5 Duke
Clay
6 Duke
Gilman
6 Duke
Benton
8 Duke
Gruender
8 Duke
Murphy
8 Duke
Thompson Sr. 9 Duke
Gorsuch
10 Duke
Lucero
10 Duke
Black
11 Duke
Tjoflat
11 Duke
Brown
DC Duke
Bryson
Fed Duke
Schall
Fed Duke
Leval Sr. 2 Emory
Davis
5 Emory
Anderson
11 Emory
Carnes
11 Emory
Hull
11 Emory
Hull
11 Emory
Carnes
11 Florida
Ripple
7 Fordham
Kelly
10 Fordham
Batchelder
6 George Mason
Bea
9 George Mason
Rader
Fed George Mason
Ambro
3 Georgetown
Fisher
3 Georgetown
Smith
3 Georgetown
Stapleton Sr. 3 Georgetown
Gregory
4 Georgetown
Michael
4 Georgetown
Widener
4 Georgetown
Garza
5 Georgetown
Gilman
6 Georgetown
Rogers
6 Georgetown
Bright Sr. 8 Georgetown
Magill Sr. 8 Georgetown
B. Fletcher Sr. 9 Georgetown
Gould
9 Georgetown
McKeown
9 Georgetown
Holmes
10 Georgetown
Murphy
10 Georgetown
Brown
DC Georgetown
Tatel
DC Georgetown
Anderson
11 Georgia
Anderson
11 Georgia
Dubina
11 Georgia
Prado
5 GWU
Hall Sr. 9 GWU
Briscoe
10 GWU
Lucero
10 GWU
Carnes
11 GWU
Hull
11 GWU
Brown
DC GWU
Boudin
1 Harvard
Boudin
1 Harvard
Boudin
1 Harvard
Howard
1 Harvard
Lynch
1 Harvard
Lynch
1 Harvard
Selya
1 Harvard
Calabresi
2 Harvard
Katzmann
2 Harvard
Katzmann
2 Harvard
Kearse Sr. 2 Harvard
Kearse Sr. 2 Harvard
Raggi
2 Harvard
Aldisert Sr. 3 Harvard
Fuentes
3 Harvard
Smith
3 Harvard
Shedd
4 Harvard
Shedd
4 Harvard
Wilkinson
4 Harvard
Jolly
5 Harvard
Jones
5 Harvard
Owen
5 Harvard
Cook
6 Harvard
Moore
6 Harvard
Moore
6 Harvard
Sutton
6 Harvard
Sykes
7 Harvard
Colloton
8 Harvard
Browning Sr. 9 Harvard
Bybee
9 Harvard
Farris Sr. 9 Harvard
Fisher
9 Harvard
Hawkins
9 Harvard
Kleinfeld
9 Harvard
O'Scannlain
9 Harvard
O'Scannlain
9 Harvard
Reinhardt
9 Harvard
Reinhardt
9 Harvard
W. Fletcher
9 Harvard
Gorsuch
10 Harvard
Hartz
10 Harvard
Holmes
10 Harvard
Holmes
10 Harvard
McConnell
10 Harvard
Tymkovich
10 Harvard
Barkett
11 Harvard
Pryor
11 Harvard
Tjoflat
11 Harvard
Tjoflat
11 Harvard
Garland
DC Harvard
Ginsburg
DC Harvard
Griffith
DC Harvard
Griffith
DC Harvard
Kavanaugh
DC Harvard
Silberman Sr. DC Harvard
Tatel
DC Harvard
Dyk
Fed Harvard
Moore
Fed Harvard
Brunetti Sr. 9 Hastings
Kleinfeld
9 Hastings
Pregerson
9 Hastings
Schroeder
9 Hastings
Tallman
9 Hastings
Clifton
9 Hawaii
King
5 Houston
Wesley
2 Iowa
Colloton
8 Iowa
Melloy
8 Iowa
Melloy
8 Iowa
Wollman
8 Iowa
Bea
9 Iowa
Michel
Fed Kent
Rogers
6 Kentucky
Siler Sr. 6 Kentucky
Siler Sr. 6 Kentucky
Hall Sr. 9 Loyola Los Angeles
Davis
5 LSU
Wiener
5 LSU
Sykes
7 Marquette
Callahan
9 McGeorge
Widener
4 Memphis
Ambro
3 Michigan
Motz
4 Michigan
Owen
5 Michigan
Cole
6 Michigan
Kennedy Sr. 6 Michigan
Martin
6 Michigan
Moore
6 Michigan
Kanne
7 Michigan
Ripple
7 Michigan
Arnold
8 Michigan
Murphy
8 Michigan
Gould
9 Michigan
Ikuta
9 Michigan
McKeown
9 Michigan
Briscoe
10 Michigan
Hartz
10 Michigan
Murphy
10 Michigan
Hull
11 Michigan
Griffith
DC Michigan
Rogers
DC Michigan
Mayer
Fed Michigan
Jones
5 Minnesota
Bye
8 Minnesota
Hansen Sr. 8 Minnesota
Loken
8 Minnesota
Murphy
8 Minnesota
W. Fletcher
9 Minnesota
Barksdale
5 Mississippi
Barksdale
5 Mississippi
Barksdale
5 Mississippi
Benton
8 Missouri
Sentelle
DC North Carolina
Gregory
4 Northwestern
Bauer Sr. 7 Northwestern
Flaum
7 Northwestern
Flaum
7 Northwestern
Williams
7 Northwestern
Briscoe
10 Northwestern
McConnell
10 Northwestern
Tymkovich
10 Northwestern
Dyk
Fed Northwestern
Niemeyer
4 Notre Dame
Clement
5 Notre Dame
Boggs
6 Notre Dame
Sutton
6 Notre Dame
Manion
7 Notre Dame
Sykes
7 Notre Dame
Gruender
8 Notre Dame
O'Scannlain
9 Notre Dame
Black
11 Notre Dame
Carnes
11 Notre Dame
Pryor
11 Notre Dame
Wilson
11 Notre Dame
Wilson
11 Notre Dame
Wilson
11 Notre Dame
Gilman
6 NY Law
Stahl Sr. 1 NYU
Calabresi
2 NYU
Hall
2 NYU
Katzmann
2 NYU
Raggi
2 NYU
Fuentes
3 NYU
Rendell
3 NYU
Motz
4 NYU
Benavides
5 NYU
Garza
5 NYU
Bea
9 NYU
Berzon
9 NYU
Berzon
9 NYU
Ferguson Sr. 9 NYU
Ferguson Sr. 9 NYU
Wardlaw
9 NYU
Lucero
10 NYU
Lucero
10 NYU
Edwards Sr. DC NYU
Ginsburg
DC NYU
Batchelder
6 Ohio State
McKeague
6 Ohio State
Aldisert Sr. 3 Oklahoma
Stahl Sr. 1 Penn
Calabresi
2 Penn
Wesley
2 Penn
Ambro
3 Penn
Barry
3 Penn
Jordan
3 Penn
McKee
3 Penn
Rendell
3 Penn
Scirica
3 Penn
Scirica
3 Penn
Wood
7 Penn
Bright Sr. 8 Penn
Clevenger Sr. Fed Penn
Michel
Fed Penn
Moore
Fed Penn
Clement
5 Richmond
Greenberg Sr. 3 Rutgers
Baldock Sr. 10 Seton Hall
Lynch
1 Stanford
Leval Sr. 2 Stanford
Sack
2 Stanford
Sotomayor
2 Stanford
Straub
2 Stanford
Motz
4 Stanford
Clement
5 Stanford
Dennis
5 Stanford
Jolly
5 Stanford
Gibbons
6 Stanford
Gibbons
6 Stanford
Keith Sr. 6 Stanford
Sutton
6 Stanford
Posner
7 Stanford
Smith
8 Stanford
Berzon
9 Stanford
Canby Sr. 9 Stanford
Clifton
9 Stanford
Farris Sr. 9 Stanford
Fisher
9 Stanford
Hawkins
9 Stanford
Ikuta
9 Stanford
Kozinski
9 Stanford
McKeown
9 Stanford
Noonan Sr. 9 Stanford
Pregerson
9 Stanford
Rymer
9 Stanford
Silverman
9 Stanford
Silverman
9 Stanford
Smith
9 Stanford
Thomas
9 Stanford
Thompson Sr. 9 Stanford
Ebel Sr. 10 Stanford
Ebel Sr. 10 Stanford
Gorsuch
10 Stanford
Hartz
10 Stanford
Tymkovich
10 Stanford
Barkett
11 Stanford
Edmondson
11 Stanford
Marcus
11 Stanford
Garland
DC Stanford
Kavanaugh
DC Stanford
Rogers
DC Stanford
Tatel
DC Stanford
Bryson
Fed Stanford
Michel
Fed Stanford
Fisher
3 Temple
Van Antwerpen
3 Temple
Widener
4 Tennessee
Walker
2 Texas
Roth Sr. 3 Texas
Barksdale
5 Texas
DeMoss
5 Texas
Garwood Sr. 5 Texas
Garwood Sr. 5 Texas
Higginbotham Sr. 5 Texas
Jones
5 Texas
King
5 Texas
Owen
5 Texas
Prado
5 Texas
Reavley Sr. 5 Texas
Reavley Sr. 5 Texas
Smith
5 Texas
Kozinski
9 Texas
Tashima Sr. 9 Texas
Ebel Sr. 10 Texas
Edmondson
11 Texas
Kravitch Sr. 11 Texas
Tjoflat
11 Texas
Stewart
5 Tulane
Kravitch Sr. 11 Tulane
Sloviter
3 UCLA
Clay
6 UCLA
Bea
9 UCLA
Bybee
9 UCLA
D. Nelson Sr. 9 UCLA
Gould
9 UCLA
Hall Sr. 9 UCLA
Pregerson
9 UCLA
Tashima Sr. 9 UCLA
Tashima Sr. 9 UCLA
Wardlaw
9 UCLA
Wardlaw
9 UCLA
Bye
8 UConn
Alarcon Sr. 9 USC
Ikuta
9 USC
Smith
9 USC
Wilkinson
4 Vanderbilt
Merritt Sr. 6 Vanderbilt
Rogers
6 Vanderbilt
Siler Sr. 6 Vanderbilt
B. Fletcher Sr. 9 Vanderbilt
Ikuta
9 Vanderbilt
Birch
11 Vanderbilt
Schall
Fed Vanderbilt
Hall
2 Vermont
Scirica
3 Vermont
Cowen Sr. 3 Virginia
King
4 Virginia
Motz
4 Virginia
Niemeyer
4 Virginia
Wilkinson
4 Virginia
Smith
5 Virginia
Boggs
6 Virginia
Martin
6 Virginia
Rogers
6 Virginia
Sutton
6 Virginia
Evans
7 Virginia
Ripple
7 Virginia
Beezer Sr. 9 Virginia
O'Scannlain
9 Virginia
Smith
9 Virginia
Kravitch Sr. 11 Virginia
Pryor
11 Virginia
Kavanaugh
DC Virginia
Williams Sr. DC Virginia
Schall
Fed Virginia
King
4 W&L
King
4 W&L
Baldock Sr. 10 W&L
Van Antwerpen
3 W&M
Farris Sr. 9 Washington
Goodwin Sr. 9 Washington
Sentelle
DC Washington
Rader
Fed Washington
Kennedy Sr. 6 Wayne State
King
4 West Virginia
Kanne
7 Wisconsin
Black
11 Wisconsin
Cook
6 WUSTL
Benton
8 WUSTL
Gruender
8 WUSTL
Cabranes
2 Yale
Cabranes
2 Yale
Calabresi
2 Yale
Jacobs
2 Yale
Katzmann
2 Yale
Pooler
2 Yale
Sack
2 Yale
Sotomayor
2 Yale
Walker
2 Yale
Wesley
2 Yale
Winter Sr. 2 Yale
Gregory
4 Yale
Niemeyer
4 Yale
Wilkinson
4 Yale
Higginbotham Sr. 5 Yale
Owen
5 Yale
Smith
5 Yale
Boggs
6 Yale
Cole
6 Yale
Keith Sr. 6 Yale
Posner
7 Yale
Loken
8 Yale
Berzon
9 Yale
Clifton
9 Yale
Fisher
9 Yale
Fisher
9 Yale
Kozinski
9 Yale
Paez
9 Yale
Reinhardt
9 Yale
Reinhardt
9 Yale
Thomas
9 Yale
Thomas
9 Yale
W. Fletcher
9 Yale
McConnell
10 Yale
McConnell
10 Yale
Wilson
11 Yale
Edwards Sr. DC Yale
Garland
DC Yale
Garland
DC Yale
Randolph
DC Yale
Randolph
DC Yale
Rogers
DC Yale
Rogers
DC Yale
Williams Sr. DC Yale

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Information

Comment: "How in the WORLD did you manage to get all of this inside information?!"

Answer: I've just been compiling it from this blog and comments posted, and from the Clerkship Notification Blog and comments posted there. That's it. Feel free to continue to share--many appreciate it.

Inactive judges and judges who did not hire any clerks this term (generally those with only career clerks) are so noted. A clerk serving a second or subsequent year in 2007-2008 is marked with [brackets].

Saturday, September 30, 2006

About this data

I've only included clerks hired this year. A two-year clerk in the second year of a clerkship for 2007-2008, for instance, would not be included. I've been keeping some track of whether it's 3Ls or graduates, and I'll update that once we get some more data. Feel free to post anonymously. I'll add all the senior judges, and mark them as such, after I get more comfortable with the data and start getting wider results reported. Right now, I have absolutely zero data from any senior judge. Finally, I took most of my information from the Clerkship Notification Blog, linked in the sidebar, and for that I am truly grateful.

1st Circuit

Boudin: Harvard, Harvard, Harvard
Howard: Cornell, Harvard
Lynch: Harvard, Harvard, Stanford
Selya: Duke, Harvard
Torruella: Columbia, Columbia, Columbia
Stahl (Sr.): NYU, Penn

Unavailable: Lipez, Campbell (Sr.), Coffin (Sr.), Cyr (Sr.)

2nd Circuit

Cabranes: Yale, Yale
Calabresi: Harvard, NYU, Penn, Yale
Hall: Brooklyn, NYU, Vermont
Jacobs: Columbia, Yale
Katzmann: Harvard, Harvard, NYU, Yale
Livingston: Columbia, Columbia
Pooler: Yale
Raggi: Harvard, NYU
Sack: Stanford, Yale
Straub: Chicago, Stanford
Sotomayor: Chicago, Stanford, Yale
Walker: Cornell, Texas, Yale
Wesley: Iowa, Penn, Yale
Cardamone (Sr.): Cornell
Feinberg (Sr.): Columbia
Kearse (Sr.): Columbia, Harvard, Harvard
Leval (Sr.): Columbia, Emory, Stanford
Newman (Sr.): Boston U, Duke
Miner (Sr.): none
Winter (Sr.): Yale

Unavailable: Parker, McLaughlin (Sr.), Meskill (Sr.), Oakes (Sr.)

3rd Circuit

Ambro: Boston College, Georgetown, Michigan, Penn
Barry: Penn
Chagares: Brooklyn, Cornell
Fisher: Georgetown, Temple
Fuentes: Harvard, NYU
Hardiman: Duke
Jordan: Penn
McKee: Penn
Rendell: NYU, Penn
Scirica: Penn, Penn, Vermont
Sloviter: UCLA
Smith: Ave Maria, Dickinson, Georgetown, Harvard
Van Antwerpen: Temple, W&M
Aldisert (Sr.): Harvard, Oklahoma
Cowen (Sr.): Virginia
Greenberg (Sr.): Rutgers
Roth (Sr.): Duke, Texas
Stapleton (Sr.): Georgetown
Weis (Sr.): Columbia

Unavailable: Garth (Sr.), Nygaard (Sr.)

4th Circuit

Duncan: Duke, [Duke]
Gregory: Georgetown, Northwestern, Yale
King: Virginia, W&L, W&L, West Virginia
Michael: Georgetown
Motz: Michigan, NYU, Stanford, Virginia
Niemeyer: Notre Dame, Virginia, Yale
Shedd: Harvard, Harvard
Widener: Georgetown, Memphis, Tennessee
Wilkins: none
Wilkinson: Harvard, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Yale
Chapman (Sr.): Inactive
Phillips (Sr.): Inactive

Unavailable: Traxler, Williams, Hamilton (Sr.)

5th Circuit

Barksdale: Mississippi, Mississippi, Mississippi, Texas
Benavides: NYU
Clement: Notre Dame, Richmond, Stanford
Davis: Emory, LSU
DeMoss: Texas
Dennis: Cleveland State, Stanford
Garza: Chicago, Georgetown, NYU
Jolly: Duke, Harvard, Stanford
Jones: Minnesota, Harvard, Texas
King: Houston, Texas
Owen: Harvard, Michigan, Texas, Yale
Prado: GWU, Texas
Smith: Texas, Virginia, Yale
Stewart: Tulane
Wiener: Columbia, LSU
Garwood (Sr.): Texas, Texas
Higginbotham (Sr.): Texas, Yale
Reavley (Sr.): Texas, Texas

Unavailable: Duhé (Sr.)

6th Circuit

Batchelder: George Mason, Ohio State
Boggs: Notre Dame, Virginia, Yale
Clay: Duke, UCLA
Cole: Boalt, Michigan, Yale
Cook: Akron, Columbia, Harvard, WUSTL
Daughtrey: Boalt, Chicago
Gibbons: Stanford, Stanford
Gilman: Boalt, Duke, Georgetown, NYLS
Martin: Boston U, Michigan, Virginia
McKeague: Ohio State
Moore: Harvard, Michigan
Rogers: Georgetown, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Virginia
Sutton: Harvard, Notre Dame, Stanford, Virginia
Keith (Sr.): Boalt, Stanford, Yale
Kennedy (Sr.): Michigan, Wayne State
Merritt (Sr.): Columbia, Vanderbilt
Siler (Sr.): Kentucky, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
Engle (Sr.): inactive
Lively (Sr.): inactive
Milburn (Sr.): inactive
Nelson (Sr.): none
Wellford (Sr.): inactive

Unavailable: Griffin, Guy (Sr.), Norris (Sr.), Ryan (Sr.), Suhrheinrich (Sr.)

7th Circuit

Easterbrook: Chicago, Chicago
Evans: Virginia
Flaum: Northwestern, Northwestern
Kanne: Cornell, Michigan, Wisconsin
Manion: Ave Maria, Ave Maria, Notre Dame
Posner: Chicago, Stanford, Yale
Ripple: Fordham, Michigan, Virginia
Sykes: Harvard, Marquette, Notre Dame
Williams: Northwestern
Wood: Boalt, Chicago, Penn
Bauer (Sr.): Northwestern
Wood, Jr. (Sr.): Inactive

Unavailable: Rovner, Coffey (Sr.), Cudahy (Sr.)

8th Circuit

Arnold: Michigan
Benton: Duke, Missouri, WUSTL
Bye: Minnesota, UConn
Colloton: Chicago, Harvard, Iowa
Gruender: Duke, Notre Dame, WUSTL
Loken: Chicago, Minnesota, Yale
Melloy: Iowa, Iowa
Murphy: Duke, Michigan, Minnesota
Smith: Arkansas, Stanford
Wollman: Iowa
Bright (Sr.): Boston College, Georgetown, Penn
Hansen (Sr.): Minnesota
Magill (Sr.): Georgetown

Unavailable: Riley, Shepherd, Beam (Sr.), Bowman (Sr.), Fagg (Sr.), Gibson (Sr.), Lay (Sr.), Ross (Sr.)

9th Circuit

Bea: George Mason, Iowa, NYU, UCLA
Berzon: NYU, NYU, Stanford, Yale
Bybee: Columbia, Harvard, UCLA
Callahan: McGeorge
Clifton: Boalt, Hawaii, Stanford, Yale
Fisher: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Yale
W. Fletcher: Boalt, Harvard, Minnesota, Yale
Gould: Georgetown, Michigan, UCLA
Hawkins: Columbia, Harvard, Stanford
Ikuta*: Columbia, Michigan, Stanford, USC, Vanderbilt
Kleinfeld: Harvard, Hastings
Kozinski: Stanford, Texas, Yale
McKeown: Boalt, Georgetown, Michigan, Stanford
O'Scannlain: Harvard, Harvard, Notre Dame, Virginia
Paez: Yale
Pregerson: Boalt, Hastings, Stanford, UCLA
Reinhardt: Harvard, Harvard, Yale, Yale
Rymer: Chicago, Stanford
Schroeder: Arizona, Hastings
Silverman: Stanford, Stanford
Smith: Stanford, USC, Virginia
Tallman: Hastings
Thomas: Columbia, Stanford, Yale, Yale
Wardlaw: Columbia, NYU, UCLA, UCLA
Alarcon (Sr.): USC
Beezer (Sr.): Virginia
Browning (Sr.): Boalt, Harvard
Brunetti (Sr.): Hastings
Canby (Sr.): Stanford
Farris (Sr.): Harvard, Stanford, Washington
Ferguson (Sr.): NYU, NYU
B. Fletcher (Sr.): Cardozo, Georgetown, Vanderbilt
Goodwin (Sr.): Washington
Hall (Sr.): GWU, Loyola Los Angeles, UCLA
D. Nelson (Sr.): Boalt, UCLA
Noonan (Sr.): Stanford
Tashima (Sr.): Texas, UCLA, UCLA
Thompson (Sr.): Duke, Stanford

Unavailable: Graber, Rawlinson, Boochever (Sr.), Fernandez (Sr.), Hug (Sr.), Leavy (Sr.), Skopil (Sr.), Sneed (Sr.), T. Nelson (Sr.), Trott (Sr.), Wallace (Sr.)

*Data seems incorrect with five reported clerks.

10th Circuit

Briscoe: GWU, Michigan, Northwestern
Gorsuch: Boalt, Duke, Harvard, Stanford
Hartz: Harvard, Michigan, Stanford
Holmes: Georgetown, Harvard, Harvard
Kelly: Boston College, BYU, Fordham
Lucero: Duke, GWU, NYU, NYU
McConnell: Harvard, Northwestern, Yale, Yale
Murphy: Georgetown, Michigan
Tymkovich: Cornell, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford
Baldock (Sr.): Seton Hall, W&L
Ebel (Sr.): Stanford, Stanford, Texas

Unavailable: Henry, O'Brien, Tacha, Anderson (Sr.), Barrett (Sr.), Brorby (Sr.), Holloway (Sr.), McKay (Sr.), McWilliams (Sr.), Porfilio (Sr.), Seymour (Sr.)

11th Circuit

Anderson: Emory, Georgia, Georgia
Barkett: Harvard, Stanford
Birch: Vanderbilt
Black: Duke, Notre Dame, Wisconsin
Carnes: Emory, Florida, GWU, Notre Dame
Dubina: Alabama, Alabama, Georgia
Edmondson: Stanford, Texas
Hull: Emory, Emory, GWU, Michigan
Marcus: Stanford
Pryor: Harvard, Notre Dame, Virginia
Tjoflat: Alabama, Duke, Harvard, Harvard, Texas
Wilson: Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Yale
Cox (Sr.): Alabama
Kravitch (Sr.): Texas, Tulane, Virginia

Unavailable: Clark (Sr.), Cox (Sr.), Fay (Sr.), Godbold (Sr.), Hill (Sr.)

DC Circuit

Brown: Columbia, Duke, Georgetown, GWU
Garland: Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Yale
Ginsburg: Columbia, Harvard, NYU
Griffith: Harvard, Harvard, Michigan
Kavanaugh: Harvard, Stanford, Virginia
Randolph: Chicago, Columbia, Yale, Yale
Rogers: Michigan, Stanford, Yale, Yale
Sentelle: North Carolina, Washington
Tatel: Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford
Edwards (Sr.): NYU, Yale
Silberman (Sr.): Harvard
Williams (Sr.): Boalt, Virginia, Yale

Unavailable: Henderson, Buckley (Sr.)

Percentage of this circuit's known clerks
from each school
(37 known clerks)
Yale 8 21.6%
Harvard 7 18.9%
Columbia 4 10.8%
Stanford 4 10.8%
Georgetown 2 5.4%
Michigan 2 5.4%
NYU 2 5.4%
Virginia 2 5.4%
Boalt 1 2.7%
Chicago 1 2.7%
Duke 1 2.7%
GWU 1 2.7%
North Carolina 1 2.7%
Washington 1 2.7%

Federal Circuit

Bryson: Duke, Stanford
Dyk: Harvard, Northwestern
Mayer: Michigan
Michel: Kent, Penn, Stanford
Moore: Harvard, Penn
Rader: George Mason, Washington
Schall: Duke, Vanderbilt, Virginia
Clevenger (Sr.): Penn
Archer (Sr.): None
Cowen (Sr.): Inactive
Plager (Sr.): None

Unavailable: Gajarsa, Linn, Lourie, Newman, Prost, Friedman (Sr.)