Federal Appellate Judicial Clerks 2007

About this blog

2007-08-10T17:10:00.001-04:00

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.

New blog

2007-07-30T12:58:00.000-04:00

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

Update

2007-05-31T16:59:00.000-04:00

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.

Greetings, ATL readers!

2007-03-21T21:57:00.000-04:00

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!

Vault 100 clerkship salary bonus chart

2007-03-10T10:51:00.002-05:00

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

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

$50

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

$50

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

$50

Davis Polk & Wardwell

$50

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

$50

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

$50

Latham & Watkins LLP

$50

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

$50

Covington & Burling LLP

$50

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

$50

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

$50

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

$50

Shearman & Sterling LLP

$50

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

$35‡

Williams & Connolly LLP

$35

Sidley Austin LLP

$50

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

$50

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

$50

White & Case LLP

$50

Arnold & Porter LLP

$50

Jones Day

$50

Morrison & Foerster LLP

$50

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

$15

Clifford Chance LLP

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

$15

Hogan & Hartson LLP

$35

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

$35

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

$50

Ropes & Gray LLP

$50

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

$50

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

$50

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

$50

Winston & Strawn LLP

$50

Dewey Ballantine LLP

$50

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

$20

Linklaters

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

$40

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Proskauer Rose LLP

King & Spalding LLP

$10

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

$25

Quinn Emanuel Urguhart Oliver & Hedges LLP

$50

Baker & McKenzie

Baker Botts L.L.P.

$35

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

$35

Dechert LLP

$50

Irell & Manella LLP

$50

McDermott Will & Emery

$35

Jenner & Block LLP

$35

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP

$50

Allen & Overy LLP

DLA Piper

$35

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

$50

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

$35

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Cooley Godward LLP

Alston & Bird LLP

Heller Ehrman LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Bingham McCutchen LLP

$50

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Kaye Scholer LLP

Holland & Knight LLP

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Foley & Lardner LLP

$35

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP

Nixon Peabody LLP

Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP

Bryan Cave LLP

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Perkins Coie LLP

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Patton Boggs LLP

Howrey LLP

Reed Smith LLP

$20

Crowell & Moring LLP

$25

McGuireWoods LLP

$10

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Arent Fox PLLC

$20

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

$10

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.

$70°

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

$50

Venable LLP

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Fenwick & West LLP

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

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.

Percentage of clerks by school

2007-01-23T10:18:00.001-05:00

(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

2007-01-23T10:17:00.001-05:00

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

2007-01-23T10:15:00.001-05:00

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

Information

2006-10-04T15:56:00.000-04:00

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].

About this data

2006-09-30T12:18:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:12:00.001-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:11:00.001-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:10:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:09:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:08:00.001-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:07:00.001-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:06:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:05:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:04:00.001-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:03:00.002-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:02:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:01:00.000-04:00

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

2006-09-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

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.)