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The slate as of a month ago (via ATL):
OCTOBER TERM 2009 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of February 4, 2008)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice David H. Souter
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. Marah Stith (Yale 2006 / O'Scannlain)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Pamela Bookman (UVA 2006 / Sack)
2. John Rappaport (Harvard 2006 / Reinhardt)
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Bessie Dewar (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher / L. Pollak (E.D. Pa.))
2.
3.
4.
Justice Samuel Alito
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired):
1. ?
http://www.abovethelaw.com/2008/03/supreme_court_clerk_hiring_wat_14.php
For anyone who has recently applied to SCOTUS or for those who may yet apply, you must watch the invaluable interviews Bryan Garner has conducted with eight of the nine Justices regarding, in part, what the Justices expect from their law clerks.
They are lengthy, but well worth watching as each Justice has slightly (or drastically) different expectations of their clerks.
http://www.lawprose.org/supreme_court.php
A helpful comment from last year's site:
"For OT 2010 clerkships, you should apply early (Nov - December '08) to all of the Justices. Then, have your judge update your application with a recommendation in September '09 after you have been in the clerkship for a little while.
Generally, the Justices who hire in January are hiring applicants who have been out of law school for a year or more who applied in previous cycles. But it never hurts to have your application in with them, and you certainly should apply before April '09. There is little risk that your application will be forgotten because the Justices generally only look at new-graduate applications when they are ready to hire---not as they come in."
Via SCOTUS Addict:
"Taken from Amber's blog at http://bamber.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-apply-for-supreme-court.html
How to apply for a Supreme Court clerkship
One of my commenters noted that the application process for Supreme Court clerkships is remarkably opaque and that if you don't have someone to explain it to you it puts you at a disadvantage (does this disadvantage women who have less access to existing old-boy networks?). HLS helpfully outlines this process, but it puts the information behind password protection. Information, however, wants to be free, so I'm summarizing it for you below. Enjoy!
(If any of this information is out of date, please let me know and I will correct it.)
Applications for October Term N should be sent in March - June of N-1. Thomas hires much further in advance, so take this into account.
Apply to all nine justices even if you don't think you'd like to clerk for some of them.
Your package should include
a short cover letter containing the names of your recommenders, the contents of your packet, and the term you are applying for
a resume
a transcript
a writing sample consisting of a scholarly note, comment, or article
recommendations from professors, judges, or very famous practitioners
Send updates to your materials as needed.
To prep for an interview, read the justice's opinions, especially those from the recent term. Do not contact current clerks even if you know them.
Idiosyncracies of the justices:
Roberts: 2 recommendations (may have changed)
Stevens: short writing sample is optional. At least 2 recommendations from professors, at least 3 total.
Scalia: 3 recommendations. Note names of professors on your transcript.
Kennedy: two writing samples and 3-5 recommendations required.
Souter: 3-5 recommendations, including one from your circuit judge. Academic writing samples a must!
Thomas: at least 2 recommendations.
Ginsburg: at least 3 recommendations. Short writing sample plus a reprint of any academic publication you have.
Breyer: 3 recommendations, including one from your circuit judge. Short writing sample.
Alito: unknown!"
http://scotuslawclerkplacement.blogspot.com/2007/04/applying-for-supreme-court-clerkship.html
Kennedy has hired his first for OT 09: Scott Keller (Texas/Kozinkski)
Just to clarify the above post, Keller was a 2007 Texas Law grad.
when do justices start interviewing 3Ls/new grads, or have they already?
About now.
nah, probably still too early. anybody get any interviews yet?
sure, there have been interviews.
highly doubt that. like from whom?
Doubt it all you want. Scalia typically starts interviewing in April, and this year is no exception.
And look at the Justices who have already hired for 09: Ginsburg, Alito, Kennedy, Breyer and Thomas. They obviously interviewed their hires.
think the person's question was about 3Ls/new grads, not the grads the justices have already hired
Anyone know Marah Stith? She is kind of hot and must be brilliant!! Single?
When do Stevens and Ginsburg start interviewing new grads?
Marah Stith is much too good for you buddy!
any movement?
Scalia has already interviewed a few.
Stevens is moving
Yeah the point of blogs like this is so that privileged "insiders" don't just get the info which is totally unfair. So I'll confirm that Stevens is moving
Stevens and Ginsburg are done.
is this true? can someone confirm 11:04?
It's true. The final hires for both were made on Friday afternoon.
What schools did Stevens hire from?
Any more info on JPS and RBG hires? Wikipedia lists 3 out of 4 RBG and none of JPS.
The other RGB is up. One JPS is a HLS '08 grad.
JPS also hired a Yale grad.
Yale '08 grad?
According to Orin Kerr's post on the VC, Scalia's third is a GW 2008 grad. http://volokh.com/posts/1214944103.shtml
Any word on Thomas, he usually moves early, I wonder why the delay?
Pardon the interruption, but here's the current list courtesy of David Lat at ATL:
OCTOBER TERM 2009 SUPREME COURT CLERK HIRES (as of July 1, 2008)
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice John Paul Stevens
1. Hyland Hunt (U. Michigan 2008 / D. Ginsburg)
2. Adam Jed (Harvard 2008 / Calabresi)
3. Merritt McAlister (University of Georgia 2007 / Anderson (11th Cir.))
4. David Pozen (Yale 2007 / Garland)
Justice Antonin Scalia
1. Jonathan Bond (GWU 2008 / Sutton)
2. Steven Lehotsky (Harvard 2002 / D. Ginsburg)
3. Daniel M. Sullivan (Chicago 2008 / O'Scannlain)
4. Katherine Twomey (UVA 2008 / Wilkinson)
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
1. Scott Keller (University of Texas 2007 / Kozinski)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice David H. Souter
1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Clarence Thomas
1. Marah Stith (Yale 2006 / O'Scannlain)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1. Elizabeth Barchas (Harvard 2008 / Garland)
2. Pamela Bookman (UVA 2006 / Sack)
3. Vincent Levy (Columbia 2007 / D. Ginsburg)
4. John Rappaport (Harvard 2006 / Reinhardt)
Justice Stephen G. Breyer
1. Bessie Dewar (Yale 2006 / W. Fletcher / L. Pollak (E.D. Pa.))
2.
3.
4.
Justice Samuel Alito
1. Jaynie Randall (Yale 2006 / M. Patel (N.D. Cal.) / Cabranes)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (retired):
1. Joshua Deahl (U. Michigan 2006 / Benavides)
I heard a rumor that the Chief Justice hired a Kavanaugh clerk.
incoming or outgoing Kavanaugh clerk?
incoming.
why beat around the bush...you're totally defeating the purpose of this blog. know the school and/or whether the judge is interviewing?
so anyone know when the next rounds begin?
Generally the next predictable Justices will wait until September - October. Souter usually doesn't hire until the spring, Thomas has always been unpredictable, and as far as I can tell Alito's timing hasn't been established yet.
Supreme Court clerks are privvy to the most interesting legal debates -- they must really enjoy it!
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