Author: a former federal law clerk, director of judicial clerkships at Yale Law School and author of the NALP/ABA National Judicial Clerkship Study.

This comprehensive guide includes information about the courts, the range of judicial clerkships, and all aspects of the application process (including mention of the new clerkship hiring plan). Also includes valuable information for future judicial clerks, such as court etiquette, ethics, and skills to prepare for their clerkships. Ms. Strauss presents data and insights from other former law clerks, legal practitioners and judges across the country. In addition, she shares special strategies designed to help law students in their quest for a prized clerkship.

Now available online in the "NALP Research" section of NALP's website.

Provides information on clerkship opportunities in all 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico. You may also access the publication online. By following the links, you can access the complete Guide (in either MS Word or PDF format), the reference table, and/or individual states for clerkship information. Username: long; Password: trail.

A useful companion to Vermont’s Guide to State Judicial Clerkships. The states covered in this Guide include: Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington, DC.

This book is designed to serve as the primary text for the classroom component of a clerkship program. Each chapter begins by briefly introducing a topic (i.e., the difference between being a federal judge and being a state judge and what being a judge is like). It then offers a series of relatively short readings by and about judges to offer a glimpse of what the clerking experience is like from the judge's perspectives. The judges also explain what they expect of their clerks, from helping draft opinions to maintaining confidentiality. Each chapter ends with a series of questions tied to the readings.

A great resource for law students in judicial internship or externship classes or working as summer judicial interns, law school graduates considering judicial clerkships and current judicial clerks. The book explains the role and duties of judicial clerks; how to adapt the writing style used in law school classes and journals for use in the judicial clerkship setting; and the form and content of specific documents written by judicial clerks. The book discusses how to write bench memoranda, opinion drafts, orders, findings of fact and conclusions of law, jury instructions, and letters and other professional correspondence. The book reviews the fundamentals of good writing, research and citation. Also, the book features chapters on how to apply for clerkships, the different kinds of clerkships, and the ethical responsibilities of clerks.

This 16-page brochure addresses the benefits of becoming a judicial clerk; the kinds of positions available; the types of courts that hire clerks, interns, and externs; financial considerations; locating suitable opportunities; and the application process. NALP and the ABA Judicial Division Standing Committee on Minorities in the Judiciary collaborated to write and fund this brochure.

West Legal Directory of Judicial Clerkships Database of judicial clerkship information and opportunities. Includes listings from federal, state appellate and state trial court judges. Allows students to customize a search for clerkship opportunities and informs students whether applications are being accepted.

Who's who in federal government departments, agencies, courts, military installations, and service academies outside of Washington, DC.