Conservative Supreme Court’s Use of History Complicates Legal Landscape
The conservative majority in the US Supreme Court has increasingly relied on history and tradition to resolve major constitutional debates.…
clerkships
The Federal Clerk Hiring Process Is Getting a Coronavirus Revamp This Summer
Law students who wish to land a prestigious federal clerkship usually take last-minute flights to interview with judges, but the…
UVA Law Setting School Clerkship Records
Summary: University of Virginia Law School places a high importance on getting clerkships lined up for the graduates, understanding the…
UVa Administrator Sends Out Student Data by Mistake
Summary: Students at the University of Virginia School of Law received an email last week that included a spreadsheet of confidential…
Judges Hire Law Clerks Before Hiring is Supposed to Start
Federal judges compete aggressively each year to get the best law students to work for them as clerks and in…
Supreme Court Names Sotomayor’s Law Clerks
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has hired four law clerks, two of whom have already clerked for other justices. Robert…
Ropes & Gray Defers 2009 Summer Associates to 2011
Boston-based Ropes & Gray, which in March deferred its 2009 associate class, is deferring its current summer associates to "no…