Updated 5/2/16

Judicial Clerkship Program Clerkship Handbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I: INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS ……………………………………………………………………… 1 A. Why Clerk?........................................................................................................ 1 B. When Should I Clerk?........................................................................................ 2 C. Financial Considerations and the Loan Repayment Assistance Program…… 3

II: SELECTING A COURT(S)……………………………………………………………………………. 4

A. Federal vs. State Courts………………………………………………………………………… 4 1. Federal Courts ………………………………………………………………………………… 4 2. State Courts……………………………………………………………………………………. 5

B. Appellate vs. Trial Courts……………………………………………………………………… 6 III: SELECTING JUDGES ……………………………………………………………………………. 7

A. Location………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 B. Judge’s Connection to CLS…………………………………………………………………… 7 C. Personality / Atmosphere of Chambers…………………………………………………… 7 D. Areas of Intellectual Interest………………………………………………………………….. 8 E. Ideology………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 F. Authors of Interesting Opinions…………………………………………………………….. 8 G. Judge’s Professional Background …………………………………………………………… 8 H. Hiring Criteria………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 I. Sources of Information About Judges, Courts, Etc……………………………………. 9 J. How Do I Know if a Judge is Hiring?............................................................... 11

IV: COMPETITION: WHERE WILL I BE ABLE TO GET A CLERKSHIP………… 11

A. The Court………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12 B. Location………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 C. The Length of the Clerkship: One vs. Two Year Positions………………………….. 13 D. Senior Judges………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 E. Some Historical Hiring Information about timing,

courts, journal work and grades……………………………………………………………… 14 V: THE APPLICATION PROCESS…………………………………………………………………….. 15

A. When Judges Hire…………………………………………………………………………………. 15 B. The Application Package (cover letter, resume, transcript(s),

writing sample(s), letters of recommendation) ………………………………………. 15 C. Paper and Email Application Procedures …………………………………………………. 20 D. Applications Submitted Electronically Through OSCAR ……………………………. 24

VI: INTERVIEWS & OFFERS……………………………………………………………………………. 25

A. Scheduling your Interviews……………………………………………………………………. 25 B. Preparing for the Interview……………………………………………………………………. 26 C. The Interview……………………………………………………………………………………….. 26

1. Meeting the Clerks and Staff……………………………………………………………… 26 2. Meeting the Judge……………………………………………………………………………. 27 3. Thank You Notes……………………………………………………………………………… 28

D. Receiving and Accepting an Offer…………………………………………………………… 28

Appendix A: Clerkship Roadmap…………………………………………………………………………… A-1 Appendix B

“Historical Tracker”: List of Columbia Law School Graduates that Clerked United States Court of Appeals………………………………………………………… B-1 United States District Courts…………………………………………………………… B-9 State and International Courts…………………………………………………………. B-23 Specialized Courts…………………………………………………………………………… B-27 United States Supreme Court Justices………………………………………………. B-28 Appendix C: Faculty Members Who Have Held Judicial Clerkships…………………………. C1 Appendix D: Columbia Law Alumni Judges…………………………………………………………… D-1

Appendix E

Sample Cover Letters Sample Letter I………………………………………………………………………………… E-1 Sample Letter II………………………………………………………………………………… E-2 Appendix F: Judicial Clerkship Recommendation Form…………………………………………. F-1 Appendix G: Recommender Call List…………………………………………………………………….. G-1 Appendix H: Interview Prep Tip Sheet…………………………………………………………………. H-1

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COLUMBIA’S JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP PROGRAM Welcome to the judicial clerkship process! Columbia Law School is one of a handful of law schools that consistently places its students and alumni in dozens of federal and state court clerkships, ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit and district courts to a broad array of state and specialty courts. The Judicial Clerkship Program at CLS educates students about judicial clerkships, helps students apply for clerkships, and encourages faculty support of clerkship applicants. The program also has an important judicial outreach component aimed at building and fortifying CLS’s relationships with members of the judiciary. Applying for clerkships is an ongoing process. Among other things, the application process involves selecting judges, securing faculty recommendations, submitting applications, and scheduling clerkship interviews. This handbook discusses each of these steps and more. It is very important to read through this handbook if you are considering applying for clerkships. For a very brief overview of the clerkship application process, please see the Clerkship Roadmap located in Appendix A.

Key CLS Contacts The Judicial Clerkship Program is mainly comprised of the Clerkship Office and the Faculty Clerkship Committee. Several other CLS departments – as well as the entire faculty and their assistants and our vast network of future, current and former clerks– provide crucial assistance. Director of CLS Clerkship Program. Anne Green, a former litigator and clerk on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, is the Director of Academic Counseling and Judicial Programming at CLS. Ms. Green’s e-mail address is anne.green@law.columbia.edu, and her phone number is (212) 854-7269. Her office is located in William & June Warren Hall, Room 505. You are encouraged to contact her or Jeffrey Bagares in the Clerkship Office at clerkships@law.columbia.edu with any clerkship-related questions. Faculty Clerkship Committee Co-Chairs. The Spring 2016 Faculty Clerkship Committee chairs are Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law, former Law Clerk to the Hon. William H. Orrick, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Associate Professor of Law, former Law Clerk to the Hon. Merrick Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States. SECTION I: INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS A. WHY CLERK? Former clerks describe their clerkship experiences in glowing terms. It is commonplace to hear former clerks describe their year (or years) clerking as some of the most enjoyable and intellectually rewarding time they have spent in their professional career. Although many of you will need no encouragement to clerk, some of you may not have considered the many benefits that a clerkship offers. Here are just a few of them:

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Insight: Clerking provides unique insight into how the legal system actually works, how cases proceed from start to finish and what constitutes strong writing and advocacy. As a clerk, you will learn a great deal from reading the legal papers that are submitted and watching the lawyers who appear before your judge.

Skills: Clerking significantly strengthens research, writing and analytical skills and helps you develop good judgment.

Mentoring and Networking: Many clerks find the relationships that they develop with their judges and co-clerks to be extremely rewarding, both professionally and personally. Many judges host annual reunions with their clerks, and as new clerks are always being added to the "family," the network grows a little larger every year. You may also develop a horizontal network of lawyers who clerked for different judges in the same city or courthouse.

Importance: Clerking is important to the judicial system. Most clerks play a significant role in researching and drafting opinions. In a sense, clerks have a unique opportunity to shape the law very early on in their legal career.

Marketability: The clerking experience serves as a significant resume and career building block. Most employers put a great value on the hiring of judicial law clerks, as evidenced by many law firms’ willingness to pay bonuses to clerks and to treat clerkship years as years at the firm for purposes of salary and seniority. Similarly, public interest employers commonly accept years of clerking experience in lieu of the practical experience that they often require.

A New Geographical Market: If you are contemplating spending your career in a part of the country where you have not previously lived or worked, clerking gives you a wonderful opportunity to see what it might be like to work in that city or region and to begin establishing links in a city that is otherwise completely new to you. It may also give you an opportunity to explore a part of the country where you do not expect to live.

Exploration: If you are unsure of what you want to do when you first graduate from law school, a year spent clerking gives you some time to consider your options. Many former clerks will tell you that it was only as a result of clerking that they developed a clear sense of what they wanted to do with their law degree.

B. WHEN SHOULD I CLERK?

Historically, law students almost exclusively applied for clerkships while still in school and began their clerkships a few months after graduation. Students often view a clerkship as a nice bridge between law school and practice, as well as a wonderful jumping off point for their legal careers. Many students still follow this path. Increasingly, however, students are opting to apply for clerkships that begin a year or more after graduation, and many judges are requiring clerks to have post-law school work experience. Clerkships that begin after an applicant has worked might be secured during the pre-2L summer, the 2L or 3L years or sometime after graduation. Students may be applying later on because they did not apply previously, because they did apply previously but did not secure a clerkship in their initial round, or because they already secured a clerkship and seek an additional clerkship. Should you elect to continue or

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begin your application process after you graduate, the Clerkship Office is available to help you in the same basic ways that it helps current students; you simply need to get in touch with us. As you move through law school and after you graduate, your clerkship application typically gets stronger: • You are able to provide a judge with a more complete academic picture. Your second

and third-year grades may be extremely strong and therefore make you a stronger applicant than you were previously.

• You may be able to develop deeper relationships with some of your professors so that you will have stronger letters of recommendation.

• An increasing number of judges favor the substantive and practical knowledge that a practicing attorney can bring to chambers.

There can also be disadvantages to a clerkship that does not begin shortly after graduation. Some students view a clerkship commencing after they have started practicing as disruptive to their career or personal lives, particularly if the clerkship requires a geographical move. Other students find it difficult to schedule this type of clerkship around certain public interest fellowships that require a two-year commitment. Finally, students who are interested in working for a year or two before clerking should not automatically assume that their employer will hold their job open for them for the duration of the clerkship. You should discuss this issue with your employer. It is also important to remember that clerkship applications are now truly rolling. If you do not obtain a clerkship right after you begin applying, you should continue to apply. Many applicants who do not initially obtain clerkships end up getting wonderful offers down the road. C. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE

LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LRAP) The federal judiciary pays law clerks in accordance with a pay grade scale know as the JSP scale. Most clerks who start clerking immediately after graduation are paid at the JSP11/Step 1 level. State court pay scales vary by state, and state salary information can be found on state court websites or in the Vermont Guide to State Court Clerkships (discussed below). A law clerk’s salary can fluctuate depending upon, among other things, bar admission, prior work experience, and the state in which you clerk. With rare exception, clerkship salaries are significantly lower than those offered by the nation’s top law firms. However, financial assistance may be available.

Graduates undertaking full-time judicial clerkships paid through the judicial system may be eligible for benefits under the Loan Repayment Assistance Program (“LRAP”). Interest will accrue on the benefits during the clerkship year(s). Following the clerkship, if the graduate enters employment covered by the LRAP program, traditional benefits will continue and the interest accrued shall be reversed. In these instances, the clerkship period is counted toward time served in qualifying employment for purposes of LRAP loan forgiveness. If the graduate immediately follows the clerkship with non-qualifying employment, the LRAP benefits provided during the clerkship and the accrued interest will be repayable within the next two years. For additional information, please contact Ms. Seandell James in the Financial Aid Office at (212) 854-1245.

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For those planning on entering the private sector after clerking, clerks typically are treated equally to non-clerking members of their law school class in terms of pay and seniority. (Students are advised to check with their firms about the details of each firm’s policy.) Many firms also offer clerks a substantial clerkship bonus. Firms and other employers generally value clerkship experience significantly, whether or not they are in a position to offer a clerkship bonus. Therefore, in the long run, the short-term financial sacrifice associated with clerking is often mitigated by these benefits. SECTION II: SELECTING A COURT(S) Columbia students apply for and receive clerkships at many levels of the federal and state judicial systems. Applicants are encouraged to apply to various levels of state and federal courts, particularly since it is difficult to predict with certainty where you will receive interviews and ultimately offers. Which courts appeal to you depends in part upon your interests, strengths, and career goals. The following descriptions may help guide your selection process. A. FEDERAL VS. STATE COURTS

Federal Courts

Supreme Court of the United States: The Supreme Court is made up of the Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, plus retired Justices. Active Justices typically hire four clerks each, while retired Justices typically hire one each. The Court operates on a Term basis, with each Term lasting one year and beginning in October. Clerks are also hired for a one-year term, but typically running from July to July. It is important to note that a Supreme Court clerkship follows a prior clerkship. In addition, applicants typically apply to all active Justices and all retired Justices. If you are interested in applying for a Supreme Court clerkship, please review the Supreme Court document on the Judicial Clerkships website and contact the Clerkship Office directly.

U.S. Courts of Appeals: The United States is divided geographically into twelve judicial circuits – the First through Eleventh Circuits and the D.C. Circuit. The circuit courts are intermediate appellate courts that primarily review decisions of the federal district courts. The number of judges within a circuit varies from one circuit to another. Most federal circuit judges hire three or four law clerks for either one or two-year terms.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is the thirteenth federal circuit court. The Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals from patent cases in the district courts and decisions of the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of Veterans Claims. The court also reviews administrative rulings of several agencies, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

U.S. District Courts: There are ninety-four federal district courts, which serve as the country’s trial court system. The number of federal district judgeships varies from one district to another, depending upon the volume of work within each

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geographic region. Most district court judges hire two or three law clerks for either one or two-year terms.

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts: Each federal district has one bankruptcy court, which handles reorganization and insolvency matters. Each bankruptcy judge typically hires one or two law clerks. Bankruptcy is a counter-cyclical field – for example, it flourished in the wake of the economic upheaval beginning in 2008 – and the knowledge gained during a bankruptcy court clerkship can prove very attractive to employers.

U.S. Magistrate Judges: Magistrate judges are appointed by the active trial court judges within each judicial district to serve as judicial officers of the district courts. Magistrates exercise jurisdiction over matters assigned by statute as well as those delegated by the district judges, which may include trials, settlement conferences, discovery management and other tasks. Each magistrate judge typically hires one or two law clerks per term.

U.S. Special Courts: The following are often under-tapped clerkship opportunities within the federal system:

U.S. Court of Federal Claims: This court maintains nationwide jurisdiction over most claims for monetary damages against the United States, including disputes over federal contracts and unlawful federal “takings.”

U.S. Court of International Trade: This court maintains nationwide jurisdiction over cases involving international trade and customs issues.

U.S. Tax Court: This court is authorized to hear a wide range of tax disputes including those related to notices of deficiency, notices of transferee liability, and relief from joint and several liability on a joint return.

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: This court reviews decisions of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

U.S. Court Appeals for the Armed Forces: This court reviews court martial convictions.

State Courts

The state judiciary is a fascinating place to clerk. State courts consider legal issues arising in a broad range of substantive areas. Clerking on the state court level also provides you with access to a discrete legal community. Particularly if you are interested in practicing in the state in which you clerk immediately after the clerkship or later on in your career, clerking on the state court level could help you forge important professional relationships. Like federal courts, state courts hire at different times throughout the year, although many have typically hired in the spring or summer for clerkships beginning in the fall of the next calendar year. Check state court websites, the Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships (discussed below) and emails from the Clerkship Office for hiring

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information. Don’t underestimate the importance of networking with any contacts in your home state or other states to which you want to apply in order to learn more about state court clerkships. As with the federal judiciary, there are several state courts to consider:

State Supreme Courts: The highest state court is the court of last resort for disputes concerning the interpretation of state statutes, state constitutional law and state common law. In many states, this court is referred to as the “supreme court,” but in some states, the court of last resort has another name. For example, in New York, the highest court is the New York Court of Appeals (and confusingly, the trial courts are referred to as the Supreme Courts).

Like the Supreme Court of the United States, many (but not all) state supreme courts have “discretionary review,” i.e., they do not have to hear all appeals from the intermediate appellate courts. As a result, state supreme courts tend to hear novel issues of significant magnitude.

Students who have pursued state supreme court clerkships report back with wonderful experiences, and the vast majority continue on to practice in both federal and state courts, depending upon their preferences.

Intermediate appellate courts: Almost all states have an intermediate court of appeals, which functions as the state court analog to the federal circuit courts. Not all state appellate courts hire law clerks.

Trial courts: State trial courts try a wide array of cases. Although not all state trial courts hire law clerks, those that do provide their clerks with an interesting opportunity to oversee a broad range of trials and to observe the local bar in action. Note that some states, including New York, have specialized trial level courts that allow clerks to explore a particular area of interest such as commercial litigation or family law.

B. APPELLATE VS. TRIAL COURTS

Although virtually all clerkships involve substantial research and writing, the duties of an appellate court clerk differ from those of a trial court clerk in several significant respects. Ultimately, which type of court you select should depend upon your interests and career goals. Many students opt to apply to both trial and appellate court judges.

Appellate court clerks spend the bulk of their time reading briefs and researching and writing bench memoranda, draft opinions, and orders. The extent to which a judge relies upon or adopts a clerk’s draft opinion differs from one judge to another. Appellate clerks also attend oral arguments and en banc hearings. Given these responsibilities, there may be some truth to the cliché that those who enjoy the law school journal experience and/or heavy research and writing are more likely to enjoy the appellate clerking experience.

Like appellate clerks, trial court clerks also spend the most significant portion of their time researching and drafting bench memoranda, orders and opinions, but they also

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tend to draft other documents relevant to the cases before their judges, including plea memoranda and jury instructions. Trial court clerks attend a variety of court proceedings, including trials, arguments on motions, and sentencing hearings. They may also have case management responsibilities such as responding to attorney telephone calls, granting or denying extensions, and scheduling hearing and trial dates. Those who want more hands-on courtroom experience may well be more drawn to a trial court clerkship. Because trial court clerks handle many issues outside of the typical law school sphere, for many students, a trial court clerkship is also a more novel legal experience than an appellate clerkship.

SECTION III: SELECTING JUDGES

Once you have narrowed down the type of court(s) to which you will be applying, you will need to select your judges. You can select judges on an ongoing basis as new positions open up. You may apply to as many as 75-150 judges over time. Your judge list depends to a large extent upon your own priorities. You must submit your judge list to the Clerkship Office for review before you apply for clerkships. The office can help you refine your list and provide you with valuable information about judges to target. When developing a list, you should consider the following:

A. LOCATION

Many students take geography into account when compiling their list of judges. Some students believe that they should limit their clerkship search to the geographic region in which they plan to practice law; generally, this is untrue. A clerkship year is an opportunity to explore a new area of the country or return to a college or home town. Given the competitive nature of the clerkship process, applicants should apply as broadly as they are able. It is important to note that the more you limit your search geographically, the more you may limit your chances of obtaining a clerkship. Additionally, as discussed below, you should take into account where CLS students tend to apply and attempt to broaden your list beyond these geographic regions. Consider branching out to areas of the country that you might find interesting or to which you have personal ties – your clerkship is only one year of your life; it’s a perfect time to explore a new area of the country. Remember, there are excellent judges sitting all across the country.

B. JUDGE’S CONNECTION TO CLS

Another factor to consider when compiling a list is whether a judge (i) attended CLS or (ii) has frequently hired CLS graduates in the past. As a general rule, judges who attended CLS and/or have hired clerks from CLS in the past are more likely to interview and hire students from CLS. You can find a historical list of all documented CLS clerks (starting with the class of 1990) in Appendix B to this handbook.

C. PERSONALITY/ATMOSPHERE OF CHAMBERS

A clerkship should be a rewarding and satisfying experience both personally and intellectually. Whether or not a clerk will have this type of experience varies in part based upon the atmosphere in a judge’s chambers. Some judges have very casual chambers and spend a lot of time with their clerks. Other judges are more remote. Some

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judges are nurturing and supportive, while others are more critical. The best source of information about atmosphere is a judge’s current and former clerks. Ask your classmates who went through this process last season, lawyers at your summer jobs, friends and CLS alumni about a judge’s personality, and decide how important that will be to you. Remember, the most prestigious clerkship in the world may not be rewarding for you if you are unhappy all year.

D. AREAS OF INTELLECTUAL INTEREST

Many judges have published or lectured on specific areas of law. If you have a specific legal interest, you may want to clerk for a judge who can help you explore that interest in detail. Similarly, certain courts have dockets that are particularly heavy in one or two areas of law (e.g., commercial disputes in the Southern District of New York and Delaware); perusing a court’s website can give you a sense of its docket.

E. IDEOLOGY

Some students also take into account a judge’s ideology when deciding where to apply. While this decision is up to each applicant, you are encouraged not to eliminate judges based purely on ideology, except perhaps in extreme cases. Ideology does not come into play with respect to the vast majority of the work judges and clerks do. Moreover, many students find that spending a year or two clerking for a judge with a different outlook on things is an eye-opening experience. Similarly, many judges enjoy debating legal issues with clerks who have differing views.

F. AUTHORS OF INTERESTING OPINIONS

Through your studies and research you may have come across judges whose writing inspires or intrigues you. Think about applying to these judges wherever they are located.

G. JUDGE’S PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Judges had fairly substantial legal careers before they were appointed to the bench, some of which may appeal to you. Judge biographies –often available on court websites and in the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary—detail a judge’s background and may highlight something of interest to you. For example, if you aspire to continue on to government work, a judge who spent years at the Department of Justice or with a federal or state agency may interest you.

H. HIRING CRITERIA

Judges hired based upon various criteria. You should consult with the Clerkship Office to determine whether your judge list is appropriate in the context of your particular application. See Section IV below for further information.

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I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT JUDGES, COURTS, ETC.

Anecdotal Information from Clerks

CLS has a vast network of clerks who can provide some of the most valuable information you will receive about individual judges. Columbia’s Clerkship Handbook identifies whether a judge has hired a CLS law clerk in the past and, if she has, identifies that clerk by name. Feel free to contact current students (including our Clerkship Peer Mentors, whose contact information is available on the clerkships website) who have already obtained clerkships and ask candid questions about how they selected the court and judge they will be clerking for and what the interview was like. You should also feel free to contact former clerks (the Clerkship Office can help provide contact information). Some former clerks may prefer to discuss their experiences over the phone. You are also encouraged to contact current clerks for informational purposes; however, you generally should not contact a current clerk you don’t already know about a pending application or interview. You should also feel free to contact professors who have clerked. See Appendix C ("Faculty Who Have Held Judicial Clerkships"). Finally, the Clerkship Office may have valuable information about particular judges.

Online Resources

There are numerous electronic resources available to help you in your search.

1) Columbia-Specific Resources

CLS Judicial Clerkship Website – The CLS clerkships website contains all of the basic information that you will need to apply for a clerkship. In addition to containing this handbook, the site also contains links to many key online resources such as the clerkship blog (Clerkships@CLS), the Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (“OSCAR”), Symplicity, the Vermont Guide to State Court Clerkships, the Senate Nominations and Confirmations page and many other websites. The clerkships website can be found at: http://web.law.columbia.edu/students/student-services/learning/judicial-clerkships. To access the site, use your Lawnet username and password.

Clerkship Blog – The CLS clerkships blog, Clerkships @ CLS, is available at http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/clerkships/. The Clerkship Office will post hiring and other important information on the blog and we encourage you to check it regularly and subscribe.

E-mail announcements – The Clerkship Office will send clerkship announcements to registered applicants as well as through personal e-mails. It is important to check your e-mail regularly for announcements pertaining to clerkships. Current students and alumni interested in applying for clerkships should sign up to receive e-mail announcements by registering in the Clerkships module of Symplicity and selecting “Yes” under “Clerkship Search Active.”

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2) Other Resources (see the Useful Links page of the clerkships website)

The Symplicity Clerkships Module (Biographical Info, Mail Merge Instructions and Evaluations) The Symplicity Clerkships Module – Incorporated into this system is biographical and address information for all active federal judges and all state court judges included in the Judicial Yellowbook. In addition, you may search the database by type of court, judge name, and judges who are CLS alumni (double-check Appendix D to the Clerkship Handbook on this point). The database also allows users to download and mail merge lists of judges for application purposes. We have also folded into Symplicity all of our historical evaluations from CLS clerks (“Clerkship Evaluations”) and CLS students who interviewed with various judges (“Interview Evaluations”). These evaluations are designed to provide applicants with a window into chambers. Within the module, click on Interview Evaluations and search a judge’s name for interview evaluations. Go to a judge’s Symplicity profile page to access Clerkship Evaluations. Please note that the usefulness of this resource depends largely on applicant and clerk participation; we urge you to fill out the evaluation forms available on the database after your interviews and once you are off and clerking. Leadership Library (contact information) – This is an online version of the Judicial Yellow Book, which provides contact information (including phone numbers, emails and clerk information) for federal and state court judges. It is available at http://lo.bvdep.com/default.asp?curp=1. Anyone logged into a computer through the Columbia network can access the directory by clicking on the yellow "log in to Leadership Online" tab. U.S. Senate Confirmations (new judicial nominations and confirmations) – The U.S. Senate website catalogues all nominations and confirmations for the U.S. federal judiciary. This site is updated daily and the confirmations and nominations are located under the Judiciary heading. Monitoring this site may allow you to learn about and apply for clerkships with newly appointed judges, who may fall below the radar of other applicants. The nominations site is here: http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/judicial. The confirmations site is here: http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/confirmation-listing. The Vermont Guide to State Court Clerkships, Online (state court clerkship information) – The Vermont Guide is an incredibly useful resource that provides detailed information about state court clerkships throughout the country. To access the Guide, navigate to http://forms.vermontlaw.edu/career/guides/index.cfm?. The current login to the Guide is “balsam” and the password is “fir”. After you log in you can find information for each state. Please note that unfortunately, the Guide is typically released late in the application cycle when several state courts may have already hired their clerks. Consult the current Guide, check the state court websites and contact the relevant personnel in each state to confirm hiring timing. Just the Beginning Foundation (clerkships and diversity): This organization celebrates diversity within the federal judiciary. The website, http://www.jtb.org/, contains information about the organization’s clerkship hiring program, and lists of African American, Asian American, Latino/a American, Native American, and female judges.

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Federal Judicial Center Judges Directory (biographical information) – The Federal Judicial Center sponsors a website that includes biographical information on every federal judge. This site is useful for researching judges for application purposes and for preparation for interviews. The site includes educational and experiential background information on each judge as well as their date of appointment and in some cases their interests and hobbies. You may search the website by court type as well as race and ethnicity and/or gender. The FJC’s website it www.fjc.gov. The Almanac of Federal Judiciary (biographical information) – The Almanac provides biographical information about federal judges as well as citations to key opinions. Students can access the almanac through the “AFJ” database on Westlaw. Wikipedia and Judgepedia (biographical information) – These resources often contain information beyond what is in the Directory and the Almanac, although there is no guarantee of accuracy. J. HOW DO I KNOW IF A JUDGE IS HIRING?

All federal clerkship postings are supposed to be posted on the Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (“OSCAR”) system. However, many judges do not use or update OSCAR, and you should only use OSCAR as a starting point when developing a judge list. OSCAR identifies both available clerkship positions and information about judges’ hiring requirements, including requested application materials and whether a judge prefers to receive applications electronically through OSCAR, in hard copy by mail or by some other means (e.g., email).

It is important to note that although judges are routinely encouraged to update their OSCAR profiles with current information, not all do. If the profile that you see online appears out of date, you may want to contact chambers (or the Clerkship Office) to determine if a judge is hiring for the next clerkship term. If a judge appears to be hiring from his or her profile, but does not show an available position (to view under Clerkship Details), please contact Oscar Support at oscar-support@ao.uscourts.gov to let them know. Additionally, some judges have opted not to include any information in OSCAR (they appear as grayed out on the system). For these judges, interested applicants will again need to contact chambers.

In general, you should default to applying to a judge by sending a paper application where OSCAR is unclear if she is hiring.

For state court clerkships, the best starting points to determine hiring timing are often the Vermont Guide mentioned above and the state court websites.

SECTION IV: COMPETITION: WHERE WILL I BE ABLE TO GET A CLERKSHIP?

The competition for clerkships is intense, and no student can be guaranteed a clerkship. The level of competition does vary, however, depending upon several factors, some or all of which you may want to take into account when you decide where to apply.

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A. THE COURT

Circuit Courts. Other than in connection with U.S. Supreme Court clerkships, competition for clerkships is generally most intense in the federal circuit courts. Within the circuits, the competition is generally most intense in the D.C., Second, Seventh and Ninth Circuits. Accordingly, if your interest is in a federal circuit court clerkship, you should also consider other circuits, even if you are a highly qualified candidate (the other circuits are incredibly competitive as well). Remember that there are terrific opportunities throughout the country, and you are only committing to move for one (possibly two) year(s) of your life.

District Courts. The competition is also very tough for federal district court clerkships. Within the federal district courts, competition is most intense in major metropolitan centers such as New York City, Boston, the District of Columbia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Among CLS applicants, competition is often most keen in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Applying to a geographically broader range of district courts will dramatically increase your chances of getting a clerkship. Your list of courts must, of course, have some limits. Typically, students apply to cities near where they grew up, went to college, have some other connection, may want to live in the future, or where a particularly interesting judge sits. You should not, however, feel limited by this list; you should simply be able to explain to a judge why you are interested in clerking in the city in which (s)he sits.

Magistrate Judges. Each year, CLS alums clerk for federal magistrate judges and report terrific experiences. Magistrate judges assist district courts with their work, often handling significant amounts of motion practice (the very type of work that most large law firm attorneys do). In many federal districts (including the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York), the practicing bar holds certain magistrates in high esteem. It is important, however, to perform due diligence on each magistrate judge to determine the scope of his or her work.

State Courts. Some CLS students restrict their applications to the federal bench and ignore outstanding state court clerkship opportunities, including appellate and high court opportunities that they may be unable to obtain at the federal level. However, many state courts have superb reputations and CLS alums have fantastic experiences clerking for them. Because state courts do not see as many CLS applicants as their federal counterparts, a CLS applicant could get more attention on the state court level. The presence of a local connection may strengthen a student’s application. For specific information on all state courts log into the Vermont Guide to State Judicial Clerkships (see above under Online Resources) and the individual court websites.

Specialized Courts. Excellent clerking opportunities can also be found with the specialized federal courts. If your career interests are in tax, consider the U.S. Tax Court; in intellectual property, consider the Federal Circuit; and in bankruptcy, consider the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts. Again, the pool of applicants to these courts may be smaller that that of other federal courts, and your application may stand out more at these courts than it would in a district or circuit court.

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B. LOCATION

As noted above, certain circuit and district court clerkships are extremely competitive in part because of the geographic region that the courts cover. The Second, Ninth, Seventh and D.C. Circuits tend to receive the largest number of applications from CLS and other students, and consequently, they are often the most competitive circuits in which to get a clerkship. Similarly, district courts in major metropolitan areas like New York, Boston, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles and San Francisco are flooded with clerkship applications every year. You will dramatically increase your chances of getting a clerkship if you apply outside of these regions. Even within circuits and districts, the competition for clerkships varies depending upon location. For example, a Second Circuit judge who sits in Manhattan is likely to receive more applications than a judge on the same circuit who sits in upstate New York. Similarly, a judge from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania who sits in Philadelphia will probably receive a larger number of applicants than her colleague in Allentown. Again, to increase your chances of getting a clerkship, you should consider applying to clerk outside of major cities. It is critical to remember that there are smart, wonderful judges who sit outside of major cities. And even if you don’t know anyone in a particular city, there is an instant community of clerks within every chamber and courthouse. Moreover, students who spend a year or two clerking in a small city or town routinely return to New York, Washington, D.C., etc. to practice law after clerking. Remember, a clerkship is typically a one (or two) year job; exploring a smaller, less known city is often an exciting experience for that time. C. THE LENGTH OF THE CLERKSHIP: ONE VS. TWO YEAR POSITIONS

Your chances of obtaining a clerkship will also improve if you are prepared to clerk for two years. While a significant percentage of the federal district court judges now insist on two-year clerkships, many applicants apply only to "one-year" judges. By limiting themselves in this way, most applicants effectively exclude themselves from consideration for a large percentage of available clerkships.

While some applicants fear that the second year of a two-year clerkship will become routine and therefore less challenging and exciting, most two-year clerks will in fact tell you that their second year is in most ways more interesting than the first. By the second year, a clerk knows the ropes, understands the workings of chambers, and has a junior clerk to help her. As a result, second-year clerks often assume more significant responsibilities. In addition, a two-year clerkship fosters an even deeper connection with the judge and further hones research, writing and other important skills. Moreover, for students entering private practice after clerking, most firms will count both clerkship years as years of work for purposes of seniority and salary.

D. SENIOR JUDGES

Upon reaching age sixty-five, a federal circuit or district court judge can, at her discretion, elect to take senior status. Taking senior status allows a judge greater control over his or her docket and workload. Senior judges can, for example, choose not to hear a certain type of case. They can also opt to sit by designation on a court other than the

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one to which they were appointed. The number of clerks that a senior judge hires correlates to his or her workload. Students often exclude wonderful clerkship opportunities – including some that are functionally equivalent to clerkships with active judges – by limiting their applications to active status judges. Instead, we recommend researching senior judges to attempt to determine the size and nature of their caseloads. E. SOME HISTORICAL HIRING INFORMATION ABOUT TIMING,

COURTS, JOURNAL WORK AND GRADES

It is impossible to predict with certainty who will and who will not get clerkships each year. Although virtually all judges take into account a student’s grades, recommendations, and writing sample when selecting a clerk, there are a myriad of other factors—many of which cannot be predicted or categorized – that go into a selection. Ultimately, judges are selecting a clerk to work as part of a very small office with very real deadlines; accordingly, factors like personality, prior experience, and work habits may play more of a role in the clerkship process than they do in other job searches. As discussed above, students are increasingly being hired for clerkships that begin after they will have worked rather than shortly after graduation. The majority of clerkships typically are obtained in federal district courts, with smaller numbers of students going to federal circuit courts, magistrate judges, specialized courts and state courts. Each year, the vast majority of students who obtain clerkships have participated in journals and on journal boards. This is not surprising since the vast majority of CLS students participate on journals, and since judges value journal work for preparing students for the careful research and writing that they will do during their clerkships. Historically, success rates have varied among journals, with the Columbia Law Review having the highest placement rate. Many students on other journals always obtain clerkships as well, and there have not been appreciable differences between the success rates of students on those journals. There is no “magic GPA number” that ensures a student a judicial clerkship; however, grades are an important factor that you should consider when you come up with your judge list. Some courts, such as the D.C., Second and Ninth Circuits, have generally only hired students whose grades put them very close to the top of the class, generally within or close to “Kent” range. Many district court judges in major metropolitan areas on the east and west coasts and in Chicago have also historically been particularly grades-sensitive. Many judges on these courts care deeply about other factors such as work experience, writing, research, strong recommendations, diversity, personality fit, interests, etc. However, you will dramatically increase your chances of obtaining a clerkship if you do not limit yourself to these most competitive locations. When you consult with the Clerkship Office, you will receive more specific advice about where to apply based upon your particular application.

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SECTION V: THE APPLICATION PROCESS A. WHEN JUDGES HIRE

Clerkship hiring occurs on a year-round basis, with a small number of judges (particularly those on certain circuit courts and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) beginning to hire as early as the summer after 1L year. Hiring tends to peak immediately after new grades are released in January and June. January of the 2L year is a time when many students begin to apply for clerkships, although some students may begin to apply before or after that point. Students and alumni may find out when judges are hiring by checking postings on OSCAR and court websites, calling chambers and reviewing communications from the Clerkship Office and the clerkship blog. Applications are submitted to judges (i) on paper, (ii) via email and/or (iii) electronically (via the OSCAR system discussed below), depending upon the method preferred by each judge. Some judges post their preferences on OSCAR or court websites (e.g., the website of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York). If information is unavailable or outdated for a particular judge, you should plan to send the judge a paper application. If a judge accepts both electronic and paper applications, you should send both types of applications unless the judge explicitly says not to do so. The contents of applications are typically identical regardless of how they are submitted.

Because hiring is now rolling, you should assume that you will be doing multiple rounds of applications. You will likely apply to some of the same judges more than once. For example, if you send a paper application to a judge who has not posted a position and then, a few months later, the judge puts up an OSCAR posting, you should apply again per the instructions in the posting.

B. THE APPLICATION PACKAGE

The applications will generally consist of a cover letter, resume, transcript(s), writing sample(s), and letters of recommendation, although these requirements may vary for particular judges, so you should read their postings (if they exist) carefully. Below are some more details on each of those items. You must submit your application materials (especially your cover letter) to the Clerkship Office for review before sending them out.

1. Cover Letter

As a general rule, your cover letter should be brief, free of any typographical errors, and (for paper applications) printed on high quality paper. It should also identify your recommenders and all other materials that will be enclosed in your application packet. See Appendix E for some sample cover letters. Please note: you should not copy the language from the sample letters exactly, or all CLS cover letters will look suspiciously similar to judges!

Students often ask whether their cover letters should include details such as an explanation of why they want to clerk and why they would be a strong clerk. The cover letter is a good place to highlight your specific qualifications (relevant experiences, prior work life, future career goals) and why those qualifications or other factors make you a

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particularly strong candidate for a specific judge, city, or court. For example, if you have a strong public interest focus and are applying to a judge who comes from a public interest background, if you are applying for clerkships in Washington, D.C. and have an interest in administrative law, or if you are applying to a judge in or near your hometown, you may want to address these points in your cover letter. Similarly, if you have a unique and relevant work background that may set you apart from other applicants (for example, military experience), you may consider discussing this briefly. We do not, however, advise you to use your cover letter as a way to explain why, in general, you want to clerk or would be a great law clerk or as a forum in which to recap your resume. Do not say that you want to clerk to improve your research and writing skills. Judges want clerks whose research and writing skills are already impeccable.

Even if you include additional information, your cover letter should be concise. Students should not submit a longer letter that has not been reviewed by the Clerkship Office.

On the logistical front, you can create one basic cover letter template, and then tweak it for particular judges after you run the mail merge (discussed below in the Letters of Recommendation section) or paste the text into OSCAR using the “online editor” mode.

2. Clerkship Resume

Your resume should, to the extent possible, emphasize research, writing, and analytical skills and can generally be similar to a private sector resume (including an “Interests” line). For paper applications, it should be printed on high quality paper. If you are applying to judges in or near your hometown, you should include your “permanent” local address as well as your CLS address on your resume. You must submit your resume to the Clerkship Office for review before applying for clerkships.

3. Law School Transcript

Unless a judge specifies otherwise, an unofficial CLS transcript is acceptable for clerkship purposes. Students often obtain an unofficial transcript by downloading a copy of their LawNet transcript; if you do this, please remember to select the option that allows your name to show on the top of the page. Should you opt to send an official transcript, it is your responsibility to obtain a copy this document from the University Registrar. Instructions for obtaining a copy of your official transcript appear on the “Transcripts” tab of the CLS Registration Services webpage. OSCAR requires applicants to fill out an “OSCAR Grade Sheet,” which you can update as you receive new grades. You cannot upload your transcript to OSCAR.

Your transcript should include all of your grades for any prior semesters and any honors that you have received. Accordingly, we strongly discourage students from taking extensions on written work. If all of your grades have not been submitted by the time that you submit your applications, you may not be able to include academic honors on the transcript that you submit to chambers.

Please note that you should never provide a CLS GPA or class rank in the clerkship context (or other contexts) since the school does not calculate them.

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4. Other Transcripts

Some judges will request copies of your undergraduate or other graduate school transcripts. Again, it is your responsibility to review the requirements of each judge to whom you are applying and obtain the necessary documents from other schools. Please note that it often takes several weeks to obtain copies of transcripts from other schools.

5. An Unedited Writing Sample

Your writing sample should be your best piece of legal writing to date, e.g., your Note, a memo that you wrote for an employer (pending the employer’s approval and any redaction requirements), a moot court brief, a bench memo, or a paper that you wrote for class. Unless a judge specifies otherwise, there are no page limits for writing samples, although many applicants submit samples that are approximately 15 pages long. However, some applicants submit their entire Note, particularly if it will be or has been published. Many applicants excerpt a longer work. If you choose to submit an excerpt, you should attach a cover sheet with a brief paragraph contextualizing the excerpt. Your writing sample should be your own work, unedited by others.

6. Letters of Recommendation

You will typically need three letters of recommendation, although some judges only require two. It is your responsibility to check the Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (“OSCAR”), websites, and postings to find out each judge’s requirements. If no information is available, you should assume that you will need three letters. It is your responsibility to ensure that your letters of recommendation are created and delivered to the Clerkship Office or chambers, per your instructions. Make sure to stay in communication with your recommenders’ assistants and the Clerkship Office to ensure that letters have been created and sent per your requests. You must copy your recommenders’ assistants on all correspondence with your recommenders. If your faculty recommender is (1) a full-time faculty member who does not have a faculty assistant, or (2) an adjunct faculty member that is currently teaching at CLS, you should copy Doribel Rodriguez (drodri3@law.columbia.edu) in the Office of the Faculty Secretariat.

If you think that you are going to want to apply for a clerkship after you graduate, you should contact your recommenders before graduation. Contacting your professors before graduation enables them to draft your letter while their memories are fresh. It goes without saying that you should always be polite, respectful and appreciative when dealing with recommenders and their assistants. They put significant time and effort into your letters of recommendation and play a crucial role in your success. If you obtain a clerkship, please make sure to inform and thank your recommenders!

a. Whom to Approach

In the course of trying to decide who to approach for recommendations, you should feel free to ask the recommenders whether they feel able to write the kind of

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recommendation that is likely to materially help your application. You should never feel bashful about raising this issue directly with any of your potential recommenders; it is an entirely appropriate subject for discussion. In general, you can proceed on the assumption that recommenders will be receptive to your approaches and will write the best possible letters.

Faculty When deciding whom to approach for recommendations, your primary focus should be on who will be able to write you the strongest, most detailed letter. Clerks and judges report that individualized letters discussing your written work, analytical skills, judgment, creativity, initiative, work ethic, life experiences and personality are most effective. At least one – but ideally more than one – of your recommenders should be familiar with your writing. Students often approach faculty members for whom they have done research or individual writing or with whom they have worked closely in some context (e.g., in a clinic), seminar professors, faculty that they’ve visited during office hours, and other recommenders with whom they have been able to foster meaningful relationships. It is also best to approach faculty members who have given you strong grades. Some students go beyond the faculty (full time and adjunct) and approach legal employers for letters; this is fine as long as the employer has closely supervised your legal work and will be able to write a meaningful letter. We typically do not recommend including more than one letter from an employer, although that can vary for alumni.

“Outside” Recommenders

Please be aware that although recommenders who are not affiliated with the Law School can provide wonderful substantive letters, working with them can carry logistical complications because these recommenders are often unfamiliar with the recommendation process. Students should stay in close contact with these outside recommenders. Recommenders are free to contact the Clerkship Office for an explanation of recommendation procedures and logistics, and the Clerkship Office can provide assistance with processing letters. If possible, however, we ask that outside recommenders process their own letters and then mail them to the Clerkship Office as needed. Because outside recommenders often need extra technical assistance, we caution you to stay abreast of the status of your letters.

b. Materials to Submit to Your Recommenders: Helping

Them Help You

To help your recommenders write the strongest possible letters, it is important to make sure that they have a good sense of who you are and your interests. You are encouraged to speak to them in person – set up a time to meet, have lunch or coffee, etc. so that you can have a meaningful conversation.

In addition, each recommender will need the following materials (and any others they require) at least a few weeks in advance of when you need them to complete their letters of recommendation:

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Materials That You Must Submit To Your Recommenders:

A judge list (see the Mail Merge Files section below). Although your list of judges will likely change over time, it is helpful for a recommender to have a sense of where you plan to apply.

A copy of your resume and transcript; and

A Personal Statement (See Appendix F) that highlights helpful information about your candidacy for your recommenders. The form located in Appendix F asks for information that will help recommenders write the strongest possible letter for you.

You should also ask your recommenders if you can provide any additional sources to aid in their drafting of your letter, such as your writing sample.

c. Mail Merge Files (Judge Lists)

Your mail merge files will allow you (for your cover letters and mailing labels) and your recommenders’ assistants (for your recommendation letters) to include a proper address and salutation line for each judge to whom you apply. The files also function as the judge list that you must provide to your recommenders and the clerkship office. You must create mail merge files containing the contact information for each of the judges to whom you are applying using the Clerkships module on Symplicity (not OSCAR). You can download instructions on how to create this merge file from the clerkships website under Application Information or on Symplicity.

Once your recommender completes your letter of recommendation, his or her assistant will (using the file that you submit) finalize the paper and email letters and forward them to the Clerkship Office or to chambers, per your request.

You should provide a mail merge file well in advance (at least 10 days) of when you need letters of recommendation generated. The merge file must contain separate tabs labeled as follows: 1) Paper, 2) Email and 3) OSCAR (for informational purposes only).

• The Paper tab should include all judges to whom you will apply with paper applications. Your recommender cannot generate a paper letter of recommendation without your merge file.

• The Email tab should include all judges to whom you will apply with email applications, and it should include the email address where the materials should be sent and any special instructions. Your recommender cannot generate an email letter of recommendation without your merge file.

• The OSCAR (for information purposes only) tab should include all judges to whom you will apply electronically via OSCAR. OSCAR applications do not actually require merged letters, because OSCAR fills in address and salutation information automatically when the “online editor” mode is used to upload letters. However, we ask you to include an “OSCAR (for informational purposes

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only)” tab in your merge files so that your recommenders and the Clerkship Office will have your full judge list.

d. Recommender Outreach to Judges

When your recommenders are able to reach out to individual judges on your behalf by calling or emailing chambers, it can significantly increase your chances of obtaining a clerkship. This is because judges receive hundreds or thousands of applications and it is important to make sure that your application makes it out of the pile. A call or email from a recommender highlighting your application is the best way to ensure that a judge will read your application and a great way for the recommender to reiterate her support for you on top of what is already written in her letter of recommendation.

Of course, not all recommenders are comfortable calling judges and they certainly will not call all of the judges to whom you apply for clerkships. You should therefore provide each recommender with a short list of 3-5 judges whom you would like them to call right after you apply to those judges, including phone numbers (which you can look up on the Leadership Library, a directory accessible on the Useful Links page of the clerkships website from any Columbia computer) and the reasons why a judge is a good fit for you. Please see Appendix G for a template for this list.

The Clerkship Office will provide advice on these lists and you must send your list to Anne Green before approaching your recommenders with it. After discussing the list with the Clerkship Office, you should present the list to your recommenders as the beginning of an open dialogue about judges whom they think are best for you, and are willing or able to call. There may be judges not on your initial "call list" whom recommenders think are better suited for you, or with whom they have already-existing relationships.

As you compile your list(s), keep in mind that it should contain judges with whom you feel you have a strong chance of obtaining a clerkship. It should include judges from multiple courts and multiple states, and should not be limited to judges in cities like New York, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. There are strong judges across the country, and the value of the clerkship is only in rare instances tied to a specific geographic locale. Furthermore, your recommenders will be much more willing to advocate for you if you show them that you are flexible about where you will apply to clerk.

C. PAPER AND EMAIL APPLICATION PROCEDURES

If you would like the Clerkship Office to assist with the submission of your clerkship applications, you will need to focus on compiling those applications and shepherding the necessary materials to the Clerkship Office. Because hiring now occurs year-round, you may deliver materials to the Clerkship Office on a rolling basis and they will be mailed out through campus mail or emailed, with more details below.

The Clerkship Office mailing address is: Columbia Law School Office of Student Services Attn: Clerkship Office 435 W. 116th St., MB B-25 New York, NY 10027

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You have three options for sending out paper and email applications:

1) You may choose to mail/email both your application materials and your letters of

recommendation through the Clerkship Office. *Use this option if you prefer (or if a judge requires) that all application materials arrive in one package.

If you choose this option, for paper applications, you must bring or mail to the Clerkship Office your application packets for each judge (cover letters, resumes, transcripts, writing samples, and any other documents your judges require, other than letters of recommendation).

• The packets must be in alphabetical order by judge last name. • Be sure to include mailing and return address labels. You must create these

labels ahead of time using Symplicity and a template posted on the Symplicity clerkship module. We suggest using Avery 5162 size labels.

• You do not need to bring envelopes. • If you are mailing in your applications, please contact the Clerkship Office

before you do, so that we can make sure that you send all necessary materials.

For email applications, please email a single PDF per judge containing your application materials (minus your letters of recommendation) to clerkships@law.columbia.edu and include in your email the email address to which the application should be sent and any other special instructions. We ask that you make sure that any application materials are delivered to our office as far as possible in advance of when you need them mailed. Two weeks is a good guideline.

2) You may choose to mail/email your application materials on your own and have

some or all of your recommenders send their letters via the Clerkship Office. *You may prefer this option so that your application materials arrive in chambers as quickly as possible, even if your letters come at a delay, since some judges make hiring decisions very quickly.

• If you choose this option, please drop off or send a set of mailing and return address labels to the Clerkship Office for paper applications and make sure to email instructions for email applications to clerkships@law.columbia.edu. You must create these labels ahead of time using Symplicity and a template posted on the Symplicity clerkship module. We suggest using Avery 5162 size labels.

3) You may choose to mail/email your application materials on your own and have your

recommenders mail/email your recommendation letters on their own. *You should typically avoid this option, since it is not ideal for judges to receive your application materials in dribs and drabs, but some applicants use it when time is of the essence.

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Other Requirements 1. Registration To register as a clerkship applicant, please sign up in the Clerkships module in Symplicity, indicating your tentative recommenders (who will not receive notification of this registration) and also email the Clerkship Office at clerkships@law.columbia.edu with the following information: (1) your status as a 2L, 3L or alum, (2) that you will be applying for clerkships, (3) the names of your recommenders and (4) your signed Confidentiality Waiver Form (see below). 2. Confidentiality Waiver Form This form waives your right to see your letters of recommendation. While you are not required to waive this right, we strongly recommend that you do so and faculty generally will not be willing to write for you if you do not. You can download this form from the clerkships website at http://web.law.columbia.edu/students/student-services/learning/judicial-clerkships/application-information. Please use one form total for all of your recommenders. Please sign this form and bring, mail or email it to the Clerkship Office. 3. Mail Merge File Please provide the mail merge form that you create on Symplicity and send to your recommender assistants (see above under Letters of Recommendation) to the Clerkship Office as well. If you are using different recommenders for different judges, you must provide a list indicating which recommenders go with which judges to the Clerkship Office. Since your judge list is likely to evolve over time, please make sure that you send new merge files for each new group of judges to whom you are applying. 4. Getting Your Recommendation Letters to the Clerkship Office for Options 1 or 2

Above If you choose options 1 or 2 above, your recommenders or their assistants must use your mail merge file to create hard copy letters and bring or mail their letters to the Clerkship Office (for paper applications). Once again, the Clerkship Office mailing address is: Columbia Law School Office of Student Services Attn: Clerkship Office 435 W. 116th St., MB B-25 New York, NY 10027 For email applications, your recommenders or their assistants should run the mail merge and then email your letters of recommendation in PDF form to clerkships@law.columbia.edu. The Clerkship Office can answer any questions recommenders may have. They should feel free to contact Anne Green or Jeffrey Bagares or email clerkships@law.columbia.edu.

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SUMMARY OF STEPS TO TAKE IF YOU ARE

SENDING APPLICATIONS VIA THE CLERKSHIP OFFICE

1. Email the Clerkship Office at clerkships@law.columbia.edu with the following information: (1) your status as a 2L, 3L or alum, (2) that you will be applying for clerkships, (3) the names of your recommenders and (4) your signed Confidentiality Waiver Form. Please also register as a clerkship applicant in the Clerkships module on Symplicity.

2. Submit to your recommenders the materials necessary for them to write letters of recommendation (see above).

3. Follow the instructions on Symplicity to create mail merge files including the judges to whom you will be applying (with separate tabs for paper, email and OSCAR judges) and send those files to your recommenders’ assistants and the Clerkship Office. If you are using different recommenders for different judges, you must provide the Clerkship Office with a list showing which recommenders go with which judges.

Since your judge list is likely to evolve over time, please make sure that you send new merge files for each new group of judges to whom you are applying.

4. For option 1 above, submit your paper and email applications in hard copy and PDF form, respectively, to the Clerkship Office. Please remember to sign your cover letters and include mailing and return address labels. See above for further details.

For options 1 and 2 above, have your recommenders submit their paper and email letters of recommendation in hard copy and PDF form, respectively, to the Clerkship Office. Please remember to send mailing and return address labels.

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D. APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH OSCAR

The Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (“OSCAR”) is an online application system that allows applicants to file some federal clerkship applications electronically. OSCAR also contains all information about judges’ hiring requirements, including requested application materials and whether a judge prefers to receive applications online via OSCAR, on paper, or in some other way. (Thus, just because a judge is listed in OSCAR does not mean that s/he prefers electronic applications). Where a judges accepts online and paper applications and you see the language online (preferred), you should still send both an online and a paper application to the judge unless the judge has specifically instructed you not to do so. All 2Ls, 3Ls and alumni can submit applications via OSCAR to judges who accept online applications. An application submitted through OSCAR will contain the same information as an application submitted on paper (a cover letter, resume, grades (submitted via the OSCAR Grade Sheet and not a transcript upload), writing sample(s), and letters of recommendation), but you will upload those documents onto the OSCAR system once rather than submitting them manually. The OSCAR system is user friendly, and students should be able to register and navigate the system on their own. To access the system and to download a copy of the user manual, visit https://oscar.symplicity.com. You can contact the Clerkship Office with any OSCAR-related questions and the OSCAR Helpdesk (oscar-support@ao.uscourts.gov, (866) 666-2120 (toll-free), Hours: 8 AM- 5 PM Eastern Monday-Friday) is also very helpful. There are also very helpful step-by-step instructions, Quick Reference Guides and other OSCAR resources under the Resources tab in OSCAR. As noted above, with the exception of recommendations, students are expected to upload application documents to OSCAR themselves. Students then indicate who their recommenders are on OSCAR under “Choose Recommenders,” which will prompt OSCAR to send emails to the recommenders and their assistants (or, in the case of adjuncts, Doribel Rodriguez in the Secretariat). The recommenders’ assistants will upload your recommendations to the system for you. Outside recommenders are also expected to upload these letters and will likely need help from you and/or the Clerkship Office. You will not be able to see the text of your letters, but you will be able to see when they are uploaded. *When your recommenders and/or their assistants do their initial upload of your letter, you may want to encourage them to select the option to have your letter re-upload automatically in the future for new applications. It is important to understand that judges choose whether or not to participate in OSCAR and accept applications online, and you may only apply via OSCAR to judges who have decided to use this system. Please also note that even after you submit paper applications, judges may update their OSCAR profiles, and some will at that point begin to accept electronic applications. All

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registered OSCAR users will receive email notices about these updates. It is critical that you pay attention to these OSCAR notices. Finally, please note that you will be limited to 100 OSCAR applications within a given annual cycle. As positions are filled, expire or you withdraw from them, you will be allowed to apply to additional positions. The limit will not affect the number of paper and email applications that you may send. *A Note on Finalizing Applications: Electronic applications will only become viewable to judges once finalized. If you choose to finalize before all of your letters of recommendation have been uploaded, judges can view your incomplete application, to which additional letters of recommendation can still be uploaded.

SECTION VI: INTERVIEWS & OFFERS

After you send out your applications, many different things can happen. Your applications will often go unacknowledged. You might receive a call to interview right away or several months after you apply. Because every individual judge is a separate employer, all clerkship interviews can be different. In addition, judges hire on different timetables and for different terms. You should expect interview appointments to be arranged at short notice and even cancelled if a candidate that a judge has just seen is offered and accepts the clerkship. Some general suggestions should help you navigate this process.

Please keep the Clerkship Office informed about any interviews so that we can help you prepare.

A. SCHEDULING YOUR INTERVIEWS

There is no tried and true way to guarantee that clerkship interviews and offers will come in the order that you want – most often, they do not. You may stagger your applications, but you will run the risk of missing opportunities if you hold off on applying to judges who have posted positions. If you are interviewing with several judges in the same city and want to try to schedule more than one interview in a day, you should ask chambers how long interviews tend to last. When setting your schedule, keep in mind that some judges make offers either during or shortly after the interview and often expect a response from you within a very short time. The unpredictable nature of this interview process underscores the premise that you should only apply to judges for whom you really want to clerk.

Particularly because travel to an interview is conducted at your expense, if you receive an interview with one judge on a distant court, it is acceptable to inform other judges on that court of the specific dates when you will be in town in order to give them the opportunity to schedule an interview. Use common sense when engaging in this practice. The Eastern District of New York is not considered “distant,” and judges are not likely to look kindly upon calls from Columbia law students trying to parlay one EDNY interview into another.

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B. PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW

Before an interview, you should know as much as you can about both the judge and yourself. We encourage you to review the Interview Prep Tip Sheet in Appendix H and set up an appointment with the Clerkship Director to do interview preparation and potentially set up a mock interview. You should also use all of the resources discussed above to find out everything you can about the judge. Look at the entry in the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. Check the Clerkship Handbook to see if the judge has had previous CLS clerks (be mindful, though, that calling a current clerk can put that clerk in an uncomfortable position). Read the interview evaluations available in Symplicity. If the judge has not recently had a CLS clerk, try talking to CLS clerks for other judges in the same court. See if faculty members know the judge. You can even try to reach out to former clerks who did not go to CLS but may still be willing to talk to you. Always know where the judge went to law school and what he or she did before ascending to the bench; you are much less likely to be surprised in the interview if you know something about the judge's background. You may also find areas of common interest that you will want to discuss during your interview.

Lexis and Westlaw also make it easy to learn about the judge's opinions and positions. Before interviewing with a judge, you should review a handful of her opinions (you should not endeavor to read every opinion authored by a judge). Many judges will ask you if you have read any of their work and may ask you to substantively discuss an opinion (or other publication) that interests you.

You should also be prepared to discuss everything that appears on your resume, including your writing and any personal interests. Be prepared to discuss the points of law in your writing sample. In addition, some judges will want to know why it is you want to clerk. Other judges — particularly those who like to see their clerks go on to practice locally — will be interested in your future plans. Remember, anything that you bring up (career plans, favorite courses, etc.) may lead to follow-up questions. Be prepared to answer the follow-ups.

Finally, you should go in armed with questions for the judge and his or her clerks. Questions reflect your interest in the position and preparation for the interview, and you will almost certainly be asked if you have any.

C. THE INTERVIEW

There is no “standard” clerkship interview, and the structure of interviews varies from one judge to another. Typically, however, clerkship applicants meet with both the judge and her clerks. You may also meet with the judge’s secretary or deputy. You should treat everyone that you meet with the same high level of respect.

Meeting the Clerks and Staff

Current clerks play varying roles in a judge's decision-making. In some chambers, they play little or no active role at all; they will meet applicants to discuss their own experience but play little or no role in either the preliminary screening or the judge's final deliberations. However, in some chambers the clerks are quite involved in the process. Since you can never be sure what role the clerks play in the chambers you may

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be visiting, it is always wise to assume that the clerks do play a significant role and treat them accordingly. You should also assume the judge's secretary and/or deputy plays a similar role. This person is usually a long time employee and also very close to the judge. Treat them all with a great deal of respect.

Meeting the Judge

Some judges conduct very formal interviews that focus on substantive legal questions (most commonly, issues arising from your writing sample). Others touch only briefly on substantive law and prefer more casual conversation about current events, your favorite novel, or why you want to clerk in the city in which she sits. Again, you should reach out to CLS alums and read interview evaluations to find out about a judge’s interview style. Above all, remember that this is the judge’s opportunity to get to know you and to gauge whether or not you will fit in well in her chambers. Remember that the interview is not a courtroom experience. Accordingly, you should not address the judge as "Your Honor,” but rather as "Judge X". For sample interview questions, check out Debra Strauss’ Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships, which can be found in the Law Library and consult with the Clerkship Office.

You should also be prepared to ask the judge some questions of your own. You may want to explore the type of cases that typically appear on the docket, how work is divided between the clerks, and/or the responsibilities of the clerks. Think of some questions before your interview and let others flow from what you learn during the interview.

The comments of some Columbia clerks about the interview itself may be helpful to you:

"Unlike job interviewing, you are not there to find out about the firm and the quality of life, etc. The judge wants to know you. Judges will likely ask you about your writing, your classes, etc. Get an idea what that judge has worked on, noteworthy opinions, etc. Personality is also a biggie as the judge has to put up with you in close quarters for a year."

"I can only speak for Judge X, but once you've been selected for the interview, he's confident of your academic credentials. In the interview, he's looking to see whether you'd be fun, interesting, and stimulating to spend a year with."

"Reread your note - good discussion topic. Think about valuable experiences you've had in law school - favorite class, good prof, interesting summer job and why, etc. Be formal - many judges are not laid back and don't take well to casualness."

"The judge is looking for someone he wants to have around 10 hours a day for a year, and for someone who can get along with the other clerk. I found that we eliminated 0% of the interviewees on the basis of grades, and 2% of the remainder because their resumes were fairly ordinary, and then chose the winning candidate because he/she seemed like he/she would be the most fun to have around."

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Thank You Notes

It is appropriate to mail a brief thank you note to chambers.

D. RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING AN OFFER

The process of clerkship offers and acceptances is unlike any other. Some offers come quickly after interviews; others come months later. When offers come, you often have very little time to decide whether to accept them; some judges require answers on the spot. Given this backdrop, it is important that after you complete your interviews, you have a good idea of what clerkship(s) you would accept. Although the student may ask for some time to think it over, the judge is under no obligation to grant this request, and in fact, might be put off by the request. You should also be aware that you may get calls and offers from your fifth or fourth choice judges before your first or second choice judge begins to hire.

Because of the sometimes fast-paced nature of the offer and acceptance process, you should do your best to apply to only those judges for whom you are truly interested in working and with whom you will accept a clerkship if offered one. Columbia's reputation, and the chances of other Columbia applicants, can be damaged by the refusals of applicants to accept clerkships offered to them. If, after interviewing with a judge, you begin to reconsider the attractiveness of a certain clerkship or your compatibility with the judge, you should withdraw your application by phone. Doing so looks far better than resigning from a clerkship where you are unhappy.

While it is appropriate to “parlay” interviews, you should be more cautious about “parlaying” offers. Judges— particularly those that sit in the same district or circuit — are colleagues who frequently share information about the clerkship process. A judge might be put off by the notion of “stealing” her colleague’s potential clerk. Promptly after accepting an offer, please contact the Clerkship Office and inform them of your decision. Keeping the Clerkship Office up to date on all accepted clerkships enables us to provide current and future CLS students with accurate information. We also ask that you fill out Interview Evaluations (and later, Clerkship Evaluations) on Symplicity. This information is EXTREMELY helpful to future Columbia applicants. Finally, please make sure to inform and thank your recommenders!

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A judicial clerkship is an exciting and rewarding opportunity. The process of applying for a clerkship can, however, be daunting. Although we hope that this manual will help you navigate this process, students are strongly encouraged to contact the Clerkship Office for additional assistance and advice.

APPENDIX A – CLERKSHIP ROADMAP

A-1

Review the entire Clerkship Handbook for detailed instructions on applying for clerkships. Should I apply?

What am I hoping to gain from a clerkship? Where would I clerk (geography, courts, judges)? How flexible can I be? How strong is my application (grades, journal work, recommender relationships and

other connections, accomplishments, background, other factors)? When would I like to/be willing to clerk? When will my application be strongest? How will my course selection and writing during law school relate to clerking? Am I willing to put in the necessary time and effort into the clerkship application process

(building strong recommender relationships, researching judges, talking to alums, etc.)? Application Process

Review Clerkship Handbook. Meeting #1 with clerkship office

o Discuss background, reasons for wanting to clerk, initial parameters of search, resources for researching judges, strength of application, initial thoughts on recommenders.

Assignment to clerkship peer mentor (2Ls only). Research judges and create judge list.

o Use written and electronic resources (OSCAR, Clerkship Handbook, call sheets, Judicial Almanac; see Handbook for more resources).

o Talk to faculty with whom you have a relationship, clerkship peer mentors and other helpful alums, others in your network.

Request recommendations and continue to engage with faculty. o Discuss with faculty realistic initial ideas about judge list based upon meeting #1

and research. o Provide statement of interest in clerking using the form in Appendix F to the

Handbook. Meeting #2 with clerkship office

o Review progress, cull judge list, connect to helpful alums, discuss call strategy and review call list, review application materials.

Provide clerkship office and recommenders with mail merge file. Prepare paper and/or electronic application materials for sending per detailed

instructions in Clerkship Handbook. Request that faculty recommenders call a limited number of judges after discussing

realistic choices with those recommenders. Provide recommenders with call list. Report interviews to clerkship office and to faculty recommenders; meet with clerkship

office for interview prep. Attend interviews. Report offers to clerkship office and to faculty recommenders. Fill out interview evaluations in Clerkships module on Symplicity.

APPENDIX B

“Historical Tracker”: List of Columbia Law School Graduates that Clerked

Please note: The year listed after a student’s name is the year of the student’s clerkship, except where marked with an asterisk. Where marked with an asterisk, the year listed represents the year of law school graduation. In addition, information about retired or deceased judges is only complete for Supreme Court Justices. Limited information in this regard is listed for certain other judges.

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United States Court of Appeals FEDERAL CIRCUIT Judge William Bryson Josh Fougere ‘12 Judge Raymond C. Clevenger III Mark Koffsky ‘95 Henry Lebowitz ‘95 Mark Niu ‘00

Finnuala Kelleher ‘05 Elizabeth Moulton ‘12

Judge Daniel M. Friedman

Justin Sadowsky ‘05 Bela Resnicoff ‘07 Neal Hannan ‘08

Judge Alan Lourie

Steven Katz ‘95 Charles Boudreau ‘01 Christin Sullivan ‘15

Judge Paul Michel

Jing-Kai Syz ‘91 Bradley Finkelstein ‘96 Christine Enemark ‘97 David Rein ‘97 Palyn “Paul” Hung ‘98

Judge Kimberly Moore James Lyons ‘17 Judge S. Jay Plager

Stuart Smolen ‘95

Judge Sharon Prost Shawn Blackburn ‘12 Kristen Lovin’ 15

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Judge Janice Brown

Keith Bradley ‘07

Judge Harry T. Edwards Richard Kaplan ‘05

Judge Merrick B. Garland

Joshua Waldman ‘98 Ben Torrance ‘00 Eric Berger ‘03

Judge Douglas Ginsburg

Aaron Saiger ‘00 Lori Alvino ‘03 Vincent Levy ‘07 Richard “Seth” Davis ‘08 John Goerlich ‘17

Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg (now SCOTUS)

Alexandra Shapiro ‘91 David Toscano ‘92

Judge Thomas Griffith Mark Hobel ‘12

Judge Brett Kavanaugh Adam Klein ‘11 Judge Cornelia Pillard Georgina Yeomans ‘16 Judge A. Raymond Randolph

Kai Singer ‘99 Brian Diederich ‘00 Douglas Geyser ‘07 Blaine Evanson ‘06 Benjamin Beaton ‘09

Judge Richard Roberts

David Sneed ‘12 Judge Judith Rogers

Abigail Hing Wen ‘04 Michael Kohler ‘05 Matthew Dunne ‘07 Julius Chen ‘10 Matthew Huppert ‘13

Ian MacDougall ‘15 Kevin Grossinger ‘17

Judge Laurence Silberman

Kevin Martin ‘99 Graham O’Donoghue ‘06

Judge Srikanth Srinivasan John Starcher ‘14 Judge David Tatel

Sue-Yun Ahn ‘06 Judge Patricia Wald

Ronald Rinaldi ‘91 Gillian Metzger ‘95 Samuel Lieberman ‘99

Judge Stephen Williams Samuel Lieberman ‘91 Alexandra Shapiro ‘91 Jessica Goldstein ‘92 Jonathan Moses ‘96 Alexander Greenawalt ‘00

Ben Walther ‘02

Judge Robert Wilkins Leon Kenworthy ‘14 Michael Shenkman ‘14

FIRST CIRCUIT Judge David Barron Franziska Hertel ‘15 Judge Michael Boudin

David Gringer ‘08 Matthew Guarnieri ‘10 Mark Musico ‘11 Sam Rothschild ‘13

Judge Stephen Breyer Henk J. Brands ‘90 Jaren Casazza ‘06

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Judge Hugh Bownes Charles Curran ‘91 Mark Litt ‘92

Judge Levin H. Campbell

John E. Barry ‘85 Joseph Liu ‘94 Susan Stayn ‘95

Judge Frank Coffin

William Jackson ‘97 Carrie Casselman ‘03

Judge William Kayatta Patrick Roath ‘15 Judge Kermit Lipez

Justin Plouffe ‘03 James Concannon ‘12 Ethan Merel ‘17

Judge Sandra Lynch

Elaine Golin ‘96 Theodore Nemeroff ‘09

Judge Bruce Selya Sam Salganik ‘13 Tamara Livshiz ‘17 Judge David Souter (now SCOTUS retired)

John Sullivan ‘85 Judge Norman Stahl

Gordon Pearson ‘94 William Kirschner ‘96 Dorothy Kim ‘98 Sarah Rosenbluth ‘14 Alexander Ely ‘16

Judge Ojetta Thompson Anita Hertell (LLM) ‘13 Judge Juan R. Torruella

Harold Neu ‘92 Patricia Aragones ‘95 Hyung Bak ‘97 Allison Huppe ‘00 Katherine Caldwell ‘03 Rebecca F. Terrell ‘04

Anne Lee ‘06 Kimberly Sanchez ‘07 Zaid Zaid ‘07 Adriel C. Derieux ‘11 Hiba Hafiz ’12 Carlos Baralt (LLM) ‘14 Anton Chaevitch ‘16

SECOND CIRCUIT Judge Jose Cabranes

Charlotte Davidson ‘97 Saul Zipkin ‘03 Ben Trachtenbe ‘05 Matthew Podolsky ‘12 Andrew Beaty ‘13 Benjamin Schrier ‘15

Judge Richard J. Cardamone

Satish Kini ‘92 Seetha Ramachandran ‘99 Lisa Zeidner ‘05

Judge Susan Carney Megan Crowley ‘13 Georgina Yeomans ‘15 Jack Mizerak ‘15 Beatrice Franklin ‘16 Claudia (Clava) Brodsky ‘18 Judge Denny Chin

Jane Kim ‘11 Margaret Winterkorn ‘12 Amanda Meyer ‘13 Dennis Fan ‘15 Sean Nadel ‘17

Judge Wilfred Feinberg

Adam Gale ‘91 Harry Ballan ‘92 Lawrence Gerschwer ‘93 Laura Brill ‘94 Tad Stanke ‘95 Mark Messenbaugh ‘96 Andrew Greengrass ‘97 Robert Liubicic ‘98 Adi Goldstein ‘99 Noah Greenhill ‘99

Andrew Tannenbaum ‘00 Loren Jacobson ‘02 Todd Lundell ‘02 Jennifer Laurin ‘03 Christos Ravanides ‘06 Jeffrey Vernon ‘08 Patrick Somers ‘07 Jeff Newton ‘10

Judge Dennis Jacobs

Brett McGurk ‘99 Marla Tusk ‘03 Jaren Casazza ‘04 Arun Subramanian ‘04 Benjamin Naftalis ‘05 Michael Paisner ‘05 Joshua Wilkenfeld ‘05 Benjamin Greenblum ‘06 Aaron Leiderman ‘07 Bryan McArdle ‘09 Christopher Muller ‘09 Cory Buland ‘11 Leonid Traps ‘12 Jun Xiang ‘14 Kevin Mead ‘16 Joshua Abbuhl ‘16 Julian Beach ‘17

Judge Robert Katzmann David Kahan ‘00 Jon Connolly ‘01 Brian Galle ‘01 Justin Goodyear ‘02 Sasha Samberg- Champion ‘04 Gabrielle Geanuleas ‘07 Alex Ellerson ‘91 Shannon White ‘93 Rochelle Shoretz ‘96 Jennifer Sokoler ‘11 Caleb Deats ‘12 Alyssa Barnard ‘16

Judge Amalya Kearse Alex Ellerson ‘91 Shannon White ‘93 Rochelle Shoretz ‘96 Jed Bergman ‘97 Ara Gershengorn ‘00 Samuel Lambert ‘02 Margaret Taylor ‘02

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Brian Jacobs ‘04 Zachary Tripp ‘05 Todd Keithley ‘06 Young Lee ‘06 Emily Parise ‘07 Andrew Amend ‘08 Karin Portlock ‘08 Jason Vitullo ‘09 David Abramowicz ‘10 Esha Bhandari ‘10 Mitch Hendy ‘11 Justin Clarke ‘11 Christina Ma ‘12 Justin Spiegel ‘12 John Briggs ‘13 David Friedman ‘14 Deke Hill ‘15 Logan Gowdey ‘16

Judge Pierre Leval Jeremy Maltby ‘95 William Savitt ‘97 Banurekha Ramachandran ‘99 Brandon Garrett ‘01 Scott Chesin ‘02 Grant Mainland ‘07 Michael Fried ‘95 Peter Widulsky ‘96 Christopher Clark ‘96 Karen Lin ‘11 Zeke Hill ‘11 Haley Sylvester ‘17 Abigail Dugan ‘17 Marie Killmond ‘18

Judge Debra Livingston

Tracey Appleton ‘08 Neil Snyder ‘08 Matthew Gurgel ‘09 Emily Rossi ‘11 Adam Weiss ‘10 Kevin Koller ‘12 Payvand Ahdout ‘13 Richard Cleary ‘15 Jason Anton ‘16 Florence Chen ‘17

Judge Raymond Lohier Anna (Fleder) Connolly ‘13

James Wiseman ‘18 Judge Gerard Lynch

Brett McGurk ‘99 Nicole Barrett ‘01 Joellen Valentine ‘01 Ginger Anders ‘02 Laurence Borten ‘02 Galen Sherwin ‘03 Anthony Garza ‘05 Kevin Whelan ‘06 Matthew Pincus ‘09 Adam Carlis ‘10 Peter Aronoff ‘11 Lena Husani Hughes ‘13 Jeffrey Crough ‘14 Anne Silver ‘15 Kaitlin Morrison ‘15 Mohit Gourisaria ‘16 Matthew Danzer ‘17 Tara Schwartz ‘18

Judge J. Daniel Mahoney

Michael Fried ‘95 Peter Widulsky ‘96

Judge Joseph McLaughlin

Christopher Clark ‘96 Judge Thomas J. Meskill

Andrew Bab ‘92 Kurt Decko ‘99 Matthew Schwartz ‘03

Judge Peter Hall Peter Fox ‘10 Judge Roger Miner

Andrew Smith ‘96

Judge John Newman Renna Agrawal ‘01 Priya Merrill ‘13 Ori Kivity ‘15

Judge James L. Oakes

Julie Katzman ‘90 Frances Bivens ‘92 Caroline Fredickson ‘92 Joshua Gray ‘96

Judge Barrington Parker Amanda Schreiber ‘01 Amy Terry ‘04 David Stoopler ‘13

Judge Rosemary Pooler Dana Delger ‘11 Kinara Flagg ‘13 Neal Ubriani ‘14 Jan Messerschmidt ‘15 Kathryn Benedict ‘16 Abigail Marion ‘17

Judge Reena Raggi

Kenneth Karas ‘91 Thomas Pak ‘92 Adrienne Hiegel ‘94 Bonnie Brooks Jonas ‘95

Helen Harris ‘97 William Charron ‘00

Sheilah Kane ‘00 Pamela Nolan ‘01 Laurence Buterman ‘01

Paul Clewell ‘02 Sarah Seo ‘07 Ian Richardson ‘11 Keith Edelman ‘13 Andrew Davis ‘13 Matt Yelovich ‘13 Michael Herman ‘14 Jacob Fiddelman ‘14 Jeffrey Izant ‘15 Timothy Gray ‘16 Ian Kerr ‘17

Judge Robert Sack Aziz Hug ‘01 Amos Elberg ‘02 Olivia Radin ‘04 Kevin Whelan

Judge Sonia Sotomayor (now SCOTUS) Edward Blatnik ‘99

James Levine ‘01 Ginger Anders ‘02 Hannah Shay ‘04 Kevin Whelan ‘06

Judge Chester Straub

Deidre McEvoy ‘98

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Jason Solomon ‘01 Nicole Altman ‘07 Abe Cho ‘11 Maren Messing ‘12 Zoe Pershing-Foley ‘12 Tanya Hajjar ‘14

Judge Ellsworth Van Graafeiland

A. Hunter Farrell ‘93 Julian Velasco ‘94

Judge John Walker John Driscoll ‘96 Benjamin Powell ‘96 Bjorn Bjerke ‘98 Leslie Wells ‘99 Taryn Merkl ‘00 Ben Longstreth ‘02 Josh Naftalis ‘03 Ian Rose ‘96 Ezra Field ‘97 Joseph Baker ‘02 Michael Cabin ‘10 Daniel Butrymowicz ‘11 Michelle Diamond ‘14 Katherine Mackey ‘15

Judge Richard Wesley

Nicholas Moscow ‘13 Aidan Grano ‘15 Liz Hanly ‘16 Judge Ralph Winter

Ian Rose ‘96 Ezra Field ‘97 Joseph Baker ‘02 Melissa V. King ‘11 F. Walton Dumas ‘12

Staff Attorney’s Office Pro Se/Motions

Catherine Harries ‘94 Estelle Mckee ‘95 Melissa Rothstein ‘98 Lana Choi ‘99 Aaron Shesnin ‘00 Sheilah Kane ‘00

David Byowitz ’14-16 Taylor Jones ’14-16

Amy Elmgren’16 Cady Nicol ’16 Immigration

Christopher Stanley ‘10 THIRD CIRCUIT Judge Ruggero Aldisert

Bob Simonds ‘02 Judge Samuel Alito (now SCOTUS)

Nathan Sheers ‘92 Maureen Nakly ‘98 Jeff Wasserstein ‘96 James Killmond ‘99 Keith Levenberg ‘02

Judge Thomas Ambro Swift Edgar ‘14 Daniel Asher ‘15

Judge Maryanne Trump Barry

Jodie Krishner ‘06 Judge Michael Chagares

Brian Ginsberg ‘07 Cari Fais ‘08

Martha Fulford ‘10 Ryan Chabot ‘18 Judge Robert E. Cowen

Sienho Yee ‘93 Sam Yospe ‘12

Judge Julio M. Fuentes

Jennifer Chin Myrna Perez ‘03 Vivian Storm ‘06 Sean Murray ‘15 Ni Qian ‘16 Stephen Ehrlich ‘16

Judge Leonard Garth

Jonathan Berman ‘93 Adam Green ‘94 Erica Smock ‘95 Ethan Torrey ‘99 Jennifer Higgins ‘03

Gregory Knell ‘96 Alex Hogan ‘14

Judge Joseph Greenaway

Brittani Kirkpatrick ‘11 Diarra Guthrie ‘13 Nicholas Folly ‘14 Jeffrey Skinner ‘16 Jachele Velez ‘18

Judge Morton I. Greenberg

Elizabeth Fuerstman ‘91 Judge Thomas Hardiman Alon Harish ‘17 Judge Leon A. Higginbotham

Jonathan Klaaren ‘91 Judge Kent Jordan

W. Joss Nichols ‘06 Christopher Lacovara ‘12

Judge Cheryl Ann Krause Sam Levander ‘14 Mary Dohrmann ‘15 Aaron Macris ‘18 Judge Timothy Lewis

Lisa Freeland ‘94 Victor Caldwell ‘96

Judge Theodore McKee Adriel C. Derieux ‘11 Judge Marjorie Rendell

Pankaj Venugopal ‘03 Tali Yahalom ‘16

Judge Max Rosenn

Gaurav Shah ‘01 Brian Wildestein ‘04

Judge Jane R. Roth

Colleen Shanahan ‘03 Adam Mandelsberg ‘14

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Mariya Nazginova ‘14 Ashok Chandran ‘16 Pooja Boisture ‘17 Andrew Stahl ‘17 Garrett Schuman ‘18

Judge Anthony J. Scirica Edward Rogers ‘91

Judge Dolores Korman Sloviter

Josephine Coakley ‘04 Ben Germana ‘91 Noah Weiss ‘00 Kavita Kumar ‘02 Andrew Shen ‘04 Wilson Meeks ‘08 Mai Ratakonda ‘12

Judge D. Brooks Smith

Vivek Naranahas ‘11 Taylor Kirklin ‘13 Jonathan Schoepp-Wong

‘14 Judge Walter Stapleton

Kevin Hardy ‘99 Michael Granne ‘02 Emily Meeker ‘08

FOURTH CIRCUIT Judge Albert Diaz Andrew Haddad ‘19 Judge Allyson Duncan Alison Moe ‘15 Alexandra Swain ‘16 Judge Henry Floyd Anita Kalra ‘15 Judge Roger Gregory

Jessica Jones ‘11

Judge Robert B. King Anthony Zappin ‘10 Isaac Forman ‘12 Judge M. Blane Michael

Victor Fleischer ‘96 Robert Kovacev ‘97

Mark Forrester ‘98 Caroline Corbin ‘01

Judge Diana Motz

Dennis Duffey ‘98 Daniel Suleiman ‘04 Jesse Creed ‘10 Farhang Heydari ‘11 Phillip Dane Warren ‘18

Judge Paul Niemeyer T. David Parish ‘92 Jim Webster ‘94

Judge William Traxler Hannah Rogers ‘02 Judge Harvie J. Wilkinson

Noah Levine ‘97 Justin Nelson ‘00

Judge James Wynn

David Sneed ‘13 Thomas (Perrin) Cooke

‘16 FIFTH CIRCUIT Judge Fortunato Benavides

Robin Goldfaden ‘97 Susanna Buergel ‘99 Katie Fejock ‘02 Jim Doggett ‘08 Stuart McPhail ‘11 Gideon Hart ‘11

Jean Zachariasiewicz ‘11 Judge Edith Clement David Berman ‘14 Judge W. Eugene Davis Paul Simon ‘11 Judge Emilio Garza

Theresa Titolo ‘01 Joseph Younger ‘01 David Matta ‘92

Stacey Neumann Vu ‘04 Daniel Solitro ‘04

Melissa Armstrong ‘05 Nathan Lipscomb ‘06 Roy Awabdeh ‘12

Adam DiClemente ‘13 Judge Reynaldo Garza (deceased)

David Matta ‘92 Judge Catharina Haynes Virginia Grace Davis ’18-20 Judge Stephen Higginson

Anden Chow ‘12 Evan Ezray ‘16

Judge Grady Jolly Daniel Sockwell ‘15 Judge Carolyn Dineen King

Brent Newton ‘92 Kerrie Maloney ‘97

Judge Priscilla Owen John Barker ‘15

Judge Thomas Reavley

Denise Gilman ‘94 Judge Jerry E. Smith

Chris Hogan ‘08 Adam Mehes ‘10 Katherine Regan ‘10 Jon Berry ‘11 J. Matthew Schmitten ‘13 John Goerlich ‘16

Judge Leslie Southwick

Zachary Moore ‘12 Judge Carl Stewart

Zakiyyah Salim ‘01 Sheila Adams ‘12 Judge Jaques Weiner

Marina Choundas ‘94 David Weiss ‘07 Jilan Kamal ‘08 Laura D’Allaird ‘11

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Judge John Minor Wisdom

John Sullivan ‘85 SIXTH CIRCUIT Judge Danny Boggs

Jaime Sneider ‘08 Robert Bernstein ‘13

Judge Eric Clay

Mark Feldman ‘99 Elliot Williams ‘02 Jeremy Friedman ‘03 Chinyerie Ezie ‘10 Sarah Burghart ‘11

Abshir Kore ‘13 Judge Guy R. Cole

Jennifer Ridha ‘00 Cherelle Glimp ‘13 David Mattern ‘17

Judge Deborah Cook

Omid Nasab ‘06 Judge Martha Daughtrey

Maureen Alger ’98 Herman (Rusty) Johnson ‘99

Judge Bernice Donald (formerly on district court)

Jasmin Bolton ‘16 Judge Julia Smith Gibbons

Kathleen Cochrane ‘08 Karthik Srinivasan ‘08

Judge Gilman

Erik Encarnacion ‘06 Michael Grunfeld ‘10 Andrew Bruns ‘14

Judge Nathaniel Jones

Angelia Dickens ‘96 Karyn Temple ‘97 Shavar Jeffries ‘99

Judge Damon J. Keith

Kennisha Austin ‘05 Jade Craig ‘12 Marissa Jackson ‘13

Judge Ray Kethledge Eric Konopka ‘17 Judge Gilbert Merritt

Addison Thompson ‘07 Judge Karen Nelson Moore

Rene Paradis ‘03 Patricia Lee ‘97 Glenn Kimball ‘12

Judge Alan Norris

Paul DeCamp ‘95 Adam Packer ‘00 Sameer Yerawadeker ‘02 Judge John Rogers Lucy McKinstry ‘13 Judge Helene White Jacob Wolf ‘16

SEVENTH CIRCUIT Judge Richard Cudahy

Alisha Bloom ‘01 Judge Walter Cummings

Lane Vanderslice ‘93 Judge Terence Evans

William Katt ‘06 Rachel Epstein ‘10

Judge Joel M. Flaum

Daniel Penn ‘92 William Buffaloe ‘00 Lawrence Buterman ‘01

Judge David Hamilton

Maren Hulden ‘12 Joanna Wright ‘12

Judge Michael Kanne

Stephen Kubiatowski ‘91 Haryle Kaldis ‘11 Judge Richard Posner Thane Rehn ‘10 Judge Ann Claire Williams

Philippa Scarlett ‘03 Uzoma Nkwonta ‘08

Judge Diane Wood Tejas Narechania ‘11

Staff Attorney

Keren Zwick ‘09 Christine O’Neill ‘10 Sylvia Ewald ’11-13 Ian Fisher ’15-17

EIGHTH CIRCUIT Judge Morris Arnold

Jonathan Tweedy ‘96 Jared Weiden ‘96 Brendan Parets ‘12

Judge Duane Benton Justin Davids ‘05 Jessica Lutkenhaus ‘14

Judge Steven Colloton Stephanie Wu ‘14 Judge Theodore McMillian

Elizabeth Gunn ‘00 Judge James Loken

Peter Schwingler ‘08 Joseph Landry ‘16

Judge Diana Murphy Matthew Amatruda ‘97 Ronald Schneider ‘98 James Boeving ‘05 Andrew Brantingham ‘09 Greg Rowland ‘02

Judge Bobby Shepherd Shiva Logarajah ‘17

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NINTH CIRCUIT Judge Arthur Alarcon

Jeffrey Sulman ‘97 Molly Karlin ‘09

Judge Carlos T. Bea W. Nicholas Price ‘11 Jane Mackie ’13-15+ Eric Konopka ‘15 Tom Swanson ‘17 Judge Robert Beezer

Christopher LaChance ‘98

Judge Marsha S. Berzon

Julia Wildorf ‘05 Rachel Deutch ‘09 Stephen Hayes ‘10 Alex Lemann ‘11 Arjun Jaikumar ’16

Judge James Browning

E. Vaughn Dunnigan ‘89 Shruti Rana ‘00 Lisa Ells ‘06

Judge Jay Bybee

Philip Scarborough ‘07 Dennis Kitt ‘10

Judge William Canby

Timothy Flynn ‘94 Judge Herbert Choy

Jennifer Hunt ‘97 Stephen Fan ‘98

Judge Richard Clifton Caryn Davies ‘13 Judge Jerome Farris

Antonio Martini ‘91 Alexander Yanos ‘93 Stephen DiPrima ‘95

Judge Warren Ferguson

Angela Lloyd ‘94

Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez

Jill Sperber ‘00 Judge Raymond Fisher

Moez Kaba ‘05 Anthony O’Rourke ‘06

Judge Betty B. Fletcher

Trevor Morrison ‘98 Lewis Yelin ‘00 Patty Ferguson ‘01 Greg Diamond ‘02 Shilpi Agarwal ‘10

Judge William Fletcher

Peggy Cross ‘01 Andrew Schwartz ‘01 Jesse Creed ‘11

Judge Michelle Friedland Sarah Sloan ‘16 Judge Alfred Goodwin

J. Keith Christian ‘99 Gretchen Evans ‘99

Judge Ronald Gould

Charles Honig ‘00 Eli Alper ‘08

Judge Susan B. Graber Susan Reid ‘11 Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall

Geoffrey Goldman ‘96 Judge Michael Daly Hawkins

David Oshinsky ‘96 Thomas Healy ‘99 David Crowley ‘07

Judge Sandra Ikuta

Adam Schleifer ‘06 Judge Anthony M. Kennedy (now SCOTUS)

John E. Barry ‘85

Judge Andrew Kleinfeld Deon Nossel ‘93 Steven Sandberg ‘03 Anthony Lauriello ‘16

Judge Alex Kozinski

Ethan Stone ‘95 Troy Foster ‘99 Scott Martin ‘04 Tom Sprankling ‘12 James Crooks ‘13 John Schwab ‘13 Derek Fischer ‘15

Judge M. Margaret McKeown

Shane Stansbury ‘01 Derek Ettinger ‘08 Devi Rao ‘10 Justin Steil ‘12 Megan Larkin ‘17

Judge Mary Murguia

Kate Lazarus ‘11 Matt Cormack ‘12 Lauren Gallo White ‘14 Joseph Guzman ‘16 Miguel Gradilla ‘17 Solomon Kim ‘18

Judge D. Wright Nelson

Jennifer Stark ‘11

Judge Jacqueline Nguyen Will Rollins ‘15

Judge John Noonan John Lundin ‘97 Nicole Barrett ‘01 Mary Kelly Persyn ‘11 Jenny Ma ‘13

Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain Thomas Ward ‘96

Jason Criss ‘99 Rodman Forter ‘06 Brian Goldman ‘17

Judge John Owens Remy Grosbard ‘17

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Judge Cecil F. Poole Daniel Feldman ‘94

Judge Harry Pregerson

Bayron Gilchrist ‘00 Judge Johnnie Rawlinson Chris Wilds ‘16 Judge Stephen Reinhardt

Diedre Von Dornum ‘97 Anne Voigts ‘99 David Gold ‘02 Laura Faer ‘03 Peter Romer-Friedman ‘06 Jessica Karp ‘09

Judge Barry Silverman

Joshua Kolsky ‘06 Jon Sherman ‘11 Mallory Jensen ‘14

Judge Mary Schroeder

Paul Tiao ‘95 Randall Kim ‘97 Jessica Berch ‘08

Judge Milan Smith

Robert King ‘13 Pooja Dadhania ‘13 Martie Kutscher ‘13 Kevin Hu ‘16

Judge Richard Tallman Elizabeth Mendoza ‘14 Judge Sidney Thomas

Elizabeth Porter ‘00 James Sample ‘03 Bela Walker ‘03 Sonali Maitra ‘06 Sydney Tarzwell ‘07 Shira Kieval ‘09 Carol Perry ‘10

Judge David Thompson Samantha Harper ‘08

Judge Stephen Trott Matthew Gunn ‘10 Judge J. Clifford Wallace

Robert Lytle ‘91 Karessa Cain ‘04 Ram Murali ‘05 Dan Zipp ‘05

Judge Kim M. Wardlaw Julian Moore ‘01 Saira Mohamed ‘05 Kevin Blake ‘05 Elizabeth Cruikshank ‘16

Judge Paul Watford Daniel Adler ‘14 Judge Eugene A. Wright Patrick Devine ‘95 TENTH CIRCUIT Judge Stephen Anderson

Corey Chivers ‘91 Judge Bacharach Andrew Chesley ‘17 Jamie Wolfe ‘17 Judge David Ebel

Alex Rogers ‘93 Stephen Morrisey ‘96 Eric “Nick” Bravin ‘98 Jason Lynch ‘02

Judge Robert Henry

Gregory Gilchrist ‘98 Judge Carlos Lucero

Jim Rosenfeld ‘95 Rosemary Nidiry ‘96 Marc Falkoff ‘01 Catherine Kim ‘02 Amos Blackman ‘08 Xan White ‘13 Mikael (Gatsby) Miller

‘15

Judge Michael McConnell

Chaim Saiman ‘03 Judge Monroe McKay David David Gray ‘94 Judge Nancy Moritz Jason Sugarman ‘17 Judge Michael Murphy Andrew Nick ‘10 Judge Timothy Tymkovich Johanna Coats ‘10 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Judge R. Lanier Anderson III Jason Schnier ‘15 Judge Rosemary Barkett

Glenn Butterton ‘94 Afra Afsharipour ‘99 Justine Lee ‘99 Jonathan Todres ‘99 Mark Billion ‘06 Amanda Wetzel ‘11

Judge Stanley Birch

Mary Strother ‘94 Kimberly Burgess ‘01

Judge Susan Black

Sharon Siegal ‘00 Judge Edward Carnes

Joshua Weinberg ‘97 Judge Joel Dubina

David Anderson ‘98 Andrew Pratt ‘08

Judge J.L. Edmondson

Catherine So ‘92 Jennifer Gately ‘99

B-9

Judge Frank Mays Hull Sean Duffy ‘01

Barbara Seniawski ‘01 Judge Phyllis Kravitch Thomas Hentoff ‘91

Roman Melnik ‘94 Sharon Rosenberg ’01

Judge Stanley Marcus Bradley Rosen ‘02 Seth Kruglak ‘03

Judge Gerald Tjoflat

Brett Busby ‘98 Dionne Franklin ‘06

Judge Charles Wilson John Neal ‘00

Alanna Rutherford ‘00 Muneeza Aumir ‘06

United States District Courts ALABAMA Judge U.W. Clemon

Lise Bromfield ‘96 Monica Stamm ‘98 Byron Goldstein ‘07

Judge Ira Dement

Elizabeth Kleinberg ‘97 Judge Edwin Nelson

Randall Kim ‘97 Judge Virgil Pittman

Stephanie Brown ‘93 Judge Myron Thompson

Pam Papish ‘97 William Fitzpatrick ‘94

Norman Posel ‘96 Brian Sells ‘98 Herman (Rusty) Johnson ‘99 Cindy Chung ‘02 Archana Prakash ‘02 Jennifer Lay ‘03 Andrew Lanoha ‘08 Jean Zachariasiewicz ‘10 Adam Carlis ‘11 Derek Borchardt ‘12 William David Williams

‘15 Jason Hipp ‘16

ALASKA Judge Timothy M. Burgess

Kristin Santillo ‘06

ARIZONA Judge W. Scott Bales

Joseph Roth ‘07

Judge Robert C. Broomfield

Julie Harkness ‘99 Judge Frederick Martone Kate Lazarus ‘10 Judge G. Murray Snow Andrew Case ‘11 Judge Neil V. Wake

Brian Goldberg ‘04 Brett Kingsbury ‘05

CALIFORNIA Judge William Alsup Alexa Summer ‘10 John Toth ‘15 Judge Percy Anderson

Joseph Iskowitz ‘01 Judge Sandra Brown Armstrong

David Jaffe ‘93 Judge Rudi Brewster

Paul Van Horn ‘94 Patricia Seith ‘98

Judge Cormac Carney Sarah Lee ‘17

Judge David O. Carter Lisa Ells ‘05 Jessie Riggin ‘11 Judge Maxine Chesney

Charles Ha ‘99 Stuart McPhail ‘10

Judge Samuel Conti

Andrew Warren ‘02 Nick Napolitan ‘07

Judge Jeremy Fogel

George Kolombatovich ‘98 Kari Hong ‘01

Judge Earl B. Gilliam

Sherrie Russell-Brown ‘92

Judge Marc Goldman, Magistrate Sadie Holzman ‘11 Judge Irma Gonzalez Pooja Dadhania ‘12 Judge Paul Singh Grewal, Magistrate Catherine Kim ‘15 Judge Phyllis Hamilton

Rita Hao ‘97 Judge Thelton Henderson

Letitia Volpp ‘93

B-10

Judge Marilyn Huff Christopher Hazlehurst ‘12

Judge Susan Illston

Edward Smock ‘01 Shira Kieval ‘10

Judge Lawrence K. Karlton

Katherine Weisburd ‘05 Judge Judith Keep

Cristin O’Callahan ‘99 Sean Arian ‘00 Marcello Mollo ‘00

Judge George King John Sherman ‘08 Judge Lucy Koh

Jennifer Stark ‘12 Jessica Lutkenhaus ‘15

Judge J. Spencer Letts

Jennifer Sigall ‘98 Judge David F. Levi Bryan Pate ‘05 Judge John Mendez Joseph Guzman ‘15 Adithya Mani ‘17 Judge Barry Moskowitz Christine Ely ‘08 Jason Levy ‘10 Benjamin Rothstein ‘11

Judge Peter Nowinski

Lawrence Berroya ‘97 Judge William Orrick Jr.

Mary Strother ‘94 Judge S. James Otero Michael Martinez ‘13 Judge Dean Pregerson

FeiFei Jiang ’15 [split with Wu]

Judge Jean Rosenbluth Sam Park ‘15 Judge William Schwarzer

Patty Li ‘06 Judge George Schiavelli

Adam Pulver ‘08 Judge Richard Seeborg Kathy Vermazen ‘13 Matt Yelovich ‘13 Walker Newell ‘14 Judge Suzanne Segal, Magistrate Matthew Ladner ‘13 Judge William Shubb

Amy Metzler ‘92 Benjamin Crosson ‘06 Patrick Fitzgerald ‘13

Judge Sandra Snyder (Mag.)

Andrew Gradman ‘13

Judge Alicemarie Stotler Cuauhtemoc Ortega ‘07

Judge Vaughn Walker

Ray Rodriguez ‘98 Jordan Conners ‘08 Judge Stanley Weigel Juliette Wong ‘96 Judge Ronald Whyte Libby Moulton ‘14 Judge Thomas Whelan Steven Uribe ’06 [career] Judge Stephen Williams Matthew Reed ‘97 Judge Stephen V. Wilson

Maria O’Leary ‘00

Judge George Wu Will Rollins ‘13 FeiFei Jiang 15 [split with Pregerson] COLORADO Judge John Kane David Pennington ‘15 Judge Zita Weinshienk

Celia Pantle ‘95

CONNECTICUT Judge Janet B. Arterton

Greg Padgett ‘07 Kinara Flagg ‘11 Jacqueline Bonneau ‘12 Greg Morrill ‘13 Stephen Farrelly ‘

Judge Victor Bolden Dan Shin ‘15 Cynthia Chen ‘16 Judge Vanessa Bryant John Johnson ‘10 Judge Robert Chatigny

Charlotte Davidson ‘97 Manfred Gabriel ‘00 Daniel Butrymowicz ‘10 Mai Ratakonda ‘11 Judge Peter Dorsey (deceased)

Jeremy Kasha ‘96 Rachel Barish ‘08

Judge Christopher Droney (now on Second Circuit) Vivian Mills ‘06 Judge Gerard Goettel Jenny Stewart ‘99 Judge Mark Kravitz (deceased) Vicki Shin ‘03

B-11

Saul Zipkin ‘03 Judge Robert Krechevsky Shephanie Clare ‘00 Judge Jeffrey Meyer Sarah Steinfeld ‘14 Judge Michael P. Shea Juvaria Khan ‘14 Nicole Taykhman ‘16 Sarah MacDougall ‘16 Judge Dominic Squatrito

Robert Huelin ‘03 Judge Alvin Thompson Shawndra Jones ‘08 Judge Stefan R. Underhill Susan Ylitalo ‘04 Amanda Hungerford ‘10

DELAWARE Judge James Latchum (deceased)

Andre Cizmarik ‘93 Jacob Kotzubei ‘94 Judge Sue Lewis Robinson

Preeva Noronha ‘00 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Judge Francis Allegra

Brian Smith ‘05 Erin Conroy ‘06

Judge James Boasberg Dennis Fan ‘16 Judge William Bryant

Somesha Ferdinand ‘96 Camilla Jackson ‘97 Karlyn Hunter ‘99

Judge Tanya Chutkan Matthew Vigeant ‘15 Judge Rosemary Collyer

Brian Smith ‘05 Shayda Vance ‘16 Chris Burke ‘17

Judge John Facciola Meghan Heller ‘10 Judge Thomas F. Hogan Arun Garg ‘08 Judge Beryl Howell

Matt Huppert ‘12 Michael McGinnis ‘14 Thomas (Perrin) Cooke

‘15 Ni Qian ‘15 Jan Messerschmidt ‘16 Mary Dohrmann ‘16 M. Gatsby Miller ‘16 Rebecca Yergin ‘17

Judge Ellen Huvelle

Lauren Collogan ‘08

Judge Ketanji Jackson Joshua Tarrant-Windt ‘14 Judge Gladys Kessler Matthew Podolsky ‘10 Judge Henry Kennedy

Stuart Evans ‘00 Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

Devin Slack ‘10 Crystal Scialla ‘12 Andrea Johnson ‘13 Judge Royce C. Lamberth

Alice Valder ‘92 Judge Richard Leon Clint Fuchs ‘05* Richard Cleary ‘17

Judge Louis Oberdorfer Elissa Meth ‘99

Judge John H. Pratt

Lynn Oberlander ‘91 Judge Deborah Robinson

Michone Johnson ‘96 Judge Stanley Sporkin

Kevin Sheehan ‘95 Judge Emmet Sullivan

Zaid Zaid ‘07 Judge Robert Wilkins [now DC Cir.] Leon Kenworthy ‘14

FLORIDA Judge Cecilia Altonaga

Michael O’Leary ‘03 Greg Butler ‘10 Ana Varela ‘17

Judge Beth Bloom Jason Koslowe ‘14 Judge Brian Davis Elliot Watts ‘15 Mag. Judge Jonathan Goodwin Bezalel Stern ‘12 Judge Shelby Highsmith Andrew Dansicker ‘92 Judge William Hoeveler Jennifer Parkinson ‘02 Judge Charlene Honeywell Aliza Hochman (now Bloom) ‘11 Alex Hu ’14-16 Judge Howard

Benjamin Rose ‘08

B-12

Judge Paul Huck Adam Shajnfeld ‘07

Jason Parsont ‘11 Anita Kalra ‘14

Judge Daniel Hurley

Jack Sudla Vaitayanonta ‘01

Judge Adalberto Jordan Abhishek Bapna ‘10 Judge Joan Lenard Phillip Johnston ‘00 Judge Stanley Marcus Lisa Bornstein ‘98 Judge Donald Middlebrooks Elliot Williams ‘02 Carla Laroche ‘13 Judge Michael K. Moore Thomas Richardson ‘06 Judge Federico Moreno

Nicola Bourtin ‘96 Judge Norman Charles Roettger Jill Anderson ‘95 Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp

David Lubitz ‘91 Judge Mary S. Scriven

Kristen Hardy ‘10 Judge Patricia Seitz Charles Kierpiec ‘04 Judge Thomas B. Smith Kristen Hardy ‘12 Judge William Zolch

Jeffrey Rugg ‘01 Judge Robert Scola Mac Soto ‘11

GEORGIA Mag. Judge Brill Adam Sparks ‘15 Chief Judge Julie Carnes Curtis Waldo ‘12 Judge William Duffey Phil Tadlock ‘10 Steven Gu ‘13 Judge Ayant Edenfield

Roger Cooper ‘02 Judge Orinda Evans John UyHam ‘96 Ashley Smith ‘05 Judge Duross Fitzpatrick

William Clifton ‘93 Judge Richard Freeman

Steven Paul Smith ‘93 Judge W. Louis Sands

Matthew Shaw ‘05 Judge Marvin Shoob

Elizabeth Daniel ‘91 ILLINOIS Judge Marvin Aspen

Darren Schmidt ‘00 Julie Saranow ‘07 Judge Geraldine Brown, Magistrate

John Albanese ‘12 Judge Elaine Bucklo

Cindy Purifoy ‘97 Judge Ruben Castillo

Nancy Maldonado ‘01 Judge David Coar Gina Allery ‘02 Judge Sharon Coleman Robert Bernstein ‘14

Judge Sara Lee Ellis Peter Cavanaugh ’16

Judge Goldgar Ward Benson ‘13 Judge Charles Kocoras David Stone ‘95

Adrienne Shin ‘99 Judge John Lee Ryan Hayward ‘17 Judge Harry Leinenweber

Jacob Oslick ‘03 Judge Joe Billy McDade

James Concannon ‘11 Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer Andrew Bruns ‘13 Judge Milton Shadur

Jonathan Loevy ‘93

Judge John Tharp Douglas Snodgrass ‘12 INDIANA Judge John Godich

John Adams ‘00

KENTUCKY Judge David Hale Robert Laser ‘15 Judge John Heyburn II

Nelson Fitts ‘99 Douglas Allen ‘10

Judge Amul Thapar Christine O’Neill ‘09

LOUISIANA Judge Lance Africk Anden Chow ‘10

B-13

Judge Nannette Brown Janet Jones-Duffy ‘17 Judge Dee Drell Paul Simon ‘10 Judge Helen Ginger Berrigan

Jaykumar Menon ‘96 Judge Martin Feldman

Fraser Hunter ‘92 Marc Dubois ‘94

Mihui Pak ‘99 Judge Tucker Melancon Martha Fulford ‘10 Judge Sarah Vance

Glen Kopp ‘01 MAINE Judge George Z. Singal

John Bolton ‘04

MARYLAND Judge Catherine C. Blake Ann Ochsendorf ‘04 Ahuva Seiferas ‘04 Nicole Tortoriello ‘17 Judge Deborah Chasanow

Mona L. Benach ‘01 Aaron Snow ‘04

Judge Andre Davis Jasmine McGhee ‘06 Meera Shah ‘10 Judge Paul Grimm Jason Lebowitz ‘17 Judge Alexander Harvey II

John Hutton ‘91 Timothy Hawkes ‘98 Adam Barea ‘99

William Buffaloe ‘00 Jonathan Tycko ‘92

Judge Frank Kaufman Lisa Deutsch ‘97 Judge William D. Quarles

Clinton Fuchs ‘05 Judge Jospeh H. Young

Carter Strickland ‘95 MASSACHUSETTS Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton

Sueyoung Min ‘95 Angela Neal ‘04 Anne Lee ‘06 Joshua Fougere ‘09

Judge Robert Keeton Craig Leen ‘00 Judge Morris E. Lasker Samantha Schreiber ‘98 Judge Reginald Lindsay

Alexandra Wald ‘97 Kara Finck ‘01 Judge Mark Mastroianni Sean McMahon ‘15 Bianca Figueroa-Santana ‘16 Judge George O’Toole

Laura Guthrie ‘97 Juliet Sorensen ‘00 Judge Michael Ponsor Girish K. Srinivasan ‘08 Judge Leo Sorokin Briana Cummings ‘14 Chief Judge Patti Saris Kevin Opoku-Gyamfi ‘17 Judge Richard Stearns David Berman ‘13

Arjun Jaikumar ‘15 Alexander Ely ‘17 Judge Indira Talwani Joseph Landry ‘17 Judge Mark L. Wolf

Roberta Kaplan ‘91 Janet Levine ‘92 Ethan Torrey ‘99

Wendy Waldron ‘00 Judge Douglas Woodlock

Susanna Felleman ‘96 Catherine Lifeso ‘00 Neysun Mahboubi ‘01 Alison Monahan ‘06 Mark Musico ‘12

Judge William G. Young

Jim Hayes ‘01 Joshua Wan ‘16

Judge Rya Zobel

Leo Sorokin ‘91

MICHIGAN Judge Avern Cohn

John Steiger ‘95 Katie Fejock ‘02

Judge Julian Cook Diana Sidakis ‘11 Judge Richard Enslen

Andrew Birge ‘94 Judge Nancy Edmunds Laura Hulce ‘11 Judge Judith Levy Demelza Baer (LLM) ‘16 Nina Hart ‘16 MINNESOTA Judge John Tunheim Maren Hulden ’13-15

B-14

MISSISSIPPI Judge William H. Barbour, Jr. J. Cliff Johnson ‘92 Judge Dan Jordan James Moore ‘14 Judge Carlton Reeves Jade Craig ‘13 MISSOURI Judge Carol Jackson

Laura Corbin ‘12 NEVADA Judge Richard Boulware Candice Nguyen ‘15 Judge Roger Hunt

Adam Anderson ‘02 Judge Howard McKibben Hemant Sharma ‘99 Judge Edward C. Reed

Dominique Alepin ‘05 NEW HAMPSHIRE Judge Norman Stahl

Kenneth Lehman ‘92 NEW JERSEY Judge Madeline Arleo Matt Gately ‘14 Joseph Alm ‘15 Cindy Hong ‘16 Philip Mayer ‘17 Judge Marianne Trump Barry

Cori Flam ‘95 Judge Stanley Brotman

Arthur Rublin ‘96

Beverly Izes ‘98

Judge Claire Cecchi Justin Colannino ‘13 Stephen Ehrlich ‘14 Adam Steinmetz ‘15 Lydia Deutsch ‘16 James Lyons ‘16 Judge Stanley R. Chesler

Candice Aliosi ‘04 Nita Kumaraswami ‘10

Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise

Nelson Johnson ‘92 Jennifer Higgins ‘03 Judge Clarkson Fisher

Miriam Zibbel ‘96 Judge Joseph Greenaway (now on 3rd Circuit)

Solangel Maldonado ‘96

Mag. Judge Michael Hammer Matt Gately ‘13 Judge Katharine Hayden David Hafetz ‘10 Judge Joseph Irenas (Deceased)

Everett Clayton ‘95 Lori Outzs ‘95 Daniel Davis ‘03 Matthew Kokot ‘12

Judge Robert Kugler

Yolanda Demianczuk ‘97

Judge Jose Linares

Rebecca Rettig ‘06 Hiba Hafiz ‘11

Justice William Martini

Melissa DePetris ‘06

Judge Kevin McNulty Jacqueline Kelly ‘13 Nate Crider ‘16 Judge Stephen Orlofsky

Jason Chue ‘01 Brian Galle ‘01 Judge Nicolas Politan

Anna Conlon ‘00 Judge Esther Salas Alanna Small ‘14 Judge Anne E. Thompson

Deidre McEvoy ‘98 Judge William Walls

Samira Shah ‘98 Katherine Johnson ‘01 Jason Wilson ‘04

Greg Baker ‘04 Joshua Chadwick ‘05

Steven Chin ‘05 Samantha Choe ‘07 Scott Rader ‘06 John Eichlin ‘11 Peng Wu ‘12 Alex Leonard ‘13 Kemper Diehl ‘14

Judge Alfred Wolin

Jonathan Israel ‘93 Sarah Stafford ‘00

Judge Susan Wigenton R. Christopher Owens ‘06 NEW MEXICO Judge James O. Browning David Hirsch ‘15 Judge James Parker Elizabeth Heaphy ‘00 Mallory Jensen ‘12

B-15

Judge Martha Vasquez CALIHagit Elul ‘99

Jin Hee Lee ‘00 NEW YORK Judge Ronnie Abrams Jacqueline Kelly ‘14 Abigail Dugan ‘18 Judge Carol Bagley Amon Stuart Altman ‘91 Benjamin Duke ‘93 Lauren Goldberg ‘94 Cynthia Weldon ‘94

Benjamin Lawsky ‘95 Allison Berry ‘96

Matthew Strada ‘98 Josh Naftalis ‘03 Melissa Magliana ‘04 Dimple Chaudhary ‘05

Kevin Angle ‘10 Tanya Hajjar ‘13 Justin Spiegel ‘13 Ian Macdougall ‘14 Ryan Chabot ‘15 Whitney O’Byrne ‘15 Rebecca Orel ‘16

Judge Joan Azrack Harry Jacobs ‘15 Judge Harold Baer

Jonathan Wong ‘12 Judge Deborah A. Batts

Ji Seon Song ‘04 Kate Stinson ’11-13 Mae Ackerman-Brimberg

‘14 Jonathan Kay ’16-18

Judge Richard Berman

Tobias Jacoby ‘03 Anurima Bhargava ‘02 Michael Berkovits ‘12 David Kusnetz ‘15 Jason Short ‘15 David Imamura ‘16 Dingding Tina Wang ‘16

Michael Mickey DiBattista ‘17

Judge Stanley Bernstein Jeff Traurig ‘96

Judge Joseph Bianco

Rachel Altfest ‘04 Joshua Rothstein ‘06 Svetlana Meyerzon ‘08 Alison Moe ‘14 Caitlin Street ‘14 Zoe Shea ‘15 Alex Zbrozek ‘16

Judge Frederic Block

Hawa Allen ‘10 Mollie Kornreich ‘11 Taylor Jones ‘17

Judge Charles Brejant Jay Galluzzo ‘99

Judge Vincent L. Briccetti Sara Margolis ‘14 Judge Vernon Broderick

Sarah Colombo ‘12 Lisa Sokolowski ‘16

Judge Margo Brodie

Kristin Olson ‘12 Alora Thomas ‘12 Natasha Bronn ‘14 Dorielle Obanor ‘18

Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald

Mark Selwyn ‘93 Daniel Gitner ‘95 Michael Beys ‘99 Andrew Schwartz ‘01 Justin Goodyear ‘02 Ethan Jacobs ‘04 Jeffrey Berman ‘05 Lance Jasper ‘06 Dan Krockmalnic ‘06 Omar Kahn ‘06 Ankush Khardori ‘06 Jennifer Philbrick ‘09

Brette Tannenbaum ‘12 John Briggs ‘14 David Friedman ‘15

Judge Valerie Caproni Nick Moscow ‘14 Jonathan Schoepp-Wong ‘14 Ethan Weinberg ‘17 Judge Robert Carter

Sean Bettinger Lopez ‘03 Shelton Smallwood ‘03

William Mack ‘03 Judge P. Kevin Castel

Evie Spanos ‘11 Michael Homer ‘12

Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum

Michelle Brownlee ‘94 David Weller ‘98 Ian Boczko ‘00 Hyongsoon Kim ‘01 Robin Pistorius (Countee) ‘02 Joseph McFadden ‘05

Todd Keithley ‘06 Derek Knerr ‘08 Emily Weiss ‘10 Brittany Schoepp ‘12

Judge Pamela Chen Mark Doerr ‘13 Matt Galeotti ‘13 Grace Chan ‘15 Neta Levanon ‘15 Judge Aaron Chrein

Palyn Hung ‘98 Samantha Klein ‘00

Judge Kenneth Conboy

Aytan Bellin ‘91 David Toscano ‘92

Judge William Conner

Yvonne Dutton ‘91 E. Kenly ‘94 Oh Sang Kwon ‘95

B-16

Judge Denise Cote James Burns ‘94 Marco Lau ‘95 Same Mills ‘95 Kevin Huff ‘96 Clare Huntington ‘96 Duane McLaughlin ‘98 Margaret Malloy ‘99 Jenna Minnicucci ‘01 Richard Boulware ‘02 Jason Cooper ‘02 Nicholas McQuaid ‘05 Emily Parise ‘07 Sue-Yun Ahn ‘06 Emily Rossi ‘10 Jennifer Sokoler ‘10 Mark Hobel ‘11 Alex Lemann ‘12 Lena Husani Hughes‘12 Sam Rothschild ‘14 Anne Silver ‘14 Timothy Gray ‘15 Kaitlin Morrison ‘16 Logan Gowdey ’18 James Wiseman ‘19

Judge James Cott, Magistrate

Serena Orloff ‘12 Michaela Wallin ‘15 Alex Hogan ‘15

Judge Paul Crotty

Alexander Wilson ‘06 Judge George Daniels

Ken Figueroa ‘02 Cheryl James ‘11 Angela Smedley ‘13 Nicholas Folly ‘13 Benjamin Rankin ‘16 Solomon Kim ‘17

Judge Raymond Dearie

Shawna Yen ‘93 Susan Shin ‘01 Samantha Reitz ‘14

Judge Michael Dolinger, Magistrate Paul Radvany ‘92

Andrea Fastenberg ‘94 Shirim Nothenberg ‘97 Gabrielle Kleinman ‘98 Harriet Antczak ‘11

Judge Kevin Duffy Lorena Lopes ‘93

Judge David Edelstein

James Masella ‘92 Jeff Hammel ‘96

Judge Ronald L. Ellis, Magistrate

Dorothea Caldwell- Brown ‘95 Charity Guerra ‘99 Beth Morales Singh ‘08 Tanvir Vahora ‘11

Judge Paul Engelmayer

Jeff Newton ‘11 Andrew Beaty ‘12

Judge Katherine Polk Failla Rebekah Donaleski ‘13 Tara Schwartz ‘19 Judge Sandra Feuerstein

David Sollors ‘05 Judge Katherine Forrest

Joshua Picker ‘12 Judge Nathaniel K. Fox

John Rhee ‘00 Justin Mulaire ‘03

Judge James Francis, Magistrate

Thomas Southwick ‘91 Juliette Smith ‘97 Marguerite Marty ‘98 Sarah Froikin ‘08 Suchita Mathur ‘14

Judge Debra Freeman, Magistrate Judge

Jennifer Pringle ‘00 Misha Ratner ‘00 Berit Winge ‘02 Kerin Coughlin ‘02 Laurence Robin-Hunter ‘03 Angela Shannon ‘13 Shana Khader ‘14

Judge Jesse Furman David Stoopler ‘12 Megan Crowley ‘12 Derek Ettinger ‘12 Beatrice Franklin ‘15 Jack Starcher ’15 Elizabeth Cruikshank ‘17 Judge Nicholas Garaufis

Geoffrey Gordon ‘01 Theodore Lazarus ‘01 Daniel Backenroth ‘07 Seth Rosenbloom ‘08 Sean Murray ‘07 Ian Richardson ‘09 Peter Fox ‘11 Keith Edelman ‘12 Benjamin Chapin ‘13 Jeffrey Izant ‘14 Lenny Sandlar ‘14 Evan Ezray ‘15 Michael Houlihan ‘17 Tali Yahalom ‘17 Andrew Haddad ‘18

Judge Paul Gardephe

Stephanie Gyetvan ‘08 Noah Solowiejczyk ‘09 Abraham Cho ‘10 Catherine Geddes ‘10 Maren Messing ‘11 Michael Herman ‘12 Lucy McKinstry ‘14 Rajan Trehan ‘15 Michael Pfautz ‘16 Ian Kerr ‘16

Judge Nina Gershon

Diedre McEvoy ‘98 Jay Dyckman ‘99

B-17

David Lachman ‘13 Debra Aboodi ‘15 Carrie Lebigre ‘16 Alex Hogan ‘16

Judge Leo Glasser

Lisa Borodkin ‘95 Dana Green ‘11 Sylvia Ewald ‘13

Judge John Gleeson

Rachel Posner ‘00 Jason Solomon ‘01

Judge Glenn, Bankr. Amber Cavucci (prev

Shepherd) ‘16 Judge Marilyn Go

Michelle Lee ‘96

Judge Gerard Goettel John Storr ‘93 Jenny Stewart ‘99

Judge Steven Gold, Magistrate

Alycia Regan ‘97 Reed Keefe ‘11 Caitlin Giaimo ‘13

Judge Arthur Gonzalez

Lorraine M. Echevarria Judge Gabriel Gorenstein, Magistrate

Colleen Hobson ‘08 Nick Ortiz ‘11 Mark Goldberg ‘15

Judge Thomas P. Griesa

Lawrence Miller ‘92 Eric Chun ‘00 Jennifer Laurin ‘03 Bryan Kessler ‘04 Natalie MacLean ‘07 Noah Kupferberg ‘09 Erin Smith ‘11 Courtney Heavey ‘12 Michelle Diamond ‘13

Matthew Rosenbaum ‘14

Judge Charles Haight

Kavita Kumar ‘02 David Chaney ‘03 David Chang ‘03

Judge LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall Kyla Jackson ‘16 Luis Hoyos ‘18 Judge Alvin Hellerstein

Laura Popp ‘00 Loren Jacobson ‘02 Evan Farber ‘03 Eva Subotnik ‘03 Brita Siepker ‘05 Adam Schliefer ‘06 John Gildersleeve ‘08 Michael Cabin ‘09 Zeke Hill ‘11 Christopher Stanley ‘13 Joanna Wright ‘13 Sarah Wilensky ‘15 Phillip Dane Warren ‘18

Judge Richard J. Holwell Christopher Nelson ‘03 Jennifer J. Lee ‘04

Heather Takahashi ‘06 Judge Dora Irizarry

Emily Kim ‘05 Rebecca Orel 16 [shared

habeas clerk position starting with Judge Amon] Judge Sterling Johnson

Elizabeth Witten ‘92 Mariann Wang ‘96 Melissa Elstein ‘97 Gabriel O’Malley ‘01 Zakiyyah Salim ‘01 Caroline Bettinger Lopez ‘03 Marissa Jackson ‘11

Judge Barbara S. Jones Rachel Tiven ‘03

Sally Peacock ‘04 Richard Haddad ‘06 Aaron Leiderman ‘07 Jessica Hu ‘11

Judge Lawrence Kahn Brian Threlkeld ‘99 Joseph Nacca ‘03

Judge Lewis Kaplan Lisa Baroni ‘94 Robin Linsenmayer ‘99 Lauren Ouziel ‘00 Peggy Cross ‘01 Molly Biklen ‘04 Zoe Pershing-Foe ‘11 Shawn Crowley ‘12 Rachel Shapiro ‘17 Jeffrey Coyle ‘16

Judge Kenneth Karas Michael Shenkman ‘06 Ronni Weinstein ‘10 Benjamin Schrier ‘13 Jason Anton ‘14 Amanda Meyer ‘14 Ariel Fox ‘16 Kevin Grossinger ‘18

Judge Theodore Katz Lauren Freeman ‘99 Myra Elgabry ‘04

Judge Whitman Knapp

Julie Gaughran ‘92 Joseph Pantoja ‘95 Rana Jazayerli ‘96

Judge Edward Korman Jonathan Lupkin ‘92 John Laufer ‘03 Scott Laton ‘03 Brian Mogck ‘10 Eric Taffet ‘13

Judge John Koeltl Greg Wolfe ‘16 Judge William Kuntz Lauren Gallo White ‘13 Anjali Bhat ‘14

B-18

Kathryn Benedict ‘15 Kanika Shah ‘15 John Goodwin ‘16 Emily Hartfield Harris ‘17 Judge Peter Leisure

Joseph Bianco ‘91 David Gartenstein ‘91 Robert Teristi ‘91 Robert Holtzman ‘92 Eric Grannis ‘93 Michael McGarry ‘93 Anthony Vlatas ‘94 Charles Carter ‘95 Justin Weddle ‘95 Michael Purpura ‘97 Marc Axelbaum ‘98 Chris Strong ‘07

Judge Robert Levy

Lisa Ellern ‘00 Judge Frank Maas, Magistrate Timothy Quill ‘12 Judge Roanne Mann

Pamela Addison ‘97 Gregory Krakower ‘99 Sean Reay ‘01 S. Adam Spiewak ‘02 Marianne Koh ‘03 Natalya Scimeca ‘03 Amy Lowenstein ‘04

Judge Victor Marrero Paul Lall ‘00

Carolyn Fast ‘02 Kevin Haeberle ‘05 Patricia Wencelblat ‘05 Todd Anten ‘06 Patty Li ‘06 Robert Weinstock ‘11 Zach Schreiber ‘14 Lily Zaragoza ‘16 Kate Ferguson ‘16

Judge John Martin

Stephen Lehman ‘92 Laurent Sacharoff ‘97

Christopher Falkenberg ‘98 Nili Moghaddam ‘02 Ivahn Cpers ‘91

Judge Kiyo Matsumoto Margaret Winterkorn ‘10 Sagar Ravi ‘11 Reed Keefe ‘13

Judge Roslynn Mauskopf Gerald Moody ‘10 Abraham Shaw ‘12 Dan Karmel ‘15 Laurah Samuels ‘15 Ben Arad ‘16 Judge Lawrence McKenna

Katherine Hall ‘92 Susan Stambaugh ‘95 Anna Cave ‘05 Carolina Holderness ‘06 Elizabeth Pearce ‘91 Dorian Berger ‘08

Judge Colleen McMahon Jared Friedmann ‘03 Patrick Somers ‘07 Ben Gianforti ‘12 Jeremy Girton ‘16

Judge Charles Metzner Jeffrey Eilender ‘91 Mark Hurwitz ‘92 Anne Seel

Judge Donald Middlebrooks

Andrea Williams ‘03 Judge Constance Baker Motley

Howard Fischer ‘92 Akilah (Ramona Douglas) Folami ‘96 Haider Hamoudi ‘96 Rachel Geman ‘97 Joanne Monteavaro ‘97 Stephanie Hart ‘00

Judge Michael Mukasey Babette Boliek ‘98

Judge Alison J. Nathan

Alyssa Barnard ‘15 Sarah Sloan ‘17

Judge Eugene Nickerson Sara Corello ‘92 Russell D’Oench ‘92 Mark West ‘93 Sandra Muhlenbeck ‘94 Jeremy Maltby ‘95 Christine Mesch Sapers ‘95 Justine Harris ‘96 Molly Bishop ‘97 Caren Myers ‘97 Indira Satyendra ‘98 Hilary Seo ‘98 Lawrence Wu ‘99 Kristin Buff ‘00 Abigail Evans ‘00 Jon Connolly ‘01 Jennifer Lee ‘01 Galen Sherwin ‘03

Judge Richard Owen

Elizabeth Small ‘97 Randi Wolkenbreit ‘98 Jeremy A. Cohen ‘00 Hope Wachter ‘00 Cathleen Ellis ‘04 Charles Kitcher ‘06

Judge Robert Patterson (deceased)

Kim Sweet ‘92 Rosemary Nidiry ‘96 Kerrie Maloney ‘97 Scott Kidd ‘98 Hillary Schwab ’99 Boaz Weinstein ‘01 Heidi Gilchrist ‘01 Ahsa Muldro ‘02 Renate Lunn ‘03 Bela Walker ‘03 Kristina Holm ‘04 Jason Parkin ‘04 Eric Rosen ‘05 Courtney Howard ‘07

B-19

Lauren Howard ‘10 Judge Andrew Peck

Marcus Mona ‘98 Judge Henry Pitman (Mag.) Elliot Schatmeier ‘13 Judge Thomas C. Platt

Diana McBaine ‘94 Louis LaRocca ‘01

Judge Milton Pollack

George Liu ‘92 Karan Bhatia ‘93 Andrew Cheung ‘96 Richard Birns ‘97 Grant Thompson ‘98 Timothy Lin ‘98 Paul Clewell ‘02 Jacob Kaplan ‘02 Josephine Coakley ‘04 Heidi Wendel ‘91

Judge Cheryl Pollak, Magistrate

James Duffy ‘99 Sara Fleisch ‘01 Matthew Guarnieri ‘11 Ashok Chandran ‘15

Judge Loretta Preska

Amy Esty ‘02 Judge Jed Rakoff

Robert Driscoll ‘96 Ben Torrance ‘00 Reema Abdelhamid ‘02 Benjamin Naftalis ‘04 Sasah Samberg- Champion ‘04 Meghan Donahue ‘05 Gabrielle Geanuleas ‘07 Caleb Deats ‘11

Judge Edgardo Ramos

Lisette Duran ‘16 Judge Stephen Robinson

Adrienne Harris ‘06

Judge Allyne Ross Daniel Tabak ‘95

Jeff Wasserstein ‘96 Robin Goldfaden ‘97 Andrew St. Laurent ‘98 Elise Freeman ‘04 Monica Shah ‘05 Jacob Goldstein ‘06 Jessica Frey ‘13

Judge Leonard Sand Claudia Tuchman ‘95 Edward Blatnik ‘99 Andrew Dean ‘01 Michelle Kalka ‘05 Vivian Wang ‘08 Eleanor Carr ‘10

Judge Vera Scanlon Liane Rice ’13-15 Judge Shira Scheindlin

Claudia Tuchman ‘95 Jeffrey Rabkin ‘96 Gabor Balassa ‘97 John Elofson ‘97 Matthew Schwartz ‘02 Kathleen Daffan ‘05 Karl Huth ‘05 Arie Rubenstein ‘06 Helen Gugel ‘10 Natalie Orr ‘13 Russell Mawn ‘15

Judge Scola

Mac Soto ‘12

Judge Cathy Seibel Daniella Esses ‘10 Anna (Fleder) Connolly

‘11 Brittany Sukienik ‘12 Jacob Fiddelman ‘13 Evan Kreiner ‘14 Miheer Mhatre ‘16 Jeff Skinner ‘17

Judge Charles Sifton

Gabriel Mesa ‘93 Jennifer Lemberg ‘96 Gretchen Wagner ‘96

S. Gale Dick ‘98 Kelli Stenstrom ‘98 Wadie Said ‘99 Samuel Butt ‘05 Jennifer Westerfield ‘07

Judge Sonia Sotomayor (now SCOTUS)

David Battat ‘94 Tracy Flynn ‘94 Julia Tarver ‘96

Judge Arthur Spatt

Lisa Giunta ’12-14 Judge John Sprizzo

Lena Shulga ‘01

Judge Louis Stanton Scott Eisman ‘10 Tamar Lusztig ‘12

Judge Sidney Stein Li Yu ‘02 Sarah Hollinshead ‘08 Jeffrey Crough ‘16

Judge Laura Taylor Swain

Julissa Reynoso ‘01 Jocelyn Courtney ‘12

Judge Richard Sullivan

Cory Buland ‘09 Jun Xiang ‘13 Brian Goldman ‘18

Judge Robert Sweet

Elizabeth Benjamin ‘92 Edward Harris ‘92 Allison Rutledge-Parisi ‘96 Eric Rosof ‘97 Randall Sommer ‘99 Ben deGroot ‘00 Shane Stansbury ‘01 Josh Plaut ‘03 Sarah Jackel ‘05 Shannon Rebholz ‘08 Jenny Ma ‘11 Adam Chen ‘14

B-20

Andrei Vrabie ‘14 Judge Analisa Torres Andrew Podolin ‘13 Kevin Hu ‘15 Royce Zeisler ‘16 Judge Charles H. Tenney

Michele Sheldon ‘91 Judge David Trager

Diego Rotsztain ‘97 Judge Eric Vitaliano Liz Hanly ‘13 Sam Hershey ‘15 Liane Rice ‘15 Judge Robert Ward

Jennifer Keiser ‘01 Sarah Manaugh ‘03

Judge Jack Weinstein

Frances Bivens ‘92 Julie Dinnerstein ‘96 Elizabeth Nowicki ‘97 Alice Paucker ‘98 Kaimipono Wenger ‘01 Jennifer Murray ‘03 Marsha Yee ‘03 Amy Mulzer ‘05 Christopher Wimmer ‘05 Anya Emerson ‘07 Aaron Fischer ‘08 Tulsi Gaonkar ‘13

Judge B. Lynn Winmill

John Rather ‘00 Judge Shirely Wohl Kram (deceased)

Garry Berger ‘94 Bryce Friedman ‘97

Judge Kimba M. Wood

Marcia Ellis ‘95 William R. White ‘99 Jaren Casazza ‘05 Aaron Fischer ‘09 Justin Steil ‘11

Farhang Heydari ‘12 Faiza Sayed ‘13

Judge Gregory Woods Brittany Schoepp ‘14 NORTH CAROLINA Judge James Beaty, Jr. Diane Shearer ‘11 Judge Terence Boyle Howard Caro ‘97 John Mateus ‘07 Judge Renée Bumb Cason Moore ‘10 Judge Richard C. Erwin

Margaret Fernandez ‘92

Judge Norwood Tilley

Paul Smith ‘12

OHIO Judge Ann Aldrich Peter Sherwin ‘92 Judge John Maons Gerald Gross ‘94 Judge James Carr Benjamin Britz ‘04 Anna Siemon ‘10 Judge James S. Gwin Sandhya Gupta ‘04 Gideon Hart ‘10 Judge Terence P. Kemp, Magistrate Jill Spiker ’11 [career] Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. Jessica Jones ‘10

Judge Walter Rice Harris Senturia ‘93

OKLAHOMA Judge James Ellison

Colin Tucker ‘94 Judge Sven E. Holmes

Emma Dewald ‘04 OREGON Judge Ancer L. Haggerty

Nicholle Winters ‘05 Judge Michael Simon R. Benjamin Nelson ‘16 PENNSYLVANIA Judge Harvey Bartle Shelby Schwartz ‘09 Judge Michael Baylson

Colleen Shanahan ‘03 Amelia Jorns ‘05

Scott Richard ‘05 Matthew Jasilli ‘12 Jessica Rogers ‘16 Garrett Schuman ‘17

Judge Wendy Beetlestone Kate Morris ‘16 Tapan Rajen Oza ‘17 Judge Anita Brody

Michelle Toll ‘94 Erica Smock ‘95 Gregory Knell ‘96 John Master ‘96 Diedre Von Dornum ‘97 Matthew Freund ‘98 Mark Greenblatt ‘99 Maryann Parker ‘00 Leslie Frider ‘01 Jonathan Lloyd ‘01 Hannah Rogers ‘02 Myrna Perez ‘03 Maura Dundon ‘05 Shaum Campfield ‘07

B-21

Brian Ginsberg ‘07 Melissa Ginsberg ‘08 Vivek Narayanadas ‘10 John Mizerak ‘14 Andrew Stahl ‘16 Alisa Romney ‘17

Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter

Jonathan Abernethy ‘96 Judge Edward Cahn

John Tang ‘96 Judge A. Richard Caputo Sara Chimene-Weiss ‘14 Judge Legrome Davis

Martie Kutscher ‘12 Shreya Fadia ‘15 Ethan Merel ‘16

Judge Paul S. Diamond

Joshua Schwartz ‘05 Josh Asher ‘11 Caroline White ‘12 Ben Cornfeld ‘16

Judge Jan Dubois Katharine Sonnenberg ‘91

Steve Kang ‘94 Jennifer Cowan ‘97 Lewis Farberman ‘97 Taryn Merkl ‘00 Jonathan Miller ‘05 Eddie Jauregui ‘07 Tanaz Moghadam ‘08

Judge Robert Gawthorp

Charlotte Oldham-Moore ‘92 Alan Walkow ‘97

Judge Clifford Scott Green

Wendy Staton ‘95 Judge J. Curtis Joyner

Stephanie Fidler ‘96

Judge Marvin Katz Carolyn Hazard ‘94

Judge Bruce Kauffman

Omid Nasab ‘06 Sharon Sevilla

Chief Judge Gary Lancaster Thomas Giblin ‘11 Judge Edmund Ludwig

David Biester ‘93 Judge Malachy Mannion Leslieann Cachola ‘15 Judge Louis Pollak (deceased)

Jennifer Arnett Lee ‘01 Anthony O’Rourke ‘06

Judge Gene Pratter Taylor Washburn ‘07 Judge Sylvia Rambo

Amiel Weisfogel ‘96 Daniel Filor ‘99

Judge Lowell Reed

Sumi Sakata ‘00 Judge Eduardo Robreno

Sara Goodman ‘09

Judge Cynthia Rufe Swift Edgar ‘13 Daniel Asher ‘14 William Sears ‘16

Judge Timothy Savage Mariya Nazginova ’12-14 Judge Norma Shapiro

William Jackson ‘97 Judge Lynne Sitarski, Magistrate Jessica Wirth ’14-16

Judge Petrese Tucker Andrea McChristian ‘13 Andrew Napier ’13-15

Judge Franklin Van Antwerpen

Jason Miller ‘97 Jennifer Lee ‘98 Dave Ray ‘98

Judge Thomas Vanaskie

Julia Yoo ‘03 Judge Jay Waldman

Anthony Diana ‘93 Patricia Landoli ‘94 Sean Duffy ‘01

Judge William Yohn

Jonathan Popolow ‘93 Milind Shah ‘00

RHODE ISLAND Judge Ronald R. Laqueux

Susan Murphy ‘92 Justin O’Neill ‘93

Chief Judge William Smith Chris Markham ‘16 SOUTH CAROLINA Judge David Norton Robert Wehrman ‘15 TENNESSEE Judge Daniel J. Breen

Adam Baldridge ‘04 Judge Bernice Donald

Joshua Ratner ‘02 Judge Samuel H. Mays

Benjamin Edwards ‘07 Kathleen Fones ‘05

B-22

Judge John T. Nixon Alessandra Deblasio ‘91 Terrence Mcinnis ‘91 Leslie Merchant ‘97

Judge Thomas Wiseman

Sara Pikofsky ‘97 TEXAS Judge Andrew Austin

Elssa Castrolugo ‘03 Judge Jane Boyle Devin Alavian ‘11 Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

Andres Martinez ‘92 Cynthia Lee ‘94 Wendy Robinson ‘97 Sami Farhad ‘01

Judge Kathleen Cardone Brian Jacobi ‘14 Judge Keith Ellison

Shilpi Agarwal ‘09

Judge A. Joe Fish Benjamin Stewart ‘04 Gary Loeb ‘94 Aimee Blanchard ‘05 Andrew Legrand ‘10 Scott Hvidt ‘15

Judge Sidney Fitzwater

Marion Van Bebber ‘93 Juan Gonzalez ‘07 Andrew Davis ‘12

Judge Vanessa Gilmore

Karina Maloney ‘01 Daniel Lim ‘95 Chanler Langham ‘04

Judge David Godbey Rachel Burkhart ‘15 Virginia Grace Davis ‘17 Judge Melinda Harmon Meredith Bishop ‘15

Judge Janis Jack Jennifer Morrison ‘02

Judge Jeffery Kaplan

Luis Kono ‘96 Judge George P. Kazen

Javier Maldonado ‘95 Judge Barbara Lynn Alicia Washington ‘11 Judge Philip Martinez

Michael Martinez ‘10

Judge Alia Moses Stephanie Duff-O’Bryan ‘12 Nicholas Petts ‘14 Judge John Rainey

Angela Smith ‘01 Judge Xavier Rodriguez

Adrian Rodriguez ‘08

Judge Lee Rosenthal Catherine Bratic ‘14 Judge Lee Hyman Rosenthal

Janet Chung ‘94

Judge Sam Sparks Austin Krist ‘17

UTAH Judge Aldon Anderson

Jeffrey Vincent ‘94 Judge Thomas Greene

Thomas Mecham ‘93 Evan Sorensen ‘95

VIRGINIA Judge Leonie Brinkema

Ellen Marcus ‘99

Judge Mark S. Davis Matt Reynolds ‘10 Judge Robert Doumar John Koerner ‘09 Judge T.S. Ellis Z.W. Julius Chen ‘09 Judge Jerome B. Friedman (ret.) Matt Reynolds ’08-10 Judge Raymond Jackson

Shea Owens ‘98 Kimberly Burgess ‘01 Teressa Ravenell ‘02

Brittani Kirkpatrick ‘10 Sheila Adams ‘11

Judge James Jones

Ambreen Delawalla ‘03 Patricia Robbins ‘07 Sarah Burghart ‘10

Judge Elizabeth Lacy

Ramin Fatehi ‘03 Judge Gerald Bruce Lee

Tammi Walker ‘02 Justin Fairfax ‘05

Judge James Spencer

Simone Manigo-Truell ‘99 Kenya Washington ‘00

Judge Anthony Trenga Olga Kaplan ‘10 Alejandro Ortega ‘15 Judge James Turk

Ian Ford ‘96 Jesse Dungan ‘09 Nikhil Bhagat ‘11

Judge Richard Williams Annette Poblete ‘94 Judge Samuel Wilson

David Lorello ‘99

B-23

VERMONT Judge Franklin S. Billings, Jr.

John Zuccottii ‘95 Judge Albert W. Coffin

Margaret Lynch ‘92 Judge Jerome Niedermeier

Mari Bergeron ‘96 WASHINGTON Judge Robert Bryan

Raliana Ruvalcaba ‘98 Judge John Coughenour

Karin Bornstein ‘93 Judge William L. Dwyer

Mark Fordham ‘95 Lara Ballard ‘98 Kristin Ballinger ‘98

Judge Salvador Mendoza Miguel Gradilla ‘16 Judge Richard Jones

Emily Brailey ‘16 Judge Justin Quackenbush Matthew Gunn ‘07

WEST VIRGINIA Judge Robert Chambers Katherine Regan ‘10 Isaac Forman ‘11

Judge Joseph R. Goodwin

Gretchen Evans ‘99 Providence Spina ‘08 Amy McCamphill ‘09

Judge Thomas E. Johnston Andrei Popovici ‘14 WISCONSIN Judge Robert W. Warren

David Eich ‘92 Judge John Reynolds

Maryanne Woo ‘99 WYOMING Judge Clarence Brimmer

Allen Gardner ‘96 PUERTO RICO Judge Jose Fuste

Jose Suarez ‘93 Michael Le Desma ‘94 Christina Woehr ‘10

Judge Hector Laffitte Hannah Breshin-Otero ‘01 Amin Kassam ‘01 Karen Konjuszy ‘06

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Judge Raymond Finch

Ashai Pompey ‘97

Judge Martin Feldman Fraser Hunter ‘92 Mark Dubois ‘94

Mihui Pak ‘99 Judge Sarah Vance

Glenn Kopp ‘01

State and International Courts ALASKA Court of Appeals (Judge Suddock) Julia Bedell ‘16 Judge Marjorie Allard Miles Pope ‘14 Justice William Bolger William Monks ‘16

Justice Morgan Christen (now on 9th Circuit) Walker Newell ‘11 Chief Justice Dana Fabe

Kristin Santillo ‘05 Erika Evasdottir ‘05

Justice David Mannheimer Katherine Malone ‘11 William Monks ‘15

Justice Craig Stowers Katherine Malone ‘11 Justice Daniel Winfree Mainon Schwartz ‘08 ARKANSAS Justice Michael Kruse Sophia Okamoto ‘00

B-24

CALIFORNIA Justice Goodwin Liu Kathey Vermazen Radez ‘12 Justice Leondra Kruger Eric Konopka ‘16 Kevin Hu ‘17 COLORADO Justice Michael L. Bender Andrew Lanoha ‘09 Judges Russell Carparelli & Richard Gabriel Suzanne Lucash ‘13 Justice Allison Eid Emma Kaplan ‘15 Justice Mary Mullarkey David Scherr ‘09 CONNECTICUT Justice Richard N. Palmer

Ashfaq Chowdhury ‘00 Justice Peter T. Zarella

Eric Haskell ‘05 DELAWARE Justice William Allen

Deborah Beckman ‘94 Justice Jack Jacobs Max Heuer ‘11 Justice Stephen P. Lamb

Rachel Jacobs ‘05 Dean Measley ‘07

Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves Robert Bishop ‘17

Vice Chancellor Donald Parsons

Adam Gold ‘10 Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. Matthew Jennejohn ‘07 Justice E. Norman Veasey

Steven Daniels ‘95 Ronen Elad ‘98

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Judge James A. Belson

Aaron Weiss ‘03

Court of Appeals Shayda Vance ‘15 Judge Michael Farrell

David Rich ‘94 Kirsten Dembowski ‘96

Judge Kathryn A. Oberly

Andrea Lee ‘10

Judge Anne Rigsby-Bates Philip Gary ‘10

Judge Judith Rogers (now on D.C. Circuit)

Sarah Hechtman ‘93 Judge Frank E. Schwelb

Roger Stone ‘92 Judge John Steadman

Daniel Schneiderman ‘96 Chief Judge Eric Washington

Andrea Johnson ‘12

IDAHO Justice Roger Burdick Bryan Hurlbutt ‘10 INDIANA Justice Mark Massa Alex Preller ‘15 MAINE Justice Andrew Mead Jessica Bell ‘10 MARYLAND Justice Robert Bell Africa Davidson ‘99 MASSACHUSSETS TBD Megan Griffith ‘16 Justice Fernande Duffly Nathaniel Adams ‘11 Justice Barbara Lenk Sara Rosenbluth ‘13 Justice Francis O’Connor

Andy O’Meara ‘94 Justice Paul Liacos

Kristine Zaleskas ‘96 Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian Julian Fray ‘13 MICHIGAN Justice Charles L. Levin David Woolf ‘95

B-25

MINNESOTA Justice Kathleen Blatz

Manda Sertich ‘03 Justice Gerald Martin

David Lund ‘97 Justice Edward J. Parker

Richard Storrow ‘93

Minnesota Supreme Ct. Philip Sancilio ‘13 Justice Wilhelmina Wright Rachel Bandli ‘14

MISSOURI Justice Phillip Garrison

Brian Berry ‘02 MONTANA Justice W. William Leaphart

Samantha Harper ‘07 NEW MEXICO Justice Edward Chavez

Caitlin Smith ‘12 Heming Xu ‘14

Justice Pamela Minzer

Boaz Weinstein ‘00 NEW JERSEY Capital Clerk

Devon Knowles ‘06 Emma Freudenberger ‘07 Kaitlin Cordes ‘08

Drug Court Justin Klein ‘09

Justice Barry Albin

Anne Lainer ‘06 Adam Bernstein ‘09

Justice James Coleman Katherine Leone ‘97

Justice Marie Garibaldi

Lisa Dorio ‘93 S. Talcott Camp ‘94 Lawrence Abraham ‘99

Justice David Goldman

Jane Books ‘94 Justice Alan B. Handler

Cecelia Haney ‘95 David Cohen ‘97

Justice Helen E. Hoens

Julian Cheoma ‘05 Amanda Schwartz ‘09

Justice Virginia Long

Janine Matton ‘03 Justice Stewart G. Pollack

Charles Weiss ‘91 Justice Deborah Poritz

Erez Liebermann ‘99 Gaurav Shah ‘00

Justice Sylvia B. Pressler

Ann Ginsburg ‘91 Justice Gary Stein

Susan Kraham ‘92 Kinda Baldwin ‘93 Wendy Klein ‘93 Matthew Boxer ‘95 Anthony Ewing ‘95 Brian Fleischer ‘97

Justice Robert Wilentz

Hector Villagra ‘94 Maura Tully ‘96

NEW YORK Judge Joseph Bellacosa

William Lay ‘92

Judge Carmen Ciparick Mollie Kornreich ’09-‘11

Justice David Friedman Daniel Fish ’01 [career] Justice Lawrence Ecker

Jennifer Fernandez ‘15 Justice Marcy Friedman Donna Azoulay ‘12 Judge Judith Kaye

Gregory Call ‘01 Justice Charles Ramos Jason Rosenbaum (fellow) ‘15 Judge Anil Singh

Ruth Thomas ‘09 Judge Robert Smith

Peter Widulski ‘96 Ayshalom Yotman ‘99 Alexander Michaels ‘08 Lauren Roberta ‘10 Christopher Lacovara ‘13

NORTH CAROLINA Justice John Webb

Virginia Hewitt ‘94 Michael Joyce ‘95

OREGON Judge Martha Walters Emily Rena-Dozier ‘13 PENNSYLVANIA Justice Ronald Castille

Allen Harberg ‘97 SOUTH AFRICA Constitutional Court Carolyn Forstein ‘16

B-26

TEXAS Justice Jeff Brown Colleen Garcia ‘13 Justice David Chew

Isla Pena ‘03 Justice Craig Enoch

Jose Luzarraga ‘94 Justice Wallace Jefferson Nicholas Bacarisse ‘10 Colleen Garcia ‘13 UTAH Justice Christine M. Durham

Steven Huefner ‘91 Julie McAdam ‘03 Justice Deno Himonas Miles Pope ‘16 Justice Thomas Lee Gautam Rao ’18 Justice Leonard Russon

Matthew Anderson ‘96 Justice Michael Wilkins

Derek Hughes ‘07 VIRGIN ISLANDS Supreme Court Demelza Baer (LLM) ‘15 WASHINGTON Justice James M. Dolliver

Joseph Panesko ‘95 Justice Barbara Madsen

Michelle Rutherford ‘08 Justice Jane Rastani Valerie Knobelsdorf ‘06

Justice Robert Utter Michael Hintze ‘94 WISCONSIN Justice Ann Walsh Bradley Malancha Chanda ‘99 ISRAEL Justice Mishael Chesin

Eric Fisher ‘95 Elai Katz ‘96 Shai Ingber ‘01

Justice Dalia Dorner Andrew Treitel '95 Justice Yitchak Zamir

Benjamin Wiener ‘96 PUERTO RICO Justice Baltasar Corrada Del Rio Jose Gonzalez-Magaz ‘96

B-27

Specialized Courts U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES (USCA) Judge Andrew S. Effron

Melissa Epstein ‘00 Shavonna Maxwell ‘01

Judge Margaret A. Ryan Jacob “Mendy” Fisch ‘14 VETERANS CLAIMS Judge John Farley III

James McInerney ‘01

FEDERAL CLAIMS (USCFC) Judge Roger Andewelt

Jason Criss ‘99 Alexander Gelber ‘99

Judge John Wiese Michael Klein ‘99

Judge George Miller Sam Brunson INTERNATIONAL TRADE (USCIT) Judge Richard Goldberg (Int’l Trade) Robert Koneck ’15-17 Judge Jane Restani

Arun Venkataraman ‘99 Judge Evan Wallach

Kaiser Wahab ‘99

BANKRUPTCY (USBC) ILLINOIS Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar

Arron Saiger ‘00 OHIO Judge Pat Moregenstern-Clarren Michael Wynn ‘10 NEW YORK Judge Robert Drain Anthony Marzocca ‘15 Judge Robert Gerber Jacob Adlerstein ‘07 Priya Merrill ‘12 Genna Ghaul ‘13 TAX (USTC) Judge Mary Ann Cohen Alan Kravitz ‘09 Judge Julian I. Jacobs

Michael Karlan ‘92 Judge Richard Morrison

Nathan Brownback ‘12 Judge James Halpern Sang Ji ‘96

B-28

United States Supreme Court Justices Justice Samuel Alito

Matthew Schwartz ‘06 Jonathan Berry ‘15

Justice Harry Blackmun (deceased)*

Clare Huntington ‘96

Justice Stephen G. Breyer Henk J. Brands ‘94 Julie Katzman ‘95 Philippa Scarlett ‘03 Jaren Casazza ‘04 Tejas Narechania ‘15

Justice Warren E. Burger (deceased)

John E. Barry ‘85 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Alexandra Shapiro ‘91 David Toscano ‘94 Maria Simon ‘95 Laura Brill ‘96 Gillian Metzger ‘97 Rochelle Shoretz ‘98 William Savitt ‘98 Diedre von Dornum ‘99 Eric “Nick” Bravin ‘00 Aaron Saiger ‘01 Trevor Morrison ‘02 Elizabeth Porter ‘02 Aziz Huq ‘03 Ginger Anders ‘04 Lori Alvino ‘05 Arun Sabramanian ‘06 Zachary Tripp ‘07 Sue Yun Ahn ‘08 Vincent Levy ‘09 Keith Bradley ‘10 Ben Beaton ‘11 Thane Rehn ‘12 Devi Rao ‘13 Mark Musico ‘14 Payvand Ahdout ‘15 Beatrice Franklin ‘17

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

Anthony Vlatas ‘94 James Crooks ‘14 Thomas Sprankling ‘16

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (retired)

Vaughn E. Dunnigan ‘89 Elizabeth Earle ‘93 Noah Levine ‘93 Justin Nelson ‘00

Justice William H. Rehnquist (deceased)

Brett McGurk ‘99

Justice Antonin Scalia (deceased)

Kevin Huff ‘96 Kevin Martin ‘99 Scott Martin ‘04 Adam Klein ‘12

Justice Sonia Sotomayor Jen Sokoler ‘14 Justice David Souter (retired)

Henk J. Brands ‘91 Jeremy Maltby ‘95 Nestor Davidson ‘97 Jeremy Maltby ‘05 Sam Rothschild ‘15

Justice John Paul Stevens (retired)

Joshua Waldman ‘98 Anne Voigts ‘99

Justice Clarence Thomas Erik S. Jaffe ‘96

APPENDIX C

Faculty Members Who Have Held Judicial Clerkships

C-1

Full-Time Faculty Members Who Have Held Judicial Clerkships±

FULL TIME FACULTY

Mark Barenberg Judge Eugene H. Nickerson, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1982-83

Philip Bobbitt Judge Henry Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Lee C. Bollinger Judge Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Chief Justice Warren Burger, U.S. Supreme Court

Richard Briffault Judge Shirley M. Hufstedler, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1977-78

Jessica Bulman-Pozen Judge Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2007-08 Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 2008-09

Alexandra Carter Judge Mark L. Wolf, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Sarah Cleveland Judge Louis F. Oberdorfer, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1992-93 Justice Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-94

Lori Fisler Damrosch Judge Jon O. Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1976-77

Brett Dignam Judge William H. Orrick, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1976-77

Harold S. H. Edgar Judge Harold Leventhal, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Elizabeth F. Emens Judge Robert D. Sack, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2002-03

Ronald J. Gilson Judge David Bazelon, U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1971-72

Jane C. Ginsburg Judge John J. Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1980-81

± Term dates were not available for all faculty members.

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Suzanne B. Goldberg Justice Marie Garibaldi, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1990-91

Jeffrey N. Gordon Judge William E. Doyle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Zohar Goshen Chief Justice Meir Shamgar, Supreme Court of Israel,1986–87

R. Kent Greenawalt Justice John M. Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court

Jamal Greene Judge Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2005-06 Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 2006-07 Bernard E. Harcourt Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Michael A. Heller Judge James Robert Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1989-90 Bert Huang Judge Michael Boudin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2004-05 Justice David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court, 2007-08 Robert Jackson Judge Amalya Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2005-06 Olatunde Johnson Judge David Tatel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1995-96 Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 1996-97 Kathryn Judge Judge Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Justice William Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Jeremy Kessler Judge Pierre Leval, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2014-15 Sarah Knuckey Australian High Court Justice Michael Kirby Benjamin Liebman Judge Sandra Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1998-99 Justice David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court, 1999-2000

James S. Liebman Judge Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court

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Lance Liebman Justice Byron White, U.S. Supreme Court

Debra Livingston Judge J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Clarisa Long Judge Alvin A. Schall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Gerard E. Lynch Judge Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court

Ronald Mann Judge Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 1985-86 Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-87

Thomas Merrill Judge David L. Bazelon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1977-78 Justice Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court, 1978-79 Gillian Metzger Judge Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1996-97 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court, 1997-98

Eben Moglen Judge Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1985-86 Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-87

Henry Paul Monaghan Judge Morris Soper, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Ed Morrison Judge Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Elora Mukherjee Judge Jan E. DuBois, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005-06 Christina Ponsa Judge Jose A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 2000-01 Justice Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, 2004-05 David Pozen Judge Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2008-09 Justice John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court, 2009-10

Dan Richman Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Justice Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court

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Anthea Roberts Chief Justice Murray Gleeson, High Court of Australia

David M. Schizer Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court

Peter L. Strauss Judge David Bazelon, U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court

Susan P. Sturm Judge Charles E. Stewart, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Matthew Waxman Judge Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Justice David H. Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Timothy Wu Judge Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1998-99 Justice Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, 1999-2000

APPENDIX D

Columbia Law Alumni Judges

D-1

Columbia Law Alumni Judges:

Name CLS Class

CLS Degree Position Court City/State Country

Sheila A. Abdus-Salaam 1977 JD Associate Judge New York State Court of Appeals Albany, NY United States

Rolando T. Acosta 1982 JD Associate Justice New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division New York, NY United States

Lynn S. Adelman 1965 JD Judge U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI United States

Richard T. Andrias 1970 JD Associate Justice New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division New York, NY United States

Ken Asai 1994 LLM Judge Intellectual Property High Court Tokyo JAPAN

Monica L. Bachner 1981 JD Judge Los Angeles County Superior Court San Fernando, CA United States

Hyong-Won Bae 2000 LLM Judge Supreme Court of Korea Seoul SOUTH KOREA

Richard C. Barbey 1970 LLM Judge Cour de Justice Geneva SWITZERLAND

Judith Bartnoff 1974 JD Associate Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia Washington, DC United States

Timothy D. Bates 1973 JD Superior Court Judge Superior Court of the State of Connecticut Norwich, CT United States

Jack M. Battaglia 1971 JD Justice New York State Supreme Court Brooklyn, NY United States

Peter John Benitez 1971 JD Judge New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County Bronx, NY United States

Elihu M. Berle 1969 JD Judge Los Angeles Superior Court Los Angeles, CA United States

Lawrence H. Bernstein 1957 JD Judicial Hearing Officer New York State Supreme Court Bronx, NY United States

Joseph F. Bianco 1991 JD Judge U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York Central Islip, NY United States

Anna Elisabeth Bladh Redzic 2012 LLM Associate Judge Svea Court of Appeal Stockholm SWEDEN

Richard Boulware 2002 JD Judge U.S. District Court, District of Nevada Las Vegas, NV United States

Anita Blumstein Brody 1958 JD Judge U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA United States

Naomi Reice Buchwald 1968 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

J. Brett Busby 1998 JD Justice Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District Houston, TX United States

John W. Carter 1982 JD Acting Justice Bronx County Supreme Court Bronx, NY United States

Herbert L. Chabot 1957 JD Judge U.S. Tax Court Washington, DC United States

Kai-Feng Chi 2010 LLM Judge, Criminal Division Taiwan Taipei District Court Taipei TAIWAN

Jan Schans Christensen 1988 LLM Justice of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of Denmark Copenhagen DENMARK

Lawrence A. Collins 1965 LLM Justice of The Supreme Court Supreme Court London UNITED

KINGDOM

Denise L. Cote 1975 JD District Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Charles S. Crompton 1988 JD Judge San Francisco Superior Court San Francisco, CA United States

Edward J. Damich 1983 LLM Chief Judge U.S. Court of Federal Claims Washington, DC United States

Susan M. Dauphine 1968 JD Judge Superior Court of California Salinas, CA United States

Rachel N. Davidson 1986 JD Judge Essex County Superior Court Newark, NJ United States

Miguel A. de la Carrera 1982 JD Judge Superior Court of New Jersey Paterson, NJ United States

Susan Gageby Denham 1972 LLM Chief Justice The Supreme Court of Ireland Dublin IRELAND

Henry S. Dogin 1961 JD U.S. Immigration Judge U.S. Immigration Court Newark, NJ United States

Michael H. Dolinger 1972 JD U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Laura E. Drager 1973 JD Acting Supreme Court Justice New York County Supreme Court New York, NY United States

Robert D. Drain 1984 JD U.S. Bankruptcy Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York White Plains, NY United States

Richard D. Eade 1973 JD Circuit Court Judge Broward County Courthouse Fort Lauderdale, FL United States

William Edwards 1983 JD Judge Mount Vernon City Court Mount Vernon, NY United States

Stephen F. Eilperin 1963 JD Judge Superior Court of the Dis. Of Columbia Washington, DC United States

D-2

Name CLS Class

CLS Degrees Position Court City/State Country

Anthony J. Ferrara 1971 JD Judge New York Criminal Court New York, NY United States

Dean M. Fink 1993 JD Judge Maricopa County Superior Court Phoenix, AZ United States

Liana Fiol-Matta 1996 JSD Chief Justice Puerto Rico Supreme Court San Juan, PR United States

Carol Fox Foelak 1965 JD Administrative Law Judge

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, DC United States

William H. Fuld 1963 JD Judge State of Alaska District Court Anchorage, AK United States

Ira Gammerman 1950 JD Judge New York State Supreme Court New York, NY United States

Nicholas G .Garaufis 1974 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York Brooklyn, NY United States

Paul G. Gardephe 1982 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Robert E. Gerber 1970 JD Bankruptcy Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Wendie Goldstein Gershengorn 1966 JD Judge Massachusetts Superior Court for Middlesex County Boston, MA United States

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1959 JD Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Washington, DC United States

Edward A. Godoy 1981 JD Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico Ponce, PR United States

Luis A. Gonzalez 1975 JD Presiding Justice New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division New York, NY United States

Margaret Goodzeit 1980 JD Judge Somerset County Superior Court Somerville, NJ United States

Gabriel W. Gorenstein 1984 JD U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Nathaniel M .Gorton 1965 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court Boston, MA United States

Ethan Greenberg 1981 JD Judge Bronx County Supreme Court, Criminal Division Bronx, NY United States

Benjamin L. Greenberger 1975 JD Judge Jerusalem District Court Jerusalem ISRAEL

Henry F. Greene 1966 JD Judge Superior Court of District of Columbia Washington, DC United States

Joan Robinson Gross 1974 JD Chief Judge Municipal Courts, Union County Elizabeth, NJ United States

Michael Alan Gross 1970 JD Acting Justice New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County Bronx, NY United States

Frank A. Gulotta 1964 JD Supreme Court Justice Appellate Division

New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division Mineola, NY United States

Andrea L. Harnett 1973 JD Magistrate Judge Superior Court of the District of Columbia Washington, DC United States

Alexander Harvey 1950 JD Senior Judge U.S. District Court-Maryland Baltimore, MD United States

Tal Havkin 2011 LLM Judge Tel Aviv Magistrate Court Tel Aviv ISRAEL

Alvin K. Hellerstein 1956 JD Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Deanna E. Hickman 1973 JD Judge State of Colorado District Court, 18th Judicial District Englewood, CO United States

William F. Highberger 1975 JD Superior Court Judge Los Angeles Superior Court, Dept. 322 Los Angeles, CA United States

Jared D. Honigfeld 1962 JD Superior Court Judge Superior Court of New Jersey Newark, NJ United States

Denise Page Hood 1977 JD Judge U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Detroit, MI United States

Beryl A. Howell 1983 JD Chief Judge U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Washington, DC United States

Pi-Hu Hsu 1979 LLM Senior Justice Constitutional Court Taipei TAIWAN

Dora L. Irizarry 1979 JD Judge U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York Brooklyn, NY United States

Don W. Joe 1984 JD Administrative Law Judge Medicare Miami, FL United States

Laura R. Johnson 1985 JD Judge Criminal Court of the City of New York New York, NY United States

John J. Johnston 1958 JD Town Justice The Town of North Salem North Salem, NY United States

Kenneth M. Karas 1991 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York White Plains, NY United States

Richard Karpe 1953 JD Administrative Law Judge Social Security Administration Jericho, NY United States

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Name

CLS Class

CLS Degrees Position Court City/State Country

Dorothy C. Kim 1998 JD Judge Los Angeles Superior Court Los Angeles, CA United States

Sangjoon Kim 1994 LLM Presiding Judge Supreme Court of Korea Seoul SOUTH KOREA

Barry Kron 1975 JD Acting Supreme Court Justice Queens County Supreme Court Kew Gardens, NY United States

Soonil Kwon 1992 LLM Judge Seoul Administrative Court Seoul SOUTH KOREA

Marvin M. Lager 1978 JD Judge Los Angeles Superior Court Los Angeles, CA United States

Barbara Lagoa 1992 JD Judge Third District Court of Appeal Miami, FL United States

Douglas S. Lavine 1981 LLM Judge Superior Court of Connecticut Hartford, CT United States

Leslie G. Leach 1978 JD Judge New York State Supreme Court, Queens County Kew Gardens, NY United States

Charles T. Lee 1976 JD Superior Court Judge Superior Court of Connecticut Stamford, CT United States

Elizabeth K. Lee 1983 JD Trial Judge San Mateo County Superior Court Redwood City, CA United States

Jo-Lynne Q. Lee 1974 JD Judge State of California Superior Court, Alameda County Oakland, CA United States

Arthur J. Lesemann 1958 JD Judge Superior Court of New Jersey Morristown, NJ United States

George Levine 1963 JD Judge Connecticut Superior Court New Britain, CT United States

Kuen-Yeh Li 1997 JD Judge Taiwan High Court Taipei TAIWAN

Gerard E. Lynch 1975 JD Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law Columbia Law School New York, NY United States

Michael J. Lyons 1978 JD Administrative Law Judge

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Chicago, IL United States

Rabih Maalouf 2011 LLM Judge Lebanese Ministry of Justice Beirut LEBANON

D. Lloyd Macdonald 1969 JD Justice Superior Court of Massachusetts Boston, MA United States

Anibal D. Martinez 2000 JD Immigration Judge San Antonio Immigration Court San Antonio, TX United States

Angela M. Mazzarelli 1971 JD Associate Justice New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division New York, NY United States

Christopher J. McCarthy 1985 JD Judge New York State Court of Claims Albany, NY United States

Lawrence M. McKenna 1959 JD District Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Felicia A. Mennin 1983 JD Criminal Court Judge New York City Criminal Court New York, NY United States

Lindsey Miller-Lerman 1973 JD Justice State of Nebraska Supreme Court Lincoln, NE United States

Anthony J. Mohr 1972 JD Judge Los Angeles Superior Court Los Angeles, CA United States

Karla Turkheimer Moskowitz 1966 JD Associate Justice New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division New York, NY United States

Peter H. Moulton 1986 JD Administrative Judge, 1st Judicial District

New York County Supreme Court, Civil Branch New York, NY United States

Richard Newman 1961 JD Superior Court Judge Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division Newark, NJ United States

Shuichi Nezaki 2007 LLM Judge Sendai High Court Sendai, Miyagi JAPAN

Nathaniel C. Nichols 1973 JD Judge Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Media, PA United States

John W. Noonan 1953 JD Administrative Law Judge

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review Bronx, NY United States

Flemming L. Norcott 1968 JD Associate Justice Connecticut Supreme Court Hartford, CT United States

Rita M. Novak 1981 LLM Associate Judge Cook County Circuit Court Chicago, IL United States

Michael J. Obus 1973 JD Supreme Court Justice New York State Supreme Court New York, NY United States

James Munange Ogoola 1974 LLM Judge Republic of Uganda Courts of Judicature Kampala UGANDA

Maite Dolores Oronoz-Rodriguez 2005 LLM Chief Justice Supreme Court of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR United States

Mitchel E. Ostrer 1979 JD Judge Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division Trenton, NJ United States

Yvette M. Palazuelos 1987 JD Judge Superior Court for the State of California, LA County Los Angeles, CA United States

Junghoon Park 2009 LLM Judge Supreme Court of Korea Seoul SOUTH KOREA

Name CLS Class

CLS Degree Position Court City/State Country

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Name CLS Class

CLS Degrees Position Court Court/State Country

Sang Koo Park 2008 LLM Judge Seoul Southern District Court Seoul SOUTH KOREA

Alberto Perez-Perez 1964 MCL Judge Inter-American Court of Human Rights San Jose COSTA RICA

James E. C. Perry 1972 JD Justice Florida Supreme Court Tallahassee, FL United States

Jeffrey R. Pilkington 1988 JD District Court Judge First Judicial District of Colorado Golden, CO United States

S. Jay Plager 1961 LLM Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Washington, DC United States

Mylene Pereira Ramos 1998 LLM Labor Judge of the 63rd Labor Court,Sao Paulo

Labor Court of Appeals, Second Region Sao Paulo BRAZIL

Walter H. Rice 1962 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court Dayton, OH United States

Jenny Rivera 1993 LLM Judge New York State Court of Appeals Albany, NY United States

Reinaldo E. Rivera 1977 LLM Justice New York State Supreme Court Brooklyn, NY United States

James F. Roberts 1985 LLM Administrative Judge U.S. Department of the Interior Arlington, VA United States

Mary V. Rosado 1981 JD Judge New York City Criminal Court, Bronx County Bronx, NY United States

Robert D. Sack 1963 JD Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit New York, NY United States

Kesiye Saint Sagbe 1977 LLM Justice The Judiciary, High Court of Justice Port Harcourt NIGERIA

Gerardo C. Sandoval 1995 JD Judge San Francisco Superior Court San Francisco, CA United States

Thomas G. Saylor 1972 JD Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA United States

Richard G. Seeborg 1981 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court, Northern District of California San Francisco, CA United States

Catherine D. Shaffer 1986 JD Judge King County Superior Court Seattle, WA United States

Stephen A. Simanek 1972 JD Circuit Judge State of Wisconsin Circuit Court Racine, WI United States

Stanley L. Sklar 1956 JD Justice New York State Supreme Court New York, NY United States

Terry L. Smerling 1970 JD Superior Court Judge Los Angeles Superior Court Pasadena, CA United States

Lynne Hobbs Smith 1991 JD Judge Los Angeles County Superior Court Los Angeles, CA United States

Leo T. Sorokin 1991 JD U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court Boston, MA United States

GaryH.Sperling 1969 JD Administrative Law Judge

New York City Department of Finance New York, NY United States

Joseph C. Spero 1981 JD Chief United States Magistrate Judge

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California San Francisco, CA United States

Desiree Margarethe Staal 1996 LLM Justice Rechtbank Utrecht Utrecht NETHERLANDS

Larry R. C. Stephen 1981 JD Judge New York Criminal Court New York, NY United States

Edward F. Stodolink 1953 JD Judge State of Connecticut Bridgeport, CT United States

Carol Ann Stokinger 1977 JD Supervising Judge Family Court of the City of New York, Queens County Jamaica, NY United States

Itsuro Terada 1976 LLM Chief Justice Supreme Court of Japan Tokyo JAPAN

William A. Tilleman 1996 JSD Justice Court of Queen's Bench-Alberta, Calgary Calgary, AB CANADA

Bruce Edward Tolbert 1973 JD Judge Westchester County Family Court White Plains, NY United States

Timothy B. Tomasi 1988 JD Judge Vermont Superior Court North Hero, VT United States

Analisa Torres 1984 JD Judge U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York New York, NY United States

Rena Katz Uviller 1962 JD Justice New York State Supreme Court New York, NY United States

Peter G. Voith 1983 LLM Judge Supreme Court of British Columbia Vancouver, BC CANADA

Edgar G. Walker 1969 JD Supreme Court Justice Kings County Supreme Court Brooklyn, NY United States

Mark S. Wallace 1977 JD Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California Santa Ana, CA United States

Eric T. Washington 1979 JD Chief Judge District of Columbia Court of Appeals Washington, DC United States

David J. Waxse 1970 JD U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court Kansas City, KS United States

Joshua D. Wayser 1988 JD Judge Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Monterey Park, CA United States

Jack B. Weinstein 1948 JD Senior District Judge U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York Brooklyn, NY United States

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Name CLS Class

CLS Degree Position Court City/State Country

James H. Wexler 1972 JD Associate Justice Concord District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Concord, MA

United States

Lottie Wilkins-Culpepper 1975 JD Justice New York State Supreme Court New York, NY United States

Gabrielle R. Wolohojian 1989 JD Associate Justice Massachusetts Appeals Court Boston, MA United States

Hanqin Xue 1995 JSD Judge International Court of Justice The Hague NETHERLANDS

Jai Ho Yang 2011 LLM Judge Seoul Central District Court Seoul SOUTH KOREA

Chee-Leong Yap 1984 LLM District Judge Subordinate Courts Singapore SINGAPORE

Joseph A. Zayas 1988 JD Justice of the Supreme Court New York State Supreme Court Kew Gardens, NY United States

Jacob S. Zemach 1970 LLM Judge Jerusalem District Court Jerusalem ISRAEL

Kathryn E. Zenoff 1971 JD Justice Illinois Appellate Court, Second District Rockford, IL United States

APPENDIX E

Sample Cover Letters

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Sample Letter I: The “Bare Bones” Cover

Jane Student

1000 Happy Place Sunnyville, USA 10027

(212) 555-5555 Email

**If you are applying in or near a city where your family lives, you should include that address as a permanent address as well.

June _, 2016

The Honorable Joe Smith United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 40 Centre Street New York, NY 10007

Dear Judge Smith:

I am a second-year student at Columbia Law School, and I write to apply for a clerkship in your chambers following my graduation in 2018.

Enclosed please find a resume, transcript, and writing sample. Also enclosed [or, if appropriate, “Following separately”] are letters of recommendation from Professors X (212 555-1234, profx@columbia.edu); Y (212 555-3456, profy@columbia.edu), and Z (212 555-5678, profz@columbia.edu).

Thank you for your consideration. Should you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Respectfully,

[sign here] Jane Student

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Sample Letter II: The “Meatier” Letter

Joe Student 1000 Happy Place

Sunnyville, USA 10025 (212) 555-5555

Email **If you are applying in or near a city where your family lives, you should include that

address as a permanent address as well.

June __, 2016

The Honorable Joan Smith United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 4425 Capital Hill Rd Sacramento, CA 94100

Dear Judge Smith:

I am a second-year student and member of Journal X at Columbia Law School. I write to apply for a clerkship in your chambers following my graduation in 2018. As a native Californian, I find the prospect of beginning my legal career clerking in your chambers particularly appealing.

[Additional paragraph concerning relevant career aspirations, background, why the judge is particularly appealing to you, etc.]

Enclosed please find a resume, transcript, and writing sample. Also enclosed [or, if appropriate, “Following separately”] are letters of recommendation from Professors X (212 555-1234, profx@columbia.edu), Y (212 555-3456, profy@columbia.edu), and Z (212 555-5678, profz@columbia.edu).

Thank you for your consideration. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you need any additional information.

Respectfully,

[sign here] Juan Student

APPENDIX F - JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP RECOMMENDATION FORM

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Clerkship applicants should use this form to provide prospective recommenders information that will be helpful in writing the recommendations. Use as many pages as necessary to provide full answers. Also ask each recommender and assistant whether they would like any other specific information.

Recommender Name:

Applicant Name:

Graduation Year:

Date of this Form:

1. In what capacity do you know the recommender (class, research assistance, Note advising, student

organization, summer job, etc.)? Describe the interactions you have had, and be sure to include detail. If you had a class together, provide the name, grade, and semester; and attach copies of any written work product you have. If you attended office hours and had conversations about a class, study of law, career goals, etc., summarize those conversations. If you worked together, describe the projects and attach copies of any written work product you have.

2. If you know who your other recommenders will be, provide their names, positions, and on what bases

they will be recommending you. If there is any particular angle you would like the present recommender to cover or emphasize compared to your other recommenders, describe it here.

3. Please attach a resume and CLS grade sheet (unofficial is fine). Highlight here anything for the

recommender potentially to emphasize or explain. 4. Why do you want to clerk and what are your future career plans? 5. To what type(s) of court do you plan to apply and in what geographic area(s)? If you have a draft list

of judges, please attach it. You will provide final spreadsheets of individual judges to the recommender’s assistant later.

6. What qualities would make you an excellent clerk? 7. Tell your recommender something more about your background, time here at CLS, special

accomplishments inside or outside of law school, and/or future career aspirations that you think might be especially interesting, significant, or otherwise potentially distinctive to mention in a recommendation letter. For instance, it might be an especially memorable or interesting aspect of your upbringing, your educational background, serious hobbies/skills/interests, your work experience since college, or your time so far at CLS. Such extra detail can help a recommender craft an especially effective letter.

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APPENDIX G

Recommender Call List

Student Name Judge Court Telephone #

(see Leadership Library)

Please include a brief explanation of why each judge included is a good match for you and/or why you are particularly interested in clerking for them. This will help your recommenders advocate for you effectively when they call.

APPENDIX H – INTERVIEW PREP TIP SHEET

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Interview Basics A clerkship interview typically lasts 1-2 hours and consists of 1) 30 minutes to an

hour with the judge and 2) 30 minutes to an hour with the group of clerks. Occasionally you might meet with the judge and clerks all together. Occasionally, judges might include a writing or bluebooking test. Look for interview evaluations in the Clerkships Module on Symplicity and talk to the Clerkship Director to try to find out how the particular judge you are interviewing with conducts interviews.

Wear a suit. Arrive on time – not too early and certainly not late. Leave time to get through

court security. Be polite to everyone, from the security guard to the secretary to the clerks and

judge. Be positive! Negativity doesn’t come off well in the interview context.

Preparation and Topics

Show enthusiasm for the particular judge, court and location. o Be ready to talk about why this particular judge is appealing to you based

upon her background, experiences and opinions. o Be ready to discuss why the court is appealing to you.

At a district court, you might discuss a love of research and writing and a desire to learn about managing litigation and to observe lawyering.

At an appellate court, you may want to focus on digging into the law (i.e., legal research and writing) on a deep level.

For a magistrate interview, you should see whether local rules give you insight into how a particular district uses its magistrate judges, but generally you may want to focus on a desire to be exposed to settlement and discovery issues.

At a state supreme court interview, you may want to mention being excited about the exposure to novel legal issues in the state.

You should also be ready to talk about issues specific to a particular court (e.g., financial cases in the S.D.N.Y.).

o Be positive about the location of the court. Talk about how you have enjoyed the time that you have spent there, how it is close to home/relatives, or, if you have no connection, how you look forward to spending time there and are excited about working for a great judge wherever that judge may sit.

Be ready to discuss everything in your application. Make sure you remember every assignment referenced on your resume and have something to say about each of your schools, experiences, publications and interests. Reread your writing sample and practice discussing it and countering the weak points.

Read a few significant opinions that you could mention and discuss in greater detail if asked.

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Talk to former clerks about the interview and the clerkship, including the judge’s likes and dislikes and the experience itself. The Clerkship Office can help provide contact information for clerks.

Do a basic internet search to learn about anything significant going on in the court. For circuit court interviews in particular, you should also have a general sense of recent significant SCOTUS developments.

Think about your potential weak points, such as a bad grade or lack of connection to a city. Consider how to answer questions related to those issues and how to pivot to more positive topics.

Sample Questions the Judge and Clerks May Ask You

Some typical question that judges and clerks may ask you include: o What is your favorite (or least favorite) class and/or professor in law

school? o Why do you want to clerk? Why for me? Why for this court type? o Tell me about your writing sample. o Tell me about your work experiences. o Where do you see yourself in 5 years and how does the clerkship fit in to

your overall career plan? o Who is favorite SCOTUS Justice? This question tends to come up most

often at circuit court interviews. o Do you plan to practice in this geographical area? o Tell me about your interests. o What are your biggest strengths and weaknesses? o What other clerkships have you applied to?

Some of the more challenging questions judges may ask include: o Some judges might put you on the spot about a particular SCOTUS

decision, especially at the circuit level. o Some judges or clerks might want to moot you on your writing sample. o What opinions have you read of the judge’s? o Tell me about a time when you failed and what you learned from it. o Why are you interested in living in [location of chambers]?

Mention positive things about the location, your connections to it (if any), and the interesting legal issues that are prevalent there.

o What would you do if you disagreed with the way the judge wanted to go on a decision? Explain that you are not afraid to make your arguments and defend

your position, but that you understand that ultimately the judge is the decision-maker.

o How would you decide a very difficult decision (e.g., sentencing a young kid)? Explain that you understand that judges need to follow the law that

binds them, and that they can use their discretion appropriately where discretion is permitted.

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Sample Questions That You May Want to Ask the Judge and Clerks You will almost always be asked if you have any questions. You may want to ask questions such as:

What is the workflow when a motion comes in? How are the clerks involved in drafting opinions? Does the judge rely on mostly oral/informal or mostly written/formal

communication? What does the judge find most helpful in clerks? How do the clerks assist with trial, argument, or other proceedings? How does the judge bring her background to bear in the job? What is the most challenging part of the judge’s job? How does the judge interact with the clerks? What is a typical day in the life of a clerk? Are the clerks involved in criminal and civil cases?

Interview “Don’ts”

Don’t make this clerkship seem like anything other than your first choice. Don’t say that you want to clerk to improve your writing. Your writing should

already be excellent. Don’t be negative about law school, exams, research, writing, law firms, the

practice of law, etc. Thank You Notes It is appropriate to send a brief, handwritten thank-you note to chambers. Good luck and please remember to notify the Clerkship Office and your recommenders if you receive an offer!