Monday, September 29, 2008

Percentage of clerks by school update

Someone alerted me that at least one school's "class size" used for percentages is incorrect. I checked, and sure enough, a number of schools' denominators (i.e., class size) were incorrect. I'm in the process of updating them. My method takes the ABA 2008 report of matriculation, then subtracting transfers out and adding transfers in. While it isn't the precise Class of 2009 calculation, it approximates the class size post-transfers. I hope to finish that shortly.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Whom do the most prestigious judges hire?

I've created three lists out of whole cloth. The first are the dozen most prestigious judges, by my own estimation and a variety of factors (exclusivity, productivity, feedability, etc.).

The second and third lists are a bit more unique. They focus on the most ten prestigious appointees of the last two presidents, Bush and Clinton. These are generally younger judges who show signs of the factors of the most prestigious judges (or are on that list), have been mentioned as possible McCain or Obama Supreme Court nominees, and are the most "coveted" if you seek a "younger" judge (although not all are necessarily relatively "young," but might be, e.g., one who can serve as a mentor longer, one who still has significant connections in their prior field of work, etc.).

These are wholly subjective, of course, but I welcome comment.

The Dozen Most Prestigious Federal Appellate Judges:
Boudin: Harvard, Harvard, Harvard, Yale
Calabresi: Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Yale
Easterbrook: Chicago, Harvard
Garland: Harvard, Harvard, Michigan, Yale
Kozinski: Chicago, Harvard, Northwestern, Tulane
O'Scannlain: Cornell, Virginia, Yale, Yale
Posner: Chicago, Harvard, NYU
Reinhardt: Columbia, Harvard, UCLA, Yale
Sentelle: Duke, Harvard, Harvard
Tatel: Duke, Georgetown, Stanford
Wilkinson: Northwestern, Stanford, Virginia, Virginia
S. Williams (Sr.): Berkeley, Chicago, Yale

Top Ten Bush Appointees:
Callahan: George Mason, Harvard
Colloton: GWU, Harvard, Stanford, Yale
Griffith: Georgetown, Yale, Yale, Yale
Gorsuch: Duke, Harvard, Harvard, Vanderbilt
Ikuta: Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, UCLA
Kavanaugh: Harvard, Harvard, Yale, Yale
McConnell: Harvard, Minnesota, Yale, Yale
Pryor: Alabama, Duke, Michigan
Sutton: Chicago, Harvard, Harvard
Sykes: Georgetown, Northwestern, Northwestern, Yale

Top Ten Clinton Appointees:
Cabranes: Boston College, Penn, Yale
Calabresi: Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Yale
W. Fletcher: Berkeley, Berkeley, Stanford, Yale
Garland: Harvard, Harvard, Michigan, Yale
Katzmann: Fordham, Georgetown, NYU, Yale
Motz: Harvard, Harvard, Maryland, Michigan
Sotomayor: NYU, Stanford, Virginia, Yale
Tatel: Duke, Georgetown, Stanford
Wardlaw: Harvard, Notre Dame, Stanford
Wood: Chicago, Harvard, Northwestern

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

About this blog

I've only included clerks hired this year. A two-year clerk in the second year of a clerkship for 2009-2010, for instance, would not be included [but a clerk working a second year would be bracketed]. A career clerk would not be listed.

Feel free to post anonymously. It's not the most readable format, but if you search using Ctrl+F, it makes it extremely easy to find the information you want, all on one page. It's also easy for me to edit, and I don't have to host a Web page.

If possible, please report whether the clerk hired is a Class of 2009 law school student or a clerk who has graduated earlier. Graduate clerks are designated with a school name in italics.

Do not confuse this site with the Clerkship Notification Blog. This site is not intended to be a resource for information on which judges are hiring or who has begun interviewing. It is only intended to log which judges have hired from which schools. Judges who did not hire (or are reported as not expecting to hire) any clerks this term (e.g., some senior judges, those with only career clerks) are so noted. Inactive judges are not listed.

Do not tell me that I'm missing information or about how inaccurate my information is. If it's inaccurate and you can correct the errata, then tell me what to correct and I'll do so. If it's inaccurate but you have no factual information that can remedy the errata, save some anecdotal evidence of "at least a dozen" people who're clerking, or that "I can think of at least three that aren't listed," but you fail to name who they're clerking for, I'll ignore your comments. It's utterly unproductive.

This site focuses solely on federal appellate clerks. There are numerous other resources for Supreme Court clerks, and it does not track staff attorneys. It also looks only at clerks who will work the 2009-2010 term.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Distribution of clerks by law school tier

Distribution of clerks by law school tiers, calculated for 516 total clerks. (Cf. 2008.)

T1 489 94.8%
T2 19 3.7%
T3 5 1.0%
T4 3 0.6%



T31 460 89.1%
others 56 10.9%



T18 402 77.9%
others 114 22.1%



T14 370 71.7%
others 146 28.3%



T6 210 40.7%
others 306 59.3%



HYS 155 30.0%
others 361 70.0%

Friday, September 19, 2008

Percentage of clerks by school

(The percentage represents the % of a given class that will be clerking for the 2009-2010 term (excluding all second-year clerks). The denominators for class size include both full-time and part-time students. The numerators are not adjusted to exclude alumni from current students who will clerk, and they include both alumni and current students.)

2 Stanford 19.7%
1 Yale 16.7%
2 Harvard 14.5%
7 Chicago 9.7%
7 Penn 9.6%
12 Duke 8.6%
9 Virginia 7.2%
9 Michigan 7.1%
9 Northwestern 5.4%
5 NYU 5.4%
12 Cornell 4.6%
22 Notre Dame 4.6%
25 W&L 4.4%
15 Vanderbilt 4.3%
6 Berkeley 4.2%
4 Columbia 3.8%
16 Texas 3.7%
32 Alabama 3.4%
22 Minnesota 2.7%
14 Georgetown 2.7%
46 BYU 2.7%
26 Boston College 2.3%
27 Iowa 1.9%
32 Georgia 1.7%
16 UCLA 1.6%
20 GWU 1.6%
27 Illinois 1.4%
55 Baylor 1.3%
142 North Dakota 1.3%
108 Mississippi 1.2%
30 Washington 1.1%
163 Mississippi College 1.1%
44 Davis 1.0%
59 Temple 1.0%
30 W&M 1.0%
22 Emory 0.9%
179 Ave Maria 0.8%
27 Fordham 0.8%
38 George Mason 0.8%
21 Boston U 0.8%
51 Utah 0.8%
86 Catholic 0.7%
42 Maryland 0.7%
19 WUSTL 0.7%
105 Arkansas 0.6%
46 American 0.6%
137 Samford 0.6%
36 Indiana 0.5%
86 LSU 0.5%
18 USC 0.5%
46 Florida 0.4%
125 Texas Tech 0.4%
95 South Carolina 0.4%
38 North Carolina 0.4%
63 Brooklyn 0.4%
73 Pittsburgh 0.4%
44 Tulane 0.4%
36 Wisconsin 0.3%
95 St. Louis 0.3%
86 Denver 0.3%
82 San Diego 0.3%
63 Loyola Marymount 0.2%

Total clerks by school

2 Harvard 86
2 Stanford 36
1 Yale 33
9 Virginia 29
9 Michigan 28
5 NYU 27
7 Penn 25
7 Chicago 20
12 Duke 18
14 Georgetown 18
4 Columbia 16
16 Texas 16
9 Northwestern 14
6 Berkeley 12
12 Cornell 9
15 Vanderbilt 9
20 GWU 9
22 Notre Dame 9
22 Minnesota 7
16 UCLA 6
25 W&L 6
26 Boston College 6
32 Alabama 6
27 Fordham 4
27 Iowa 4
32 Georgia 4
46 BYU 4
27 Illinois 3
46 American 3
59 Temple 3
19 WUSTL 2
21 Boston U 2
22 Emory 2
30 W&M 2
30 Washington 2
38 George Mason 2
42 Maryland 2
44 Davis 2
46 Florida 2
55 Baylor 2
63 Brooklyn 2
86 Catholic 2
108 Mississippi 2
163 Mississippi College 2
18 USC 1
36 Indiana 1
36 Wisconsin 1
38 North Carolina 1
44 Tulane 1
51 Utah 1
63 Loyola Marymount 1
73 Pittsburgh 1
82 San Diego 1
86 Denver 1
86 LSU 1
95 South Carolina 1
95 St. Louis 1
105 Arkansas 1
125 Texas Tech 1
137 Samford 1
142 North Dakota 1
179 Ave Maria 1
32 Colorado 0
32 Ohio State 0
38 Arizona 0
38 Hastings 0
43 Wake Forest 0
46 SMU 0
46 UConn 0

[other schools outsides the top tier]

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Clerks by school

517 clerks as of March 12 (list does not include clerks serving a second year)

Wiener
5 Alabama
Batchelder
6 Alabama
Baldock Sr. 10 Alabama
Carnes
11 Alabama
Dubina
11 Alabama
Pryor
11 Alabama
Sloviter
3 American
Wollman
8 American
Prost
Fed American
Shepherd
8 Arkansas
Smith
3 Ave Maria
DeMoss Sr. 5 Baylor
Garwood Sr. 5 Baylor
Gregory
4 Berkeley
Jones
5 Berkeley
Bea
9 Berkeley
Hawkins
9 Berkeley
Ikuta
9 Berkeley
Pregerson
9 Berkeley
Schroeder
9 Berkeley
Tallman
9 Berkeley
Thomas
9 Berkeley
W. Fletcher
9 Berkeley
W. Fletcher
9 Berkeley
Williams Sr. DC Berkeley
Selya Sr. 1 Boston College
Cabranes
2 Boston College
Wesley
2 Boston College
Barry
3 Boston College
Briscoe
10 Boston College
Hartz
10 Boston College
Selya Sr. 1 Boston U
Martin
6 Boston U
Winter Sr. 2 Brooklyn
Greenberg Sr. 3 Brooklyn
Bybee
9 BYU
M. Smith
9 BYU
N.R. Smith
9 BYU
Wallace Sr. 9 BYU
Kanne
7 Catholic
Brown
DC Catholic
Elrod
5 Chicago
Elrod
5 Chicago
Smith
5 Chicago
Wiener
5 Chicago
Sutton
6 Chicago
Bauer Sr. 7 Chicago
Cudahy Sr. 7 Chicago
Easterbrook
7 Chicago
Posner
7 Chicago
Wood
7 Chicago
Loken
8 Chicago
Bybee
9 Chicago
Clifton
9 Chicago
Kozinski
9 Chicago
McKeown
9 Chicago
Rymer
9 Chicago
Rymer
9 Chicago
Ginsburg
DC Chicago
Randolph
DC Chicago
Williams Sr. DC Chicago
Lynch
1 Columbia
Feinberg Sr. 2 Columbia
Jacobs
2 Columbia
Kearse Sr. 2 Columbia
Livingston
2 Columbia
Chagares
3 Columbia
Chagares
3 Columbia
McKee
3 Columbia
Benavides
5 Columbia
Gibbons
6 Columbia
Murphy
8 Columbia
Berzon
9 Columbia
McKeown
9 Columbia
Reinhardt
9 Columbia
Thomas
9 Columbia
Randolph
DC Columbia
Calabresi
2 Cornell
Hall
2 Cornell
Duncan
4 Cornell
Evans
7 Cornell
B. Fletcher Sr. 9 Cornell
Canby Sr. 9 Cornell
O'Scannlain
9 Cornell
T. Nelson Sr. 9 Cornell
Prost
Fed Cornell
Aldisert Sr. 3 Davis
Birch
11 Davis
Lucero
10 Denver
Lynch
1 Duke
King
4 Duke
Jolly
5 Duke
Jolly
5 Duke
Rogers
6 Duke
Siler Sr. 6 Duke
Murphy
8 Duke
Gorsuch
10 Duke
Henry
10 Duke
Black
11 Duke
Black
11 Duke
Edmondson
11 Duke
Pryor
11 Duke
Tjoflat
11 Duke
Tjoflat
11 Duke
Tjoflat
11 Duke
Sentelle
DC Duke
Tatel
DC Duke
Haynes
5 Emory
Carnes
11 Emory
Fay Sr. 11 Florida
Wilson
11 Florida
Katzmann
2 Fordham
Keith Sr. 6 Fordham
Hartz
10 Fordham
Kelly
10 Fordham
Gruender
8 George Mason
Callahan
9 George Mason
Torruella
1 Georgetown
Katzmann
2 Georgetown
Wesley
2 Georgetown
Chagares
3 Georgetown
Fisher
3 Georgetown
Fuentes
3 Georgetown
Roth Sr. 3 Georgetown
Garza
5 Georgetown
Haynes
5 Georgetown
Gilman
6 Georgetown
Sykes
7 Georgetown
McKeown
9 Georgetown
Tymkovich
10 Georgetown
Birch
11 Georgetown
Brown
DC Georgetown
Griffith
DC Georgetown
Tatel
DC Georgetown
Dyk
Fed Georgetown
Anderson
11 Georgia
Carnes
11 Georgia
Cox Sr. 11 Georgia
Dubina
11 Georgia
Duncan
4 GWU
King
4 GWU
Williams
4 GWU
Gibbons
6 GWU
Rogers
6 GWU
Colloton
8 GWU
Wallace Sr. 9 GWU
Barkett
11 GWU
Moore
Fed GWU
Boudin
1 Harvard
Boudin
1 Harvard
Boudin
1 Harvard
Howard
1 Harvard
Howard
1 Harvard
Lipez
1 Harvard
Lynch
1 Harvard
Lynch
1 Harvard
Selya Sr. 1 Harvard
Torruella
1 Harvard
Calabresi
2 Harvard
Kearse Sr. 2 Harvard
Kearse Sr. 2 Harvard
Livingston
2 Harvard
Livingston
2 Harvard
Raggi
2 Harvard
Sack
2 Harvard
Wesley
2 Harvard
Aldisert Sr. 3 Harvard
Ambro
3 Harvard
Garth Sr. 3 Harvard
Roth Sr. 3 Harvard
Motz
4 Harvard
Motz
4 Harvard
Clement
5 Harvard
Dennis
5 Harvard
Elrod
5 Harvard
Garza
5 Harvard
Higginbotham Sr. 5 Harvard
Jolly
5 Harvard
Owen
5 Harvard
Owen
5 Harvard
Boggs
6 Harvard
Cole
6 Harvard
Cook
6 Harvard
Keith Sr. 6 Harvard
Moore
6 Harvard
Rogers
6 Harvard
Sutton
6 Harvard
Sutton
6 Harvard
Easterbrook
7 Harvard
Evans
7 Harvard
Posner
7 Harvard
Wood
7 Harvard
Colloton
8 Harvard
Gruender
8 Harvard
Loken
8 Harvard
Melloy
8 Harvard
Smith
8 Harvard
Bea
9 Harvard
Berzon
9 Harvard
Berzon
9 Harvard
Callahan
9 Harvard
Farris Sr. 9 Harvard
Fisher
9 Harvard
Ikuta
9 Harvard
Kozinski
9 Harvard
M. Smith
9 Harvard
N.R. Smith
9 Harvard
Paez
9 Harvard
Paez
9 Harvard
Reinhardt
9 Harvard
Wardlaw
9 Harvard
Briscoe
10 Harvard
Gorsuch
10 Harvard
Gorsuch
10 Harvard
Henry
10 Harvard
Holmes
10 Harvard
Lucero
10 Harvard
McConnell
10 Harvard
Tymkovich
10 Harvard
Anderson
11 Harvard
Hull
11 Harvard
Hull
11 Harvard
Marcus
11 Harvard
Brown
DC Harvard
Garland
DC Harvard
Garland
DC Harvard
Ginsburg
DC Harvard
Kavanaugh
DC Harvard
Kavanaugh
DC Harvard
Rogers
DC Harvard
Sentelle
DC Harvard
Sentelle
DC Harvard
Silberman Sr. DC Harvard
Linn
Fed Harvard
Beezer Sr. 9 Illinois
Silverman
9 Illinois
Tallman
9 Illinois
Tinder
7 Indiana
Moore
6 Iowa
Melloy
8 Iowa
Melloy
8 Iowa
Riley
8 Iowa
Pregerson
9 Loyola Marymount
Jones
5 LSU
Motz
4 Maryland
Bybee
9 Maryland
Leval Sr. 2 Michigan
Walker Sr. 2 Michigan
Smith
3 Michigan
Motz
4 Michigan
Smith
5 Michigan
Clay
6 Michigan
Clay
6 Michigan
Cole
6 Michigan
Cook
6 Michigan
Gibbons
6 Michigan
Griffin
6 Michigan
Kennedy Sr. 6 Michigan
Kethledge
6 Michigan
Kethledge
6 Michigan
McKeague
6 Michigan
Suhrheinrich Sr. 6 Michigan
Loken
8 Michigan
Gould
9 Michigan
Gould
9 Michigan
Hawkins
9 Michigan
Kleinfeld
9 Michigan
Lucero
10 Michigan
Tymkovich
10 Michigan
Pryor
11 Michigan
Garland
DC Michigan
Bryson
Fed Michigan
Lourie
Fed Michigan
Moore
Fed Michigan
Barry
3 Minnesota
Kanne
7 Minnesota
Bright Sr. 8 Minnesota
Bye
8 Minnesota
Loken
8 Minnesota
Ebel Sr. 10 Minnesota
McConnell
10 Minnesota
Southwick
5 Mississippi
Southwick
5 Mississippi
Barksdale
5 Mississippi College
Southwick
5 Mississippi College
Gregory
4 North Carolina
Bright Sr. 8 North Dakota
Winter Sr. 2 Northwestern
Hardiman
3 Northwestern
Niemeyer
4 Northwestern
Wilkinson
4 Northwestern
Garza
5 Northwestern
Gilman
6 Northwestern
Siler Sr. 6 Northwestern
Flaum
7 Northwestern
Sykes
7 Northwestern
Sykes
7 Northwestern
Wood
7 Northwestern
Kozinski
9 Northwestern
M. Smith
9 Northwestern
Dyk
Fed Northwestern
Fisher
3 Notre Dame
Hardiman
3 Notre Dame
Batchelder
6 Notre Dame
Cook
6 Notre Dame
Manion Sr. 7 Notre Dame
Wardlaw
9 Notre Dame
Kelly
10 Notre Dame
Edmondson
11 Notre Dame
Wilson
11 Notre Dame
Calabresi
2 NYU
Feinberg Sr. 2 NYU
Jacobs
2 NYU
Katzmann
2 NYU
Leval Sr. 2 NYU
Pooler
2 NYU
Raggi
2 NYU
Sotomayor
2 NYU
Walker Sr. 2 NYU
Wesley
2 NYU
Fuentes
3 NYU
Fuentes
3 NYU
Fuentes
3 NYU
Greenberg Sr. 3 NYU
McKee
3 NYU
Rendell
3 NYU
Michael
4 NYU
Higginbotham Sr. 5 NYU
Stewart
5 NYU
Clay
6 NYU
Cole
6 NYU
Posner
7 NYU
Noonan Sr. 9 NYU
Edwards Sr. DC NYU
Ginsburg
DC NYU
Rogers
DC NYU
Clevenger Sr. Fed NYU
Cabranes
2 Penn
Walker Sr. 2 Penn
Wesley
2 Penn
Garth Sr. 3 Penn
Jordan
3 Penn
McKee
3 Penn
Rendell
3 Penn
Rendell
3 Penn
Roth Sr. 3 Penn
Scirica
3 Penn
Scirica
3 Penn
Scirica
3 Penn
Scirica
3 Penn
Niemeyer
4 Penn
King
5 Penn
Prado
5 Penn
Kethledge
6 Penn
Martin
6 Penn
White
6 Penn
White
6 Penn
Arnold Sr. 8 Penn
Wollman
8 Penn
Canby Sr. 9 Penn
Hartz
10 Penn
Tjoflat
11 Penn
Fisher
3 Pittsburgh
Greenberg Sr. 3 Rutgers-Camden
Dubina
11 Samford
Cook
6 San Diego
Shedd
4 South Carolina
Murphy
10 St. Louis
Parker
2 Stanford
Sack
2 Stanford
Sotomayor
2 Stanford
Straub
2 Stanford
Ambro
3 Stanford
Chagares
3 Stanford
Gregory
4 Stanford
Wilkinson
4 Stanford
Dennis
5 Stanford
Haynes
5 Stanford
Jones
5 Stanford
Owen
5 Stanford
Boggs
6 Stanford
Cudahy Sr. 7 Stanford
Colloton
8 Stanford
Bybee
9 Stanford
Clifton
9 Stanford
D. Nelson Sr. 9 Stanford
Farris Sr. 9 Stanford
Fisher
9 Stanford
Graber
9 Stanford
Ikuta
9 Stanford
Paez
9 Stanford
Rymer
9 Stanford
Tashima Sr. 9 Stanford
Thomas
9 Stanford
Thomas
9 Stanford
W. Fletcher
9 Stanford
Wardlaw
9 Stanford
Kravitch Sr. 11 Stanford
Marcus
11 Stanford
Brown
DC Stanford
Rogers
DC Stanford
Tatel
DC Stanford
Gajarsa
Fed Stanford
Linn
Fed Stanford
Van Antwerpen Sr. 3 Temple
Van Antwerpen Sr. 3 Temple
Bye
8 Temple
Barksdale
5 Texas
King
5 Texas
Owen
5 Texas
Southwick
5 Texas
Boggs
6 Texas
Cole
6 Texas
Gibbons
6 Texas
McKeague
6 Texas
Rogers
6 Texas
Benton
8 Texas
Bea
9 Texas
Anderson
11 Texas
Carnes
11 Texas
Ginsburg
DC Texas
Mayer
Fed Texas
Moore
Fed Texas
Benavides
5 Texas Tech
Kozinski
9 Tulane
Ikuta
9 UCLA
M. Smith
9 UCLA
Pregerson
9 UCLA
Reinhardt
9 UCLA
Tashima Sr. 9 UCLA
Tashima Sr. 10 UCLA
Fernandez Sr. 9 USC
Murphy
10 Utah
Michael
4 Vanderbilt
Prado
5 Vanderbilt
Clay
6 Vanderbilt
Gilman
6 Vanderbilt
Merritt Sr. 6 Vanderbilt
Kanne
7 Vanderbilt
Benton
8 Vanderbilt
Gorsuch
10 Vanderbilt
Henderson
DC Vanderbilt
Stahl Sr. 1 Virginia
Jacobs
2 Virginia
Livingston
2 Virginia
Sotomayor
2 Virginia
Hardiman
3 Virginia
Duncan
4 Virginia
King
4 Virginia
Michael
4 Virginia
Niemeyer
4 Virginia
Wilkinson
4 Virginia
Wilkinson
4 Virginia
Barksdale
5 Virginia
Clement
5 Virginia
Clement
5 Virginia
Clement
5 Virginia
Garwood Sr. 5 Virginia
Haynes
5 Virginia
Smith
5 Virginia
Boggs
6 Virginia
Daughtrey
6 Virginia
Gilman
6 Virginia
Kethledge
6 Virginia
Merritt Sr. 6 Virginia
Beezer Sr. 9 Virginia
O'Scannlain
9 Virginia
Black
11 Virginia
Edmondson
11 Virginia
Kravitch Sr. 11 Virginia
Tjoflat
11 Virginia
Cowen Sr. 3 W&L
Agee
4 W&L
Williams
4 W&L
Elrod
5 W&L
Martin
6 W&L
Baldock Sr. 10 W&L
Silverman
9 W&M
Kelly
10 W&M
Gould
9 Washington
Kleinfeld
9 Washington
Gould
9 Wisconsin
Shepherd
8 WUSTL
Ebel Sr. 10 WUSTL
Boudin
1 Yale
Torruella
1 Yale
Cabranes
2 Yale
Cabranes
2 Yale
Calabresi
2 Yale
Katzmann
2 Yale
Leval Sr. 2 Yale
Raggi
2 Yale
Sack
2 Yale
Sotomayor
2 Yale
Smith
5 Yale
Flaum
7 Yale
Flaum
7 Yale
Sykes
7 Yale
Colloton
8 Yale
Gruender
8 Yale
Berzon
9 Yale
Fisher
9 Yale
McKeown
9 Yale
O'Scannlain
9 Yale
O'Scannlain
9 Yale
Reinhardt
9 Yale
W. Fletcher
9 Yale
McConnell
10 Yale
McConnell
10 Yale
Garland
DC Yale
Griffith
DC Yale
Griffith
DC Yale
Griffith
DC Yale
Kavanaugh
DC Yale
Kavanaugh
DC Yale
Rogers
DC Yale
Williams Sr. DC Yale