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Preliminary Clerkship Questionnaire for Students and Alumni
This questionnaire is for students and alumni interested in clerking after graduation.
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Class Year
- Select -
1L
2L
3L
LLM
Alumnus
Journal Membership:
Law Review
Business Law Review
Chicago Journal of International Law
Legal Forum
I am not on a journal
Please provide any additional information regarding journal membership such as if your comment was selected for publication or if you are a board member (list position).
Please select the Clinics you are or have been involved with.
Abrams Environmental Law Clinic
Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project Clinic
Employment Law Clinic
Exoneration Project Clinic
Federal Criminal Justice Clinic
Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic
Innovation Clinic
Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
International Human Rights Clinic
Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic
Kirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab Clinic
Poverty and Housing Law Clinic
Prosecution and Defense Clinic
I am not involved in the Clinics
Please provide any additional information regarding your involvement in the clinics you think may be helpful for the Clerkship Committee.
Please list student organizations you are a member of. If you hold a position, please include that information below.
Please list and describe any professional work experience you had between college and law school.
Summer/Post Grad Employment Plans. 2Ls - Please list where you will be working this summer and the location. 3Ls - Please list where you worked 2L summer and where you will work after graduation (if known) along with the location. Alumni - Please provide a brief work history.
Where do you want to practice geographically after graduation?
What kind of practice do you envision (litigation, transactional, public service, etc.)?
Are you open to clerking more than once?
I definitely want to clerk only once.
I definitely want to clerk twice.
I’m open to clerking either once or twice, if the opportunities are right.
Please provide any additional information regarding the number of times you are interested in clerking.
I prefer my first clerkship to be:
In the 2024 term or as soon as possible
In the 2025 term
In the 2026 term
In the 2027 or later term
I'm flexible
Other
Please provide additional information regarding the clerkship term start years you are interested in.
How flexible are you regarding geography and clerking?
I would be happy to go anywhere for the right clerkship.
I’m generally flexible but have some mild preferences for places I’d prefer to go or not go (describe below).
I have strong preferences for the following locations (describe below) but would consider other locations if the opportunity were really amazing.
I absolutely need to be in one of the following locations (describe below).
Please provide additional information regarding geographic preferences or restrictions.
Which clerkship(s) are you interested in? Check all that apply.
State Court
Federal Staff Attorney
International Trade
Tax Court
Federal Claims
Federal Bankruptcy
Federal Magistrate
Federal District
Federal Appellate
Please provide additional information regarding the types of clerkships you are interested in. If you chose State Courts, please list specific states where you would consider clerking.
Please list if you have a current preference for specific judges or jurisdictions.
Please list some attributes of judges and a clerkship experience that are important to you.
How important is a judge's ideology to you?
I could only imagine clerking for a judge whose ideology I share.
I’m open to clerking for any reasonably open-minded judge even if I don’t share that judge’s ideology.
I would be happy to clerk for a judge of any ideology provided it would be a good experience.
Please provide additional and detailed information regarding your answer about a judge's ideology.
Please list at least three potential, future recommenders to write letters on your behalf. It is typical that recommenders are faculty (including Clinical faculty and Bigelow Fellows). Please refer to the Clerkship Manual for additional information on recommenders.
Of the faculty listed above, who do you feel is your strongest recommender/the recommender who knows you the best. Please feel free to also to provide an explanation.
Please include any additional information you believe is important regarding your prospective clerkship applications.