General Information
about Federal and State Clerkships

Handbooks

For a general introduction to federal and state court clerkships, including answers to common questions (such as "why clerk?"), try these handbooks:

* UT College of Law handbook
* University of Michigan Law School handbook

Websites

Click here for a link to many federal and state court web sites, as well as general information about clerkships.

News Articles and Blogs

The site http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/CLErk.htm has news articles about judicial clerkships. These articles focus primarily on the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is interesting reading, nonetheless.

The weblog http://legalaffairs.org/howappealing bills itself as the "Web's first blog devoted to appellate litigation." This site also provides links to numerous other blogs.

Career Services Resources

The Career Services Office has hard copies of the following resources pertaining to judicial clerkships:

* American Bench: Judges of the Nation
* Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships
* Directory of Chief Judges of Courts of Appeal
* Directory of Minority Judges in the United States
* Guide to State Judicial Clerkship Procedures
* Judicial Yellow Book