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Date: February 9th, 2010 9:20 AM Author: soul-stirring therapy I'm a 3L, and I have a district clerkship lined up for next year. I have an offer from my summer firm. I'm debating whether to apply for 2011 circuit court clerkships. My profs have connections to some good judges. I have some student loans, so I'd like to get to biglaw sooner rather than later. And my ultimate goal is biglaw - I have no interest in teaching. Do you think the COA credential is valuable enough in biglaw that it is worth clerking for another year? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14064166) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 10:08 AM Author: Brass costumed boiling water If all you care about is biglaw, don't go for the clerkship. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14064275) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 10:23 AM Author: Irradiated bistre rigor Don't take the clerkship at all. If you can get a clerkship now, you can get it later. Take the biglaw paycheck while you can.
The clerkships are a fallback option. And remember, once you do them, you can't do them again. If you do your clerkship now and then flame out of biglaw, you will not have an easy and respectable fallback option while you look for a new biglaw position. |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 11:45 AM Author: soul-stirring therapy You don't think that a prestigious clerkship will help at a firm? (Both in terms of work quality and partnership chances) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14064872) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 11:46 AM Author: Irradiated bistre rigor Maybe. How hardworking are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14064875) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 1:29 PM Author: soul-stirring therapy Pretty hardworking. And I'd love the chance to do at least some appellate work at a firm. |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 11:46 AM Author: cerebral white area milk Work quality, yes. Partnership chances, no. Also, don't worry about making partner at this point in your career. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14064877) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 12:11 PM Author: Brass costumed boiling water I would be totally useless as a lawyer if I hadn't clerked. DCT clerkships are huge as far as work product goes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14064980) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 3:50 PM Author: elite 180 corn cake why? one can get the same benefit by spending a couple afternoons downloading sample motions from westlaw or your firm's knowledge mgmt system and reading them! it's not rocket science, and it sure as hell doesn't take a year at a DCT clerkship to learn! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14067260) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 3:55 PM Author: Bateful Maroon Station lol you pwn3d her. bet she wishes she'd thought of that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14067293) |
Date: February 9th, 2010 9:26 PM Author: Obsidian Resort Roommate Two years of clerking is pretty overkill if all you want to do is work in biglaw.
If you want to to transactional work, you're not really advancing your biglaw career but at least you'll enjoy acting like a real lawyer for once in your career.
If you are going into biglaw litigation, the COA clerkship would be most likely less helpful for your career than your D.Ct. Though one important factor would be whether either is in the jurisdiction where you will be working. For example having SDNY or 2nd. Cir. experience is hugely useful if you are doing litigation in NYC. Especially since lots of NYC firms basically want their associates to spend some years in the US Attorney's Office before coming back and making partner. |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 9:31 PM Author: soul-stirring therapy yeah - my D ct. clerkship is SDNY, and my offer is with a NYC biglaw firm. But I'd like to do at least some appellate work, which is why I thought it would help to also have a COA clerkship. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1217225&forum_id=2#14070997) |
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Date: February 9th, 2010 9:52 PM Author: drab nudist piazza From someone who clerked on the COA, I'd say no, unless you want to teach. It's just not all that useful in biglaw, which rarely does appellate stuff (except for a few DC firms). Go to a firm. If you still want to clerk for the COA in a few years, it'll be there for you.
(Should clarify that I mean it's not all that useful for someone in the OP's shoes, who already has a district court clerkship.) |