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g-town, 3.4 could i get magistrate or bankruptcy in flyov...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
lol your fucked
Fragrant Space Wrinkle
  04/05/09
titcr
twinkling wonderful office
  04/05/09
so not even magistrate in kentucky?
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
Who the FUCK in Kentucky is going to give TWO SHITS about yo...
twinkling wonderful office
  04/05/09
some do, yes
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
Go ahead, ask your career services. Ask them how many magis...
twinkling wonderful office
  04/05/09
i've already done that
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
what did they tell you?
Charcoal dead queen of the night
  04/05/09
said there are people with my stats who have gotten district...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
are there many, or just a few?
Charcoal dead queen of the night
  04/05/09
they said some got them, some didn't. didn't say whether th...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
So, you didn't do that, because you didn't ask about mag cle...
twinkling wonderful office
  04/05/09
you're right, it'de be much better if i listened to someone ...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
I hear tell Ikea is a COA clerk.
Heady Overrated Partner Piazza
  04/06/09
*was* a COA clerk.
twinkling wonderful office
  04/06/09
lol lol lol lol
Rose Yapping Legal Warrant Psychic
  04/06/09
this is cr. Most of these lower clerkships go exclusively to...
Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth
  04/05/09
so not even magistrate in kentucky?
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
fed clerkships are impossible w/o asshole gunner creds
Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth
  04/05/09
even magistrate and bankruptcy in flyover state? do you thi...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
maybe, I got interviews with a couple flyover state SC judge...
Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth
  04/05/09
i wouldn't mind working in a TTT state. is it worth it to a...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
when do state supreme courts start taking applications? ---...
Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth
  04/05/09
are bankruptcy clerkships easier to get than magistrate cler...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
no clue; though in ls i never heard of anyone wanting or des...
Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth
  04/05/09
You won't get a bankruptcy unless you've demonstrated an int...
Heady Overrated Partner Piazza
  04/06/09
I'm literally middle of the road at at T20. Here are the int...
Heady Overrated Partner Piazza
  04/06/09
Am I missing something? I met two federal district court cl...
glittery bawdyhouse jewess
  04/05/09
what?
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
nothing uber-prestigious, Texas(whatever district that might...
glittery bawdyhouse jewess
  04/05/09
...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
cum work for gross old man?
bronze sanctuary wagecucks
  04/05/09
OP: i'm gulc 1L with similar gpa (slightly higher). am i ...
Sick confused mediation
  04/05/09
i don't know if you're safe or not. these are scary times. ...
Passionate pisswyrm
  04/05/09
thanks, i'm trying. any advice for strategic bidding? i j...
Sick confused mediation
  04/05/09
I don't understand this "strategic bidding" shit. ...
Heady Overrated Partner Piazza
  04/06/09
I don't want to hijack, but what about 3.5 SLS with no law r...
Razzmatazz temple
  04/06/09
I don't know what SLS grades are. Give me a percentage. To...
twinkling wonderful office
  04/06/09


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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:36 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

g-town, 3.4

could i get magistrate or bankruptcy in flyover state?

what about state supreme courts?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340604)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:37 PM
Author: Fragrant Space Wrinkle

lol

your fucked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340609)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:37 PM
Author: twinkling wonderful office

titcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340612)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:37 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

so not even magistrate in kentucky?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340625)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:53 PM
Author: twinkling wonderful office

Who the FUCK in Kentucky is going to give TWO SHITS about your "Georgetown" degree? Let's take a look at one magistrate judge. (Gleaned from Facebook.)

http://www.kyed.uscourts.gov/judges/judge-eab.htm

Clerks are KY '06, KY '07.

Most magistrate judges have ONE clerk. You think they're going to pick some prick from GULC ranked #298 in his class over the #3 local boy from UK who'll be working for Stites & Harbison when he graduates? Please.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340774)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:54 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

some do, yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340781)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:57 PM
Author: twinkling wonderful office

Go ahead, ask your career services. Ask them how many magistrate judge clerkship interviews go out to your class. Find out where they are. Find out their rank. Then, come back here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340811)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:00 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

i've already done that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340830)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:01 PM
Author: Charcoal dead queen of the night

what did they tell you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340838)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:02 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

said there are people with my stats who have gotten district court clerkships in bumblefuck.

said some got them, some didn't.

i figured by going for these even less prestigious clerkships i'd have a better chance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340844)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:02 PM
Author: Charcoal dead queen of the night

are there many, or just a few?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340851)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:03 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

they said some got them, some didn't. didn't say whether there are many or a few. they told me one strategy would be to snag a mag clerkship, and then i'd have a better shot at district.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340858)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:15 PM
Author: twinkling wonderful office

So, you didn't do that, because you didn't ask about mag clerkships.

And you don't have any numbers, you just have an optimistic career services telling you that YOU'LL GET IN EVERYWHERE YOU APPLY!

Excellent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340939)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:24 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

you're right, it'de be much better if i listened to someone knowledgeable like an xo 0L

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11341040)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 12:08 AM
Author: Heady Overrated Partner Piazza

I hear tell Ikea is a COA clerk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11344955)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 8:55 AM
Author: twinkling wonderful office

*was* a COA clerk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11346745)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 12:13 AM
Author: Rose Yapping Legal Warrant Psychic

lol lol lol lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11345009)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:54 PM
Author: Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth

this is cr. Most of these lower clerkships go exclusively to UK grads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340782)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:37 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

so not even magistrate in kentucky?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340620)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:38 PM
Author: Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth

fed clerkships are impossible w/o asshole gunner creds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340626)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:38 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

even magistrate and bankruptcy in flyover state? do you think i could get a state supreme court clerkship?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340629)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:40 PM
Author: Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth

maybe, I got interviews with a couple flyover state SC judges with with a worse GPA and school ranking than you, so who knows. This was a little bit before ITE though. And the state was pretty TTT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340636)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:41 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

i wouldn't mind working in a TTT state. is it worth it to apply to mag and bankruptcy courts in TTT states?

when do state supreme courts start taking applications?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340646)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:45 PM
Author: Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth

when do state supreme courts start taking applications?

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Varies by court. Some don't even have law clerks (see e.g. California), because they have a staff atty system or have career clerks.

Many magistrates have career clerks too I've found. State courts generally take applications a bit later in the summer. You'd have to check the judiciary website for that state.

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i wouldn't mind working in a TTT state. is it worth it to apply to mag and bankruptcy courts in TTT states?

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Do you want to work in bankruptcy? If so, then yes it is worth it. If you DON'T want to work in bankruptcy, but just can't find anything else ITE, then still take the job. Bank judges obviously expect you to have taken a course in bankruptcy; some like actual practice experience.Magistrate clerkships involve a lot of pre-trial stuff and discovery, and some social security type stuff. I would probably take it over a bankruptcy clerkship, but that's just me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340686)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:56 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

are bankruptcy clerkships easier to get than magistrate clerkships?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340792)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:57 PM
Author: Know-it-all Razzle Ticket Booth

no clue; though in ls i never heard of anyone wanting or desiring a 'bankruptcy clerkship'

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340813)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 12:12 AM
Author: Heady Overrated Partner Piazza

You won't get a bankruptcy unless you've demonstrated an interest in bankruptcy law, according to my professor advisors.

As for when state supremes take apps, it's not until September for most of them. Call the courts up and ask.

From memory:

LA accepts apps and hires on a rolling basis, TX accepts apps and hires alongside the federal plan, NJ is on a rolling basis, AK is in the spring, CO/NM/AZ lags a big behind the federal plan but not by much.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11345003)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 12:10 AM
Author: Heady Overrated Partner Piazza

I'm literally middle of the road at at T20. Here are the interviews I got:

2 Fed. Districts

1 Fed. Magistrate

2 State appellates

I got success with one of them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11344973)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:41 PM
Author: glittery bawdyhouse jewess

Am I missing something?

I met two federal district court clerks so far, one's from T2 another is from T4.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340644)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:41 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340648)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:38 PM
Author: glittery bawdyhouse jewess

nothing uber-prestigious, Texas(whatever district that might be)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11341200)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:45 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340683)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 5:47 PM
Author: bronze sanctuary wagecucks

cum work for gross old man?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340712)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:02 PM
Author: Sick confused mediation

OP:

i'm gulc 1L with similar gpa (slightly higher). am i safe ITE? what if i slip to top 1/3 or so?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340853)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:04 PM
Author: Passionate pisswyrm

i don't know if you're safe or not. these are scary times. get the best grades that you can.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340867)



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Date: April 5th, 2009 6:08 PM
Author: Sick confused mediation

thanks, i'm trying.

any advice for strategic bidding? i just want to make market and will go anywhere to do it. i was thinking that the best idea would be to bid on all lower v100 firms and play it safe.

how much of a national reach does the gulc degree have? would it be tough or easy to get a job in a secondary city (think minneapolis, seattle, boston)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11340895)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 12:14 AM
Author: Heady Overrated Partner Piazza

I don't understand this "strategic bidding" shit. Don't you get to apply to all firms you want to? If not, that sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11345029)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 12:15 AM
Author: Razzmatazz temple

I don't want to hijack, but what about 3.5 SLS with no law review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11345035)



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Date: April 6th, 2009 8:57 AM
Author: twinkling wonderful office

I don't know what SLS grades are. Give me a percentage. Top half, possible to get a clerkship. Top 1/3, good shot at any given clerkship. Top quarter, great shot at COA. Just figure out a reason why you're not on LR to explain. Oh, and have a solid LOR who'll hit the phones for you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=968665&forum_id=2#11346746)