Post Grad Federal Clerkships in TN for the Class of 2021
The following Federal District Judges in Tennessee have just announced openings for Term Clerks in the Fall of 2021:
From OSCAR:
FEDERAL LAW CLERK HIRING PLAN, 2nd Pilot Year
Updated December 2019
Starting with students who entered law school in 2017, the application and hiring process will not begin until after a law student’s second year.
For students who enter law school in 2018 (graduating class of 2021)
Judges will not seek or accept formal or informal clerkship applications, or seek or accept formal or informal recommendations, before 12:00 pm EDT on June 15, 2020. Judges also will not directly or indirectly contact applicants, or schedule or conduct formal or informal interviews, or make formal or informal offers, before 12:00 pm EDT on June 16, 2020.
A judge who makes a clerkship offer will keep it open for at least 48 hours, during which time the applicant will be free to interview with other judges.
This is the second year of a two-year pilot plan. Participating judges will reconsider their participation after June 2020.
OSCAR ACCESS DATES
To complement the two-year pilot Law Clerk Hiring Plan established by the Ad Hoc Committee on Law Clerk Hiring, access to OSCAR will be as follows:
Class of 2021
Students will gain access to OSCAR on February 5, 2020 to register for an account, upload documents, search for clerkship positions, and build online applications. The system will store these applications and release them to judges on June 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm EDT.
For more information, contact Career Services in Room 236 or at lawcareerservices@memphis.edu
