Table 1. Law School Classes 1994-98
— Demographic Characteristics
Table 2. Racial/Ethnicity Distribution of Judicial
Clerkships by Level of Clerkship: 1994-1998
Table 3. Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Federal Clerks
by Circuit: 1994-1998
Table 4. Gender Distribution of Judicial Clerkships
by Level of Clerkship: 1994-1998
Table 5. Initial Employer Types — Men and Women:
Class of 1998
Table 6. Gender Distribution of Federal Clerkships
by Circuit: 1994-1998
Table 7. Judicial Clerkships Taken by Level of Clerkship
in Public and Private Schools: 1994-1998
Table 8. Judicial Clerkships Taken by Level of Clerkship
and by Size of School: 1994-1998
Table 1. Law School Classes 1994-98 — Demographic
Characteristics
|
Graduating Class |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|
Class Size |
39,305 |
39,199 |
39,920 |
40,114 |
39,452 |
|
% Native American |
0.6% |
0.6% |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
|
% Asian/Pacific Islander |
4.5 |
5.1 |
5.3 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
|
% African-American |
6.0 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
7.0 |
7.5 |
|
% Hispanic |
4.4 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
|
Total % Minority |
15.5 |
17.4 |
17.9 |
19.0 |
19.7 |
|
% Caucasian |
84.5 |
82.6 |
82.1 |
81.0 |
80.3 |
|
% Women |
42.6 |
42.7 |
43.5 |
43.7 |
44.8 |
Source: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
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Table 2. Racial/Ethnicity Distribution of Judicial Clerkships by Level of Clerkship: 1994-1998
|
Type of |
Race or |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|||||
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
||
|
All Clerks |
American Indian |
4 |
0.1% |
15 |
0.5% |
10 |
0.3% |
8 |
0.2% |
19 |
0.6% |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
130 |
4.3% |
166 |
5.3% |
146 |
4.5% |
161 |
5.0% |
191 |
5.6% |
|
|
African American |
171 |
5.7% |
180 |
5.8% |
190 |
5.9% |
181 |
5.6% |
204 |
6.0% |
|
|
White |
2,622 |
87.1% |
2,667 |
85.6% |
2,783 |
86.3% |
2,787 |
85.9% |
2,918 |
85.1% |
|
|
Hispanic |
83 |
2.8% |
87 |
2.8% |
95 |
2.9% |
108 |
3.3% |
95 |
2.8% |
|
|
TOTAL |
3,010 |
100.0% |
3,115 |
100.0% |
3,224 |
100.0% |
3,245 |
100.0% |
3,427 |
100.0% |
|
|
Federal clerks |
American Indian |
3 |
0.2% |
4 |
0.3% |
5 |
0.4% |
2 |
0.2% |
5 |
0.4% |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
62 |
5.0% |
81 |
6.4% |
61 |
4.9% |
74 |
5.9% |
90 |
6.9% |
|
|
African American |
61 |
4.9% |
70 |
5.5% |
66 |
5.3% |
61 |
4.9% |
63 |
4.9% |
|
|
White |
1,089 |
87.3% |
1,065 |
84.3% |
1,073 |
86.1% |
1,067 |
85.4% |
1,106 |
85.3% |
|
|
Hispanic |
33 |
2.6% |
43 |
3.4% |
41 |
3.3% |
46 |
3.7% |
32 |
2.5% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,248 |
100.0% |
1,263 |
100.0% |
1,246 |
100.0% |
1,250 |
100.0% |
1,296 |
100.0% |
|
|
Local clerks |
American Indian |
— |
— |
2 |
1.2% |
1 |
0.4% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
8 |
4.1% |
10 |
5.8% |
5 |
2.0% |
13 |
4.7% |
10 |
4.0% |
|
|
African American |
17 |
8.8% |
17 |
9.8% |
22 |
8.6% |
26 |
9.4% |
17 |
6.8% |
|
|
White |
162 |
83.9% |
136 |
78.6% |
221 |
86.3% |
232 |
83.5% |
216 |
86.1% |
|
|
Hispanic |
6 |
3.1% |
8 |
4.6% |
7 |
2.7% |
7 |
2.5% |
8 |
3.2% |
|
|
TOTAL |
193 |
100.0% |
173 |
100.0% |
256 |
100.0% |
278 |
100.0% |
251 |
100.0% |
|
|
State clerks |
American Indian |
1 |
0.1% |
8 |
0.5% |
4 |
0.2% |
6 |
0.4% |
12 |
0.6% |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
60 |
3.9% |
74 |
4.5% |
80 |
4.7% |
72 |
4.2% |
90 |
4.8% |
|
|
African American |
87 |
5.6% |
90 |
5.4% |
101 |
5.9% |
94 |
5.5% |
124 |
6.7% |
|
|
White |
1,353 |
87.6% |
1,448 |
87.5% |
1,478 |
86.5% |
1,475 |
86.7% |
1,579 |
85.0% |
|
|
Hispanic |
44 |
2.8% |
35 |
2.1% |
46 |
2.7% |
55 |
3.2% |
53 |
2.9% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,545 |
100.0% |
1,655 |
100.0% |
1,709 |
100.0% |
1,702 |
100.0% |
1,858 |
100.0% |
|
Note: Excludes graduates
for whom race or ethnicity was not reported.
Source: National Association for Law Placement, employment data
for the Classes of 1994-98.
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Table 3. Racial/Ethnic Distribution of Federal Clerks by Circuit: 1994-1998
|
Circuit |
Race or Ethnicity |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|||||
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
||
|
First |
Asian/P. Islander |
2 |
4.3% |
1 |
2.2% |
5 |
9.1% |
4 |
5.9% |
2 |
3.9% |
|
African American |
1 |
2.1% |
2 |
4.4% |
2 |
3.6% |
2 |
2.9% |
2 |
3.9% |
|
|
White |
42 |
89.4% |
41 |
91.1% |
47 |
85.5% |
57 |
83.8% |
47 |
92.2% |
|
|
Hispanic |
2 |
4.3% |
1 |
2.2% |
1 |
1.8% |
5 |
7.4% |
— |
— |
|
|
TOTAL |
47 |
100.0% |
45 |
100.0% |
55 |
100.0% |
68 |
100.0% |
51 |
100.0% |
|
|
Second |
American Indian |
1 |
0.7% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
6 |
4.3% |
11 |
7.8% |
10 |
8.1% |
6 |
4.6% |
12 |
7.4% |
|
|
African American |
4 |
2.9% |
7 |
5.0% |
8 |
6.5% |
6 |
4.6% |
10 |
6.1% |
|
|
White |
128 |
92.1% |
121 |
85.8% |
101 |
81.5% |
114 |
87.7% |
134 |
82.2% |
|
|
Hispanic |
— |
— |
2 |
1.4% |
5 |
4.0% |
4 |
3.1% |
7 |
4.3% |
|
|
TOTAL |
139 |
100.0% |
141 |
100.0% |
124 |
100.0% |
130 |
100.0% |
163 |
100.0% |
|
|
Third |
Asian/P. Islander |
6 |
5.7% |
7 |
6.0% |
4 |
3.9% |
3 |
3.1% |
4 |
4.1% |
|
African American |
5 |
4.8% |
5 |
4.3% |
6 |
5.8% |
10 |
10.3% |
10 |
10.2% |
|
|
White |
88 |
83.8% |
97 |
83.6% |
92 |
89.3% |
81 |
83.5% |
83 |
84.7% |
|
|
Hispanic |
6 |
5.7% |
7 |
6.0% |
1 |
1.0% |
3 |
3.1% |
1 |
1.0% |
|
|
TOTAL |
105 |
100.0% |
116 |
100.0% |
103 |
100.0% |
97 |
100.0% |
98 |
100.0% |
|
|
Fourth |
American Indian |
— |
— |
1 |
0.8% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
4 |
2.9% |
4 |
3.2% |
2 |
1.6% |
2 |
1.9% |
8 |
6.8% |
|
|
African American |
6 |
4.4% |
8 |
6.5% |
11 |
8.7% |
5 |
4.8% |
5 |
4.2% |
|
|
White |
127 |
92.7% |
109 |
87.9% |
113 |
89.0% |
96 |
91.4% |
103 |
87.3% |
|
|
Hispanic |
— |
— |
2 |
1.6% |
1 |
0.8% |
2 |
1.9% |
2 |
1.7% |
|
|
TOTAL |
137 |
100.0% |
124 |
100.0% |
127 |
100.0% |
105 |
100.0% |
118 |
100.0% |
|
|
Fifth |
American Indian |
— |
— |
3 |
2.3% |
2 |
1.4% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
5 |
4.1% |
7 |
5.3% |
3 |
2.2% |
5 |
3.9% |
7 |
5.3% |
|
|
African American |
4 |
3.3% |
4 |
3.1% |
5 |
3.6% |
8 |
6.3% |
3 |
2.3% |
|
|
White |
105 |
86.1% |
109 |
83.2% |
120 |
86.3% |
105 |
82.7% |
116 |
87.2% |
|
|
Hispanic |
8 |
6.6% |
8 |
6.1% |
9 |
6.5% |
9 |
7.1% |
7 |
5.3% |
|
|
TOTAL |
122 |
100.0% |
131 |
100.0% |
139 |
100.0% |
127 |
100.0% |
133 |
100.0% |
|
|
Sixth |
American Indian |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
1.1% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
3 |
3.7% |
4 |
4.3% |
3 |
3.4% |
2 |
2.1% |
2 |
1.8% |
|
|
African American |
8 |
9.9% |
11 |
12.0% |
5 |
5.6% |
14 |
14.7% |
9 |
8.2% |
|
|
White |
69 |
85.2% |
75 |
81.5% |
78 |
87.6% |
77 |
81.1% |
99 |
90.0% |
|
|
Hispanic |
1 |
1.2% |
2 |
2.2% |
2 |
2.2% |
2 |
2.1% |
— |
— |
|
|
TOTAL |
81 |
100.0% |
92 |
100.0% |
89 |
100.0% |
95 |
100.0% |
110 |
100.0% |
|
|
Seventh |
Asian/P. Islander |
3 |
4.2% |
— |
— |
2 |
2.9% |
3 |
3.9% |
7 |
10.1% |
|
African American |
2 |
2.8% |
1 |
1.3% |
5 |
7.4% |
1 |
1.3% |
4 |
5.8% |
|
|
White |
65 |
91.5% |
69 |
92.0% |
59 |
86.8% |
69 |
90.8% |
56 |
81.2% |
|
|
Hispanic |
1 |
1.4% |
5 |
6.7% |
2 |
2.9% |
3 |
3.9% |
2 |
2.9% |
|
|
TOTAL |
71 |
100.0% |
75 |
100.0% |
68 |
100.0% |
76 |
100.0% |
69 |
100.0% |
|
|
Eighth |
American Indian |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
1.3% |
1 |
1.4% |
— |
— |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
— |
— |
4 |
5.6% |
2 |
2.6% |
5 |
6.8% |
6 |
7.7% |
|
|
African American |
6 |
9.0% |
4 |
5.6% |
3 |
3.8% |
2 |
2.7% |
1 |
1.3% |
|
|
White |
61 |
91.0% |
63 |
87.5% |
72 |
92.3% |
66 |
89.2% |
70 |
89.7% |
|
|
Hispanic |
— |
— |
1 |
1.4% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
1.3% |
|
|
TOTAL |
67 |
100.0% |
72 |
100.0% |
78 |
100.0% |
74 |
100.0% |
78 |
100.0% |
|
|
Ninth |
American Indian |
1 |
0.5% |
— |
— |
1 |
0.5% |
— |
— |
1 |
0.5% |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
25 |
12.4% |
28 |
13.3% |
23 |
10.7% |
30 |
14.0% |
24 |
12.2% |
|
|
African American |
7 |
3.5% |
8 |
3.8% |
11 |
5.1% |
3 |
1.4% |
6 |
3.0% |
|
|
White |
160 |
79.2% |
170 |
80.6% |
166 |
77.2% |
170 |
79.4% |
159 |
80.7% |
|
|
Hispanic |
9 |
4.5% |
5 |
2.4% |
14 |
6.5% |
11 |
5.1% |
7 |
3.6% |
|
|
TOTAL |
202 |
100.0% |
211 |
100.0% |
215 |
100.0% |
214 |
100.0% |
197 |
100.0% |
|
|
Tenth |
American Indian |
1 |
2.8% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
4.2% |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
— |
— |
3 |
7.7% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4 |
8.3% |
|
|
African American |
2 |
5.6% |
2 |
5.1% |
— |
— |
2 |
4.9% |
1 |
2.1% |
|
|
White |
33 |
91.7% |
32 |
82.1% |
43 |
93.5% |
37 |
90.2% |
40 |
83.3% |
|
|
Hispanic |
— |
— |
2 |
5.1% |
3 |
6.5% |
2 |
4.9% |
1 |
2.1% |
|
|
TOTAL |
36 |
100.0% |
39 |
100.0% |
46 |
100.0% |
41 |
100.0% |
48 |
100.0% |
|
|
Eleventh |
Asian/P. Islander |
5 |
4.4% |
1 |
1.1% |
3 |
2.9% |
6 |
5.1% |
7 |
6.5% |
|
African American |
8 |
7.1% |
9 |
9.6% |
8 |
7.8% |
4 |
3.4% |
2 |
1.9% |
|
|
White |
97 |
85.8% |
80 |
85.1% |
90 |
87.4% |
103 |
88.0% |
97 |
89.8% |
|
|
Hispanic |
3 |
2.7% |
4 |
4.3% |
2 |
1.9% |
4 |
3.4% |
2 |
1.9% |
|
|
TOTAL |
113 |
100.0% |
94 |
100.0% |
103 |
100.0% |
117 |
100.0% |
108 |
100.0% |
|
|
DC |
American Indian |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2 |
2.0% |
|
Asian/P. Islander |
2 |
2.1% |
6 |
6.5% |
2 |
2.6% |
7 |
7.4% |
6 |
6.0% |
|
|
African American |
5 |
5.3% |
8 |
8.7% |
2 |
2.6% |
4 |
4.3% |
9 |
9.0% |
|
|
White |
85 |
90.4% |
75 |
81.5% |
73 |
93.6% |
82 |
87.2% |
83 |
83.0% |
|
|
Hispanic |
2 |
2.1% |
3 |
3.3% |
1 |
1.3% |
1 |
1.1% |
— |
— |
|
|
TOTAL |
94 |
100.0% |
92 |
100.0% |
78 |
100.0% |
94 |
100.0% |
100 |
100.0% |
|
Excludes graduates
for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.
Source: National Association for Law Placement, employment data
for the Classes of 1994-98.
The
First Circuit
includes Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Puerto Rico.
The Second Circuit includes
Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
The Third Circuit
includes Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Virgin Islands.
The Fourth Circuit
includes Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and
West Virginia.
The Fifth Circuit
includes Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The Sixth Circuit
includes Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
The Seventh Circuit
includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
The Eighth Circuit
includes Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
and South Dakota.
The Ninth Circuit
includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington.
The Tenth Circuit
includes Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.
The Eleventh Circuit
includes Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
The D.C. Circuit
includes both the District of Columbia Circuit and the Federal Circuit.
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Table 4. Gender Distribution of Judicial Clerkships by Level of Clerkship: 1994-1998
|
Type of Clerkship |
Gender |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|||||
|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
||
|
All Clerks |
Women |
1,549 |
49.3% |
1,601 |
48.7% |
1,685 |
50.3% |
1,766 |
51.6% |
1,840 |
51.2% |
|
Men |
1,596 |
50.7% |
1,687 |
51.3% |
1,663 |
49.7% |
1,657 |
48.4% |
1,752 |
48.8% |
|
|
TOTAL |
3,145 |
100.0% |
3,288 |
100.0% |
3,348 |
100.0% |
3,423 |
100.0% |
3,592 |
100.0% |
|
|
Federal clerks |
Women |
589 |
46.0% |
578 |
43.6% |
605 |
46.3% |
611 |
45.4% |
650 |
47.3% |
|
Men |
692 |
54.0% |
748 |
56.4% |
701 |
53.7% |
734 |
54.6% |
724 |
52.7% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,281 |
100.0% |
1,326 |
100.0% |
1,306 |
100.0% |
1,345 |
100.0% |
1,374 |
100.0% |
|
|
Local clerks |
Women |
122 |
59.2% |
104 |
57.1% |
144 |
54.5% |
158 |
54.1% |
140 |
54.1% |
|
Men |
84 |
40.8% |
78 |
42.9% |
120 |
45.5% |
134 |
45.9% |
119 |
45.9% |
|
|
TOTAL |
206 |
100.0% |
182 |
100.0% |
264 |
100.0% |
292 |
100.0% |
259 |
100.0% |
|
|
State clerks |
Women |
821 |
50.4% |
908 |
51.7% |
932 |
52.8% |
987 |
55.8% |
1,037 |
53.6% |
|
Men |
809 |
49.6% |
847 |
48.3% |
833 |
47.2% |
782 |
44.2% |
896 |
46.4% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,630 |
100.0% |
1,755 |
100.0% |
1,765 |
100.0% |
1,769 |
100.0% |
1,933 |
100.0% |
|
Note: Excludes graduates
for whom gender was not reported.
Source: National Association for Law Placement, employment data
for the Classes of 1994-98.
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Table 5. Initial Employer Types — Men and Women: Class of 1998
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Table 6. Gender Distribution of Federal Clerkships by Circuit: 1994-1998
|
Circuit |
Gender |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
||
|
First |
Women |
23 |
47.9% |
20 |
40.0% |
30 |
50.8% |
29 |
41.4% |
29 |
52.7% |
|
Men |
25 |
52.1% |
30 |
60.0% |
29 |
49.2% |
41 |
58.6% |
26 |
47.3% |
|
|
TOTAL |
48 |
100.0% |
50 |
100.0% |
59 |
100.0% |
70 |
100.0% |
55 |
100.0% |
|
|
Second |
Women |
60 |
42.3% |
72 |
49.0% |
61 |
47.7% |
65 |
46.4% |
81 |
48.2% |
|
Men |
82 |
57.7% |
75 |
51.0% |
67 |
52.3% |
75 |
53.6% |
87 |
51.8% |
|
|
TOTAL |
142 |
100.0% |
147 |
100.0% |
128 |
100.0% |
140 |
100.0% |
168 |
100.0% |
|
|
Third |
Women |
42 |
37.8% |
55 |
44.0% |
61 |
51.7% |
63 |
52.5% |
49 |
45.8% |
|
Men |
69 |
62.2% |
70 |
56.0% |
57 |
48.3% |
57 |
47.5% |
58 |
54.2% |
|
|
TOTAL |
111 |
100.0% |
125 |
100.0% |
118 |
100.0% |
120 |
100.0% |
107 |
100.0% |
|
|
Fourth |
Women |
69 |
49.3% |
44 |
33.8% |
60 |
46.5% |
53 |
46.1% |
50 |
41.0% |
|
Men |
71 |
50.7% |
86 |
66.2% |
69 |
53.5% |
62 |
53.9% |
72 |
59.0% |
|
|
TOTAL |
140 |
100.0% |
130 |
100.0% |
129 |
100.0% |
115 |
100.0% |
122 |
100.0% |
|
|
Fifth |
Women |
50 |
41.0% |
51 |
37.8% |
61 |
42.4% |
57 |
44.2% |
56 |
40.3% |
|
Men |
72 |
59.0% |
84 |
62.2% |
83 |
57.6% |
72 |
55.8% |
83 |
59.7% |
|
|
TOTAL |
122 |
100.0% |
135 |
100.0% |
144 |
100.0% |
129 |
100.0% |
139 |
100.0% |
|
|
Sixth |
Women |
49 |
59.8% |
41 |
42.7% |
45 |
48.4% |
45 |
44.6% |
55 |
48.7% |
|
Men |
33 |
40.2% |
55 |
57.3% |
48 |
51.6% |
56 |
55.4% |
58 |
51.3% |
|
|
TOTAL |
82 |
100.0% |
96 |
100.0% |
93 |
100.0% |
101 |
100.0% |
113 |
100.0% |
|
|
Seventh |
Women |
30 |
41.1% |
36 |
45.0% |
28 |
40.6% |
27 |
35.1% |
41 |
58.6% |
|
Men |
43 |
58.9% |
44 |
55.0% |
41 |
59.4% |
50 |
64.9% |
29 |
41.4% |
|
|
TOTAL |
73 |
100.0% |
80 |
100.0% |
69 |
100.0% |
77 |
100.0% |
70 |
100.0% |
|
|
Eighth |
Women |
30 |
43.5% |
33 |
44.6% |
37 |
47.4% |
31 |
39.7% |
41 |
50.0% |
|
Men |
39 |
56.5% |
41 |
55.4% |
41 |
52.6% |
47 |
60.3% |
41 |
50.0% |
|
|
TOTAL |
69 |
100.0% |
74 |
100.0% |
78 |
100.0% |
78 |
100.0% |
82 |
100.0% |
|
|
Ninth |
Women |
99 |
47.1% |
118 |
54.4% |
104 |
45.8% |
117 |
51.5% |
113 |
52.8% |
|
Men |
111 |
52.9% |
99 |
45.6% |
123 |
54.2% |
110 |
48.5% |
101 |
47.2% |
|
|
TOTAL |
210 |
100.0% |
217 |
100.0% |
227 |
100.0% |
227 |
100.0% |
214 |
100.0% |
|
|
Tenth |
Women |
21 |
52.5% |
13 |
31.0% |
23 |
47.9% |
18 |
38.3% |
24 |
45.3% |
|
Men |
19 |
47.5% |
29 |
69.0% |
25 |
52.1% |
29 |
61.7% |
29 |
54.7% |
|
|
TOTAL |
40 |
100.0% |
42 |
100.0% |
48 |
100.0% |
47 |
100.0% |
53 |
100.0% |
|
|
Eleventh |
Women |
59 |
51.8% |
42 |
42.0% |
46 |
43.4% |
56 |
43.8% |
54 |
46.2% |
|
Men |
55 |
48.2% |
58 |
58.0% |
60 |
56.6% |
72 |
56.3% |
63 |
53.8% |
|
|
TOTAL |
114 |
100.0% |
100 |
100.0% |
106 |
100.0% |
128 |
100.0% |
117 |
100.0% |
|
|
DC |
Women |
40 |
41.7% |
38 |
39.2% |
36 |
41.9% |
44 |
44.4% |
46 |
42.6% |
|
Men |
56 |
58.3% |
59 |
60.8% |
50 |
58.1% |
55 |
55.6% |
62 |
57.4% |
|
|
TOTAL |
96 |
100.0% |
97 |
100.0% |
86 |
100.0% |
99 |
100.0% |
108 |
100.0% |
|
Excludes graduates
for whom gender was not reported.
Source: National Association for Law Placement, employment data
for the Classes of 1994-98.
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Table 7. Judicial Clerkships Taken by Level of Clerkship in Public and Private Schools: 1994-1998
|
Type of School |
Clerkship Type |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
||
|
Private |
Federal clerks |
829 |
43.8% |
821 |
42.5% |
825 |
43.1% |
891 |
44.6% |
900 |
43.6% |
|
Local clerks |
112 |
5.9% |
95 |
4.9% |
147 |
7.7% |
167 |
8.4% |
126 |
6.1% |
|
|
State clerks |
934 |
49.3% |
992 |
51.4% |
933 |
48.7% |
916 |
45.8% |
1,020 |
49.4% |
|
|
Level other or not rept |
18 |
1.0% |
23 |
1.2% |
10 |
0.5% |
25 |
1.3% |
20 |
1.0% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,893 |
100.0% |
1,931 |
100.0% |
1,915 |
100.0% |
1,999 |
100.0% |
2,066 |
100.0% |
|
|
Public |
Federal clerks |
495 |
37.3% |
512 |
37.4% |
481 |
33.5% |
472 |
31.6% |
480 |
31.3% |
|
Local clerks |
95 |
7.2% |
87 |
6.4% |
118 |
8.2% |
128 |
8.6% |
133 |
8.7% |
|
|
State clerks |
727 |
54.7% |
768 |
56.1% |
833 |
58.0% |
887 |
59.5% |
913 |
59.6% |
|
|
Level other or not rept |
11 |
0.8% |
2 |
0.1% |
3 |
0.2% |
5 |
0.3% |
6 |
0.4% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,328 |
100.0% |
1,369 |
100.0% |
1,435 |
100.0% |
1,492 |
100.0% |
1,532 |
100.0% |
|
Source: National Association for Law Placement, employment data for the Classes of 1994-98.
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Table 8. Judicial Clerkships Taken by Level of Clerkship and by Size of School: 1994-1998
|
Size of School |
Clerkship Type |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
||
|
500 or fewer |
Federal clerks |
176 |
28.6% |
155 |
26.3% |
166 |
25.2% |
170 |
25.0% |
173 |
23.9% |
|
Local clerks |
65 |
10.6% |
61 |
10.3% |
87 |
13.2% |
95 |
14.0% |
79 |
10.9% |
|
|
State clerks |
365 |
59.3% |
374 |
63.4% |
405 |
61.4% |
413 |
60.8% |
469 |
64.8% |
|
|
Other or not rept |
9 |
1.5% |
— |
— |
2 |
0.3% |
1 |
0.1% |
3 |
0.4% |
|
|
TOTAL |
615 |
100.0% |
590 |
100.0% |
660 |
100.0% |
679 |
100.0% |
724 |
100.0% |
|
|
501-750 |
Federal clerks |
479 |
43.1% |
505 |
43.3% |
525 |
44.6% |
554 |
43.1% |
583 |
43.4% |
|
Local clerks |
38 |
3.4% |
50 |
4.3% |
94 |
8.0% |
77 |
6.0% |
95 |
7.1% |
|
|
State clerks |
585 |
52.7% |
607 |
52.1% |
555 |
47.2% |
647 |
50.3% |
654 |
48.7% |
|
|
Other or not rept |
9 |
0.8% |
4 |
0.3% |
3 |
0.3% |
8 |
0.6% |
10 |
0.7% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,111 |
100.0% |
1,166 |
100.0% |
1,177 |
100.0% |
1,286 |
100.0% |
1,342 |
100.0% |
|
|
More than 750 |
Federal clerks |
669 |
44.7% |
673 |
43.6% |
615 |
40.6% |
639 |
41.9% |
624 |
40.7% |
|
Local clerks |
104 |
7.0% |
71 |
4.6% |
84 |
5.6% |
123 |
8.1% |
85 |
5.5% |
|
|
State clerks |
711 |
47.6% |
779 |
50.5% |
806 |
53.3% |
743 |
48.7% |
810 |
52.9% |
|
|
Other or not rept |
11 |
0.7% |
21 |
1.4% |
8 |
0.5% |
21 |
1.4% |
13 |
0.8% |
|
|
TOTAL |
1,495 |
100.0% |
1,544 |
100.0% |
1,513 |
100.0% |
1,526 |
100.0% |
1,532 |
100.0% |
|
Source: National Association for Law Placement, employment data for the Classes of 1994-98.
