Table 9. Judicial Clerkship Programs Conducted at Law Schools(percent of schools)
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PROGRAM IS OFFERED BY: |
Not Offered |
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Career Services |
Student Groups |
Other Law School Office |
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Introduction/overview |
91.2% |
4.8% |
25.2% |
2.7% |
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Mechanics of application process |
83.0 |
4.1 |
22.4 |
10.2 |
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Interviewing for clerkships |
61.2 |
4.8 |
19.0 |
32.7 |
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Preparing for your clerkship |
25.9 |
2.7 |
12.2 |
63.9 |
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Panels of third-year students |
38.8 |
5.4 |
8.2 |
54.4 |
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Panels of alumni law clerks |
85.7 |
1.4 |
17.0 |
10.9 |
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Panels of faculty members |
63.3 |
1.4 |
12.2 |
31.3 |
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Lectures by judges |
51.7 |
11.6 |
23.1 |
32.0 |
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Special programs for women |
8.2 |
8.8 |
5.4 |
77.6 |
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Special programs for minorities |
13.6 |
7.5 |
6.8 |
73.5 |
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Other program |
8.8 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
21.1 |
Note: Programs may be either sponsored or co-sponsored by the group/office. Percentages are based on all survey respondents and may add to more than 100 across because programs may be offered by more than one group within a school.
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Table 10. Percent of Schools with Academic Program to Encourage Clerkships
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School Type |
Respondents |
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Nationwide |
14.5% |
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Private schools |
18.1 |
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Public schools |
9.7 |
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JD enrollment 500 or fewer |
10.0 |
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JD enrollment 501-750 |
15.8 |
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JD enrollment more than 750 |
16.7 |
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Table 11. Percent of Schools with Formal Externship or Internship Program with Judges
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School Type |
Respondents |
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Nationwide |
85.0% |
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Private schools |
87.1 |
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Public schools |
82.3 |
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JD enrollment 500 or fewer |
80.0 |
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JD enrollment 501-750 |
84.5 |
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JD enrollment more than 750 |
89.8 |
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School Type |
Respondents |
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Nationwide |
91.2% |
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Private schools |
92.8 |
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Public schools |
88.6 |
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JD enrollment 500 or fewer |
82.8 |
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JD enrollment 501-750 |
95.6 |
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JD enrollment more than 750 |
92.3 |
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School Type |
Respondents |
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Nationwide |
84.8% |
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Private schools |
82.6 |
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Public schools |
88.4 |
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JD enrollment 500 or fewer |
78.6 |
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JD enrollment 501-750 |
86.7 |
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JD enrollment more than 750 |
87.2 |
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Table 14. Value of Resources as Reported by Schools
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Resource |
PERCENT OF SCHOOLS REPORTING: |
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Very Useful |
Moderately Useful |
Not Useful |
Do Not Have |
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Clerkship handbook published by CSO |
63.3% |
13.6% |
0.0% |
23.1% |
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Judicial clerkship of Web site |
14.3 |
13.6 |
0.7 |
71.4 |
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Written feedback from alumni law clerks |
24.5 |
18.4 |
0.7 |
56.5 |
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Written comments from faculty |
8.2 |
9.5 |
0.7 |
81.6 |
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Postings of letters from judges seeking clerks |
72.8 |
21.8 |
1.4 |
4.1 |
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Almanac of the Federal Judiciary |
53.1 |
23.1 |
1.4 |
22.4 |
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BNA Directory |
44.9 |
29.9 |
2.0 |
23.1 |
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The American Bench |
36.1 |
27.9 |
3.4 |
32.7 |
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Judicial Yellow Book |
42.9 |
34.0 |
2.7 |
20.4 |
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Wants Federal-State Court Directory |
32.2 |
24.0 |
4.1 |
39.7 |
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Guide to State Judicial Clerkship Procedures |
30.6 |
40.1 |
7.5 |
21.8 |
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NALP Judicial Clerkship Directory |
55.8 |
35.4 |
2.7 |
6.1 |
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Directory of Minority Judges of the United States |
19.0 |
27.9 |
4.1 |
49.0 |
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WESTLAW®/LEXIS® |
52.4 |
38.1 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
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Table 15. Types of Databases Maintained for Judges (percent of schools)
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All Schools |
Private |
Public |
Enrollment 500 or fewer |
Enrollment 501-750 |
Enrollment more than 750 |
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Have a database |
54.4% |
61.2% |
45.2% |
50.0% |
58.6% |
53.1% |
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Of those with database, information maintained for: |
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Federal, state, and local judges |
48.8 |
40.3 |
64.3 |
60.0 |
44.1 |
46.2 |
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Federal and state judges |
33.8 |
36.5 |
28.6 |
30.0 |
35.3 |
34.6 |
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Federal judges |
12.5 |
17.3 |
3.6 |
5.0 |
17.7 |
11.5 |
Note: Percentages do not add to 100 because other combinations reported by a few schools are not shown.
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Table 16. Types of Database Information Maintained for Judges
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Type of Information |
% of Schools Maintaining Info on Federal Judges* |
# of Schools |
% of Schools Maintaining Info on State Judges* |
# of Schools |
% of Schools Maintaining Info on Local Judges* |
# of Schools |
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Application materials and procedures |
62.3% |
48 |
66.7% |
46 |
55.8% |
24 |
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Background information |
20.8 |
16 |
27.5 |
19 |
27.9 |
12 |
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Comments from faculty members |
5.2 |
4 |
4.3 |
3 |
4.7 |
2 |
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Comments from former law clerks |
19.5 |
15 |
21.7 |
15 |
18.6 |
8 |
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Contact information |
97.4 |
75 |
97.1 |
67 |
100.0 |
43 |
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History of minority and women hiring |
14.3 |
11 |
18.8 |
13 |
23.3 |
10 |
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Information about former law clerk hiring |
41.6 |
32 |
46.4 |
32 |
48.8 |
21 |
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Names of current law clerks |
36.4 |
28 |
42.0 |
29 |
44.2 |
19 |
* Percentages are based on schools with a database for that type of judge.
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Table 17. Resources Used to Update Judges' Databases
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Resource |
Ongoing |
Monthly |
Annual |
Do Not Use |
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Printed resources |
53.2% |
1.3% |
36.7% |
8.9% |
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Mail surveys |
5.2 |
0.0 |
46.8 |
48.1 |
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Comments from students/alumni/faculty |
52.6 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
22.4 |
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Telephone calls to judges' chambers |
39.2 |
0.0 |
41.8 |
19.0 |
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WESTLAW®/LEXIS® |
31.6 |
1.3 |
15.8 |
51.3 |
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Internet resources |
31.1 |
1.4 |
12.2 |
55.4 |
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Table 18. Percent of Schools with a Faculty Clerkship Committee
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Respondents |
% of Schools |
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Nationwide |
51.0% |
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Private schools |
60.0 |
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Public schools |
38.3 |
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JD enrollment 500 or fewer |
35.0 |
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JD enrollment 501-750 |
52.6 |
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JD enrollment more than 750 |
62.5 |
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Table 19. Functions of Faculty Clerkship Committee
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Function |
% of Schools* |
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Screening |
20.3% |
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Advising Students |
90.5 |
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Programming |
64.9 |
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Policy-making |
54.1 |
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Other |
21.6 |
* Percentages based
on 74 schools (51% of respondents) which have a faculty
judicial clerkship committee.
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Table 20. Roles of Faculty Members in Clerkship Application Process
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Function |
% of Schools* |
# of Schools |
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Provide info/advice on application process |
92.5% |
136 |
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Provide info/advice on individual judges |
92.5 |
136 |
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Review writing samples, resumes, cover letters |
71.4 |
105 |
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Participate in clerkship program for students |
74.1 |
109 |
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Invite Judges to speak in classes |
42.2 |
62 |
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Write letters of recommendation |
96.6 |
142 |
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Make phone calls to judges |
63.9 |
94 |
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Other |
9.5 |
14 |
Percentages add to more than 100 because more than one item could be checked. Percentages are based on all survey respondents.
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Table 21. Factors on Which Faculty Members Base Their Level of Recommendation or Support
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Factor |
% of Schools* |
# of Schools |
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Class rank/overall grades |
78.2% |
115 |
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Grade in that faculty members class |
69.4 |
102 |
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Evaluation of written work |
55.8 |
82 |
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Law journal membership |
50.3 |
74 |
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Personal character traits |
44.2 |
65 |
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Research or teaching assistant |
42.2 |
62 |
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Class participation |
34.0 |
50 |
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Moot court participation |
22.4 |
33 |
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Summer or academic year judicial internship |
15.6 |
23 |
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Other |
13.6 |
20 |
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Law clinic experience |
10.9 |
16 |
* Percentages add to more than 100 because more than one item could be checked. Percentages are based on all survey respondentsn -- however, some respondents did not check any items, indicating that the factors varied from professor to professor. A number of respondents checked more than four items on this question.
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Table 22. Clerical Services Provided by Career Services Offices
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Type of Assistance |
% of Schools |
# of Schools |
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Mail merging and processing cover letters |
17.7% |
14 |
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Gathering letters of recommendation from faculty |
35.4 |
28 |
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Mailing complete packets to judges |
35.4 |
28 |
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Providing list of judges on disk to mail merge |
59.5 |
47 |
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Collecting all application materials |
31.6 |
25 |
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Preparing and labeling envelopes or packages |
26.6 |
21 |
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Other |
17.7 |
14 |
Note: Percentages
are based on 79 schools (54% of respondents) which provide at least
one of the services.
Percentages add to more than 100 because more than one item could
be checked.
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Table 23. Types of Financial Assistance Offered by Career Services Offices
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Type of Assistance |
% of Schools |
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None |
42.9% |
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Phone access only |
21.1 |
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Phone access/other |
10.9 |
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Phone access/postage |
8.2 |
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Postage only |
7.5 |
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Phone access/postage/other |
4.1 |
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Other only |
2.7 |
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Postage/travel expenses |
1.4 |
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Phone access/travel expenses |
0.7 |
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Postage/travel expenses/other |
0.7 |
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Table 24. Percent of Schools Reporting Loan Forgiveness for Clerks
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Respondents |
% of Schools |
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Nationwide |
7.7% |
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Private schools |
9.8 |
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Public schools |
4.9 |
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JD enrollment 501-750 |
8.9 |
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JD enrollment more than 750 |
12.2 |
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Table 25. Factors for Success as Perceived by Career Counselors: Federal Clerkships
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% of Schools |
# of Schools |
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Students with high class ranks |
94.6% |
139 |
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Students on law review/journal |
91.8 |
135 |
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Students with support of top faculty |
58.5 |
86 |
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Students with judicial internship/externship |
46.3 |
68 |
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Students with some special connection to judge |
23.8 |
35 |
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Students who participate in moot court |
23.1 |
34 |
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Students involved with other journals |
15.6 |
23 |
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Students with other strong academic qualities |
14.3 |
21 |
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Students with strong non-academic qualities |
11.6 |
17 |
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Other |
9.5 |
14 |
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Students who have law clinic experience |
7.5 |
11 |
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Table 26. Factors for Success as Perceived by Career Counselors: State Clerkships
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% of Schools |
# of Schools |
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Students with high class ranks |
74.8% |
110 |
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Students on law review/journal |
72.1 |
106 |
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Students with judicial internship/externship |
46.9 |
69 |
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Students with support of top faculty |
34.0 |
50 |
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Students who participate in moot court |
29.3 |
43 |
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Students involved with other journals |
21.8 |
32 |
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Students with other strong academic qualities |
21.8 |
32 |
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Students with some special connection to judge |
18.4 |
27 |
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Students with strong non-academic qualities |
17.7 |
26 |
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Students who have law clinic experience |
16.3 |
24 |
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Other |
15.0 |
22 |
Note: Percentages add to more than 100 because more than one item could be checked. Percentages are based on all survey respondents. However, some respondents did not check any items and some checked more than four items.
