Career and Professional Development

• Attend OCPD programs about judicial clerkships and speak with a counselor about clerkships and how to research judges and courts.
• If you are interested in a position in a city where you will be over winter break, research which judges hire externs/interns and send these judges a resume and cover letter explaining that you will be in the area.
• Apply to be a judicial intern for the spring semester in October/November.

Winter Break

• Research judges and courts in the geographic areas that interest you.
• Find out application deadlines and requirements.

Spring Semester

• Apply for summer judicial externships/internships in November/December/January.
• Request a transcript that includes your first-semester grades.
• Attend OCPD programs about judicial clerkships and speak with a counselor about clerkships and how to research judges and courts.
• Ask three individuals (professors or past legal employers) to write recommendations on your behalf for a judicial clerkship.
• Revise your cover letters, resume, and writing sample.
• Find out the application deadlines and requirements for judges and courts in the geographic areas that interest you.
• Apply to any state judges that still have application deadlines in the spring.
• Create a mail merge file and work with the Faculty and Administrative Support Services (FASS) department to facilitate the processing of your recommendations.

Summer Break

• If you haven't already, ask three individuals (professors or past legal employers) to write recommendations on your behalf.
• Find out the application deadlines and requirements for judges and courts in the geographic areas that interest you.
• Apply to any state and federal judges with application deadlines in the summer.
• Create a mail merge file and work with the Faculty and Administrative Support Services (FASS) department to facilitate the processing of your recommendations.