Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 2, 2013
Law clerk hiring system under fire, including in 9th Circuit
The system by which federal judges choose law clerks turned more chaotic this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit announced the rules for hiring clerks are dysfunctional and judges there will no longer follow them.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The frenzied, stressed system by which federal judges choose law clerks took a turn further into chaos this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit announced that the rules for hiring clerks are dysfunctional and judges there will no longer follow them.
The rules - known as the federal law clerk hiring plan - seek to level the field by requiring judges and third year la...
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