Summer Clerks Research Guide

A comprehensive new resource that is ideal for current and prospective law clerks as well as law professors who teach judicial drafting courses or direct judicial externship programs.

Provides advice to prospective judicial clerks (and unpaid externs performing essentially the same tasks) on the basics of what they will be expected to know and do while working with the court.

This handbook provides an overview of chambers operations and the work of the federal courts. § 2.2 of the electronic version of the handbook was revised in December 2017 to include clarifying language regarding workplace harassment.

This pamphlet provides an overview of law clerks' ethical obligations as well as resources they can consult for further information. It covers topics such as confidentiality, conflicts of interest, political activities, online activities, and gifts, and includes examples that illustrate challenges law clerks may face. It also has an Ethics Checklist for Federal Judicial Law Clerks, which helps law clerks identify ethics problems that may arise. This edition includes the new provisions in the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees effective August 1, 2013.

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The book includes updated information and resources as your go-to source on judicial clerkships, focusing on what clerkships are, what kind of work clerks do, why you should apply, how to find and apply for the type of clerkship that would be right for you, how to give a strong interview, and why clerkships give you stellar credentials that prospective employers will actively seek out.