According to many, the once-orderly process for applying for federal clerkships has completely broken down. "It's a complete free-for-all," says Boalt Hall professor Stephen Barnett, who served last year as chairman of Boalt's judicial clerkship committee. The problem is causing upheaval in law schools across the country. One thing professors, students and judges agree on is that the stakes are high -- a clerkship could make or break a career.
December 09, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Sights set on a prestigious federal court clerkship, Boalt Hall School of Law third-year student Heather Elliott thought she was well ahead of the game when she mailed off about 80 applications in January.
But she soon found she’d almost been beaten to the punch in some chambers. And yet, other judges told her she’d applied too early and would have to try again later.
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