The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has put out a notice that it will no longer adhere to the federal law clerk hiring plan because it is "no longer working."

The statement, which the court posted Tuesday, takes effect starting with the 2014 to 2015 term. The hiring plan is a voluntary guideline that asks judges to not hire applicants who have not started the fall semester of their third year of law school. The guideline does not apply to applicants who have already graduated.