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Should I consider clerking?
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 YES
Many former clerks describe a clerkship as a unique opportunity
to learn about judicial decision-making, and how to enhance your
career opportunities and expand your geographic mobility. Clerking
also provides the opportunity to absorb a great deal of law in
a short time, and to see how the law is applied in a generic
way.
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 NO
Clerking is not for everyone. If you’re
an experience attorney, it means interrupting a career path, and
often taking a pay cut.
It might also mean that, while waiting for a clerkship to begin,
choice assignments would be given to others. And in many cases,
clerking could derail a partnership in the short term. At the very
least, the decision to clerk could be perceived as a lack of commitment
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* Adapted from the following sources: New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, ABA Journal, National Law Journal, California Bar Journal,
New York Law Journal, Student Lawyer, JD Jungle, GPSolo.
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