Workable Unity: Judicial Perspectives

A group of 8 students have been invited to attend the following event. Please email CCD Counselor Rob Birrenkott at rbirrenkott@law.ufl.edu if you would like to attend. First come first served!

Workable Unity: Judicial Perspectives

Cultural competency * civility/deference to the court * diversity * unity

How does Rule 4-8.4(d) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar apply to us?

2.0 CLE credits anticipated

Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:00am – 1:30pm

Lunch will be served

Holiday Inn Hotel & suites

213 SW Commerce Drive, Lake City, FL

Confirmed Panelists Include:

The Honorable Peggy A. Quince
Justice, Florida Supreme Court

The Honorable David W. Fina
Chief Circuit Judge, Third Judicial Circuit

The Honorable Leandra G. Johnson
Circuit Judge, Third Judicial Circuit

Sponsored by a grant from The Florida Bar and support from the Third Judicial Circuit Bar Association, the Third Circuit Association of Women Lawyers, and the Josiah T. Walls Bar Association.

OSCAR Info Session

Judicial Clerkships: Focus on OSCAR

Wednesday, 2/23 at 12pm in HOL 345

Applying to federal judges for a post-graduate clerkship? Join career counselor Kristen Bryant as she explains the Federal Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (OSCAR) and answers your questions.

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS: WHAT 2Ls & 3Ls NEED TO KNOW

Wednesday, 11/10, 12pm in HOL 360

Post-graduate clerkships are an excellent and rewarding way to begin a law career! Find out what judges expect to see in a successful candidate’s application. Join Professor Lea Johnston as she shares her tips and tricks for what you should be doing now to prepare for the upcoming application season.

2010 Federal Judicial Roundtable

Presented by the Federal Court Practice Committee of the Florida Bar
Thursday, June 25, 2010, 2:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. w/Reception following at the Florida Bar Annual Meeting at the Boca Raton Resort

Over twenty federal judges will be participating in this interactive learning event that is free to law students and members of the bar. This event has been well attended in past years by UF Law students. This year given space constraints, the number of law student participants may need to be capped. If you wish to attend this event and are confident that you will have no conflicts that would preclude your attendance, then please express your interest BEFORE April
30th to careers@law.ufl.edu providing your cell phone number and class year.

Fellowships and Externships

Fried Frank has created unique programs that effectively bridge the worlds of private law firm litigation and public service law by joining with two of the country's leading civil rights advocacy organizations, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), along with one of New York's leading legal services providers to indigent women, inMotion.

The LDF and MALDEF fellowships each give an entry-level lawyer the opportunity to spend two years as a Fried Frank litigator and then two years as a staff attorney with LDF or MALDEF. At the end of their four-year commitment, our successful Fellows are encouraged to interview to return to Fried Frank and, in some cases, they may continue on the staff of their civil rights organization. We are proud that a number of our former Fellows hold high-level positions on the staffs of both LDF and MALDEF.

The ideal candidate for a Fried Frank Fellowship is a third-year law student or recent graduate currently in a judicial clerkship. Candidates for the MALDEF and LDF fellowships should have a genuine interest in both corporate and civil rights litigation. For the MALDEF and inMotion Fellowships, Spanish language skills are highly desirable.

For details and application go to: http://www.ffhsj.com/index.cfm?pageID=49

2009 Federal Judicial Roundtable

Presented by the Federal Court Practice Committee of the Florida Bar

Thursday, June 25, 2009
2:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. w/Reception following at the Florida Bar Annual Meeting
at the Orlando World Center Marriott

Over twenty federal judges will be participating in this interactive learning event that is free to law students and members of the bar. This event has been well attended in past years by UF Law students. This year given space constraints, the number of law student participants may need to be capped. If you wish to attend this event and are confident that you will have no conflicts that would preclude your attendance, then please express your interest BEFORE MAY 1st to career1@law.ufl.edu providing your cell phone number and class year.

Considering a judicial clerkship after graduation?

Come hear federal judicial law clerks, Amanda Reid-Payne (JD 04), Jennifer Deeb (JD 00), and Lundi McCarthy share their experiences and perspectives on finding, attaining, and working as judicial clerks:

Federal Judicial Clerkship Roundtable
Wednesday, April 1, Noon, Faculty Dining Room

Pizza will be provided by the Federal Bar Association

Lunch with U.S. District Court Judge Paul

Join the CCS for lunch with Senior U.S. District Court Judge Maurice M. Paul on Tuesday, March 17th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room of the United States Courthouse, 401 SE First Avenue, in Gainesville. If you wish to be one of the five students attending this event with the CCS, email careers@law.ufl.edu with Judge Paul in the subject line, indicating your class year and name by no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10th.

Federal Magistrate Lunch Rescheduled

The lunch with Federal Magistrate Judge Kornblum originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd and rescheduled to March 25th has been rescheduled at the judge's request to Thursday, March 26th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be held in the Jury Assembly Room of the United States Courthouse, 401 SE First Avenue. If you are interested in a federal judicial clerkship or federal practice, this is an ideal networking event for you. Email careers@law.ufl.edu indicating your class year and interest by Tuesday, March 17th at 5:00 p.m.

Have lunch with a Federal Magistrate

The local chapter of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) is sponsoring a brown bag lunch with the Honorable Allen Kornblum, United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Gainesville Division. During the lunch, the Judge will speak with local practitioners and law students about the basics of federal practice. This is a great opportunity to interact with a local federal judge and attorneys to learn about the inner workings of the federal court in Gainesville. The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, 2009 but has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 25, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be held in the Jury Assembly Room of the United States Courthouse, 401 SE First Avenue, Gainesville. Several students will be selected to attend this event with Kristen Bryant from Career Services. If you are interested in a federal judicial clerkship or federal practice, this is an ideal networking event for you. Email careers@law.ufl.edu indicating your class year and interest by Tuesday, March 17th at 5:00 p.m.

ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program

The American Bar Association Section of Litigation is currently accepting applications for its Summer 2009 Judicial Intern Opportunity Program for second-year law students. Applications for first-year law students will be accepted December 1st, in accordance with NALP guidelines. The program is a full-time, six-week minimum, summer internship program open to all first-or second-year minority and/or financially disadvantaged law students. Students will be placed with judges in various courts in Illinois, Texas, Florida, Arizona, California, and Washington D.C.
Click here for details.

Diversity Clerkship Program

The ABA Section of Business Law offers a summer program providing business law clerkship placements for qualified diverse candidates who are first or second year law students, and will provide support and mentoring to the student participants in order to give them exposure to business practices. The clerkship program will place up to nine students in business court clerkships in the Philadelphia Commerce Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery. Possible other placements include New York, NY and Orlando, FL. The application deadline is January 30, 2009. Click here for details.

Looking for Experience? Consider an Externship

An Externship is an excellent way to gain legal experience while taking classes. Employers are looking for candidates who have real legal experience and an externship is a great way to explore a new and exciting area of law of interest. Mark your calendars to attend the Externship Informational Meeting which will explain the Externship Program for the 2009 Spring semester. The Meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 22 in room 180. All students interested in applying for Spring externships should make plans to attend.

Good News About Federal Judicial Clerkships

As everyone knows, obtaining a Federal Judicial Clerkship is an extremely competitive. If you are interested in clerking and are not seeing positive results from your applications this year, there is good news about your future prospects. A recent Philadelphia Business Journal article, confirms that More Federal Judges Seek Law Clerks With Practice Experience. Traditionally, federal judges have hired law clerks straight out of law school or sometimes, in the case of appeals court judges, after they have completed a clerkship in a lower court. But now many are seeking law clerks with actual experience practicing law, often looking to big firms for prospects, reports the Philadelphia Business Journal "Increasingly, young lawyers are putting their path to partner on hold to clerk for a year for an appellate of federal trial judge." For the full text of the article, click HERE.

If a judicial clerkship remains a goal of yours, remember that you can absolutely apply as an alumni. Adding a year of more of legal experience may make you a more desirable and interesting candidate for a federal judge.

OSCAR Is Now OPEN!

For students applying for judicial clerkships through the OSCAR system, remember that the system opens TODAY. Make sure all of your clerkship materials have been finalized and submitted for review by the Judges.

GOOD LUCK!

Wanted: Students Interested In Federal Practice

The local chapter of the Federal Bar Association is seeking two law student representatives to serve as liaisons between the organization and the student body.

Qualifications

(1) An interest in federal practice

(2) The ability to honor the time commitment.

The time commitment includes attending monthly board meetings (that will occur in the evening and during the lunch hour), one to two social events and two continuing legal education events off-campus as well as talking to students on campus about the organization and its events.
These positions provide a great opportunity to meet federal judges and law clerks. You also will be interacting with federal attorneys who practice in a wide range of areas such as government, criminal law, constitutional law, antitrust, immigration and more.

To apply

Submit a resume and cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications to the CCS by September 12th. Your cover letter can be addressed to the Screening Committee.

Meet Attorneys & Judges!

Mark your calendar for a GREAT networking event...

The Federal Bar Association Reception and Annual Meeting will be held on September 3rd in Gainesville. This event is a GREAT opportunity to network with attorneys and judges. If you are thinking about pursuing a post-graduate judicial clerkship or any type of federal practice, you should consider attending the Meeting and Reception.

RSVP for the event by emailing the CCS by Thursday August, 28th at 5:00PM.

Ti Amo

September 3rd

5:30 to 7:30

State Judicial Clerkships

The 2009 Guide to State Judicial Clerkship Procedures is now available online. This great resource contains individual state listings for state-level judicial clerkships and includes all application instructions. It is a must for 2L and 3L students interested in clerking at the state level. Contact the CCS if you need updated password information to access the database.

Ever Thought About A Judicial Clerkship?

It's never too early to start thinking about a post-graduation federal clerkship. The benefits from clerking are countless and there is arguably no better way to compliment your legal education then through a federal judicial clerkship. If you are graduating in 2009, your application period for clerking is open NOW. Make sure you have signed up for the judicial list-serve by sending a blank email here to keep up-to-date with important information. Also, check OSCAR weekly for new federal judicial clerkship openings. Some positions that have been posted this week and caught our eye include ...

Judge Susan Bucklew - United States District Court Tampa, FL

Applications accepted: Jun 18, 2008 - Sep 30, 2008

Term Start: Aug 1, 2009

Judge Cecilia Altonaga - United States District Court Miami, FL

Applications accepted: Jun 20, 2008 - Dec 31, 2008

Term Start: Jan 3, 2010

Judge Cecilia Altonaga - United States District Court Miami, FL

Applications accepted: Jun 20, 2008 - Dec 31, 2008

Term Start: Jun 7, 2010

Judge J. Forrester - United States District Court Atlanta

Applications accepted: Jun 20, 2008 - Dec 20, 2008

Term Start: Aug 10, 2009

Questions about the application process? Do not hesitate to contact Jocelyn.