March 2024 judicial clerkship opening
I need help deciding appeals and crafting opinions. I have an opening for a law clerk, to start March 2024 or thereafter.
Our goal here at the California Court of Appeal is to achieve the ideal of equal justice under law. We aim to inspire the public with the excellence of California’s justice system. The work is important, extremely varied, and fascinating: in our state court system, the jurisdiction is general and we encounter just about every imaginable human conflict, in practically every legal setting. Each case is a new story, or maybe two, or many.
The work is phenomenal preparation for nearly any career. Some find it to be a career they love and want forever.
One of the most appealing aspects is that your client is the cause of justice itself. We aim to decide every case according to the rules laid down before the dispute arose and to do so impartially, with some wisdom salted in. This work offers unbelievable satisfaction. Sometimes it receives national attention. (See Sharkey, The Irresistible Simplicity of Preventing Harm, 16 Journal of Tort Law 143 (2023).)
You would work directly with me, as well as with a small, supportive, friendly, fun, talented, and non-hierarchical group of colleagues.
You must have excellent academic credentials, as well as residence in the state and actual or imminent membership in the California bar. Your main work will be research and writing, although there are some administrative tasks as well. Organizational proficiency is vital because you must keep track of a lot of moving parts. Professional experience is wonderful but inessential. You have got to love to write.
I ask for a two-year commitment. In my experience, that time whizzes by and you will be just starting to master the work at the two-year mark.
Please send a cover letter, resume, references, law school grades, and writing sample to Div8.J4@gmail.com. And please spread the word, if you know someone who might be interested.
John Shepard Wiley Jr.
California Court of Appeal
Second District, Division Eight
https://www.courts.ca.gov/41621.htm
https://www.ali.org/members/member/191753/
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