As you are finalizing your recommenders by the deadline today for on-plan applications, please make sure they are included in your CSM clerkship registration page. If your recommenders are not yet confirmed, still list those you intend. You can update the page anytime, and identifying recommenders there does not trigger any notice to them. It is for internal advising purposes only. Thanks ..read more

2Ls, if you want to consider your spring grades before you finalize your judge lists for on-plan recommendation letters, you will need to have completed your course evaluations by the deadline of this Sunday, April 21. Students who complete and submit all their course evaluations by that deadline should receive spring grades around May 17-20, right before the May 21 deadline to have your Excel files of judges to faculty assistants for preparation of recommendation letters. Students who have not submitted all course evaluations will receive grades a week to 10 days later – not in time to make f ..read more

In case you missed Monday’s panel discussion about state courts, a recording is now available. It might be particularly helpful for those intending to apply to the participating judges:  Judge Catharine Easterly, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Justice Anne McKeig, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis, New Jersey Supreme Court ..read more

U.S. Circuit Judge Jill Pryor, based in Atlanta, posted in OSCAR seeking a law clerk to begin work in late May or June 2024 and continue through August 2025.  Apply a.s.a.p ..read more

Fresh versions of the hiring status spreadsheets will come on Friday, May 3, after the end of final exams. Meanwhile, as you wish, you can refer to the “subsequent reports” toward the bottom of the linked page.  And please report any information you have, including any message from a judge’s chambers, interview invitation, and/or offer ..read more

OCS may be losing one or more of our staffers who solicit information about judges’ hiring status.  If you have any interest in being paid to pitch in for at least a few hours per week for the next few months (perhaps graduating 3Ls while studying for a bar exam?), please email Liz at eblume@law.harvard.edu with a summary of your availability and your familiarity with the spreadsheets.  ..read more

The Office of Career Services is open year-round. We will be open and advisers are available all summer to answer any of your career-related questions regarding EIP, interview preparation, concerns on the job, or anything else. Make an appointment to speak with an OCS adviser or take advantage of our daily drop-in hours for quick ..read more

Good luck on your final exams! We will not be sending our usual advice in Hire Ground emails over the final exam period, although we will continue to post important announcements and calendar events. We will resume our regular advice emails the week of May 13. OCS is open for regular appointments and drop-in questions during the ..read more

“The way the system is supposed to work is that it’s an adversarial system where both sides have advocates and both sides would therefore have equal bargaining power when they get to the court, but that’s not actually the reality,” Eloise Lawrence, deputy faculty director of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau ..read more

Location: Washington, DC Deadline: May 8, 2024 Learn more about the Assistant Director position. This job posting has not been vetted by our office and the employer has not given assurances of non-discrimination or compliance with our recruitment policies ..read more