How Do I Address the Judge Resources Clerking for a judge can be invaluable experience. The training judicial clerks receive in legal thinking, writing and research often paves the way to future rewarding careers in the public and private sectors as well as in academia.
Clerkships are normally for one or two years.
They are available at the federal, state and local level. Specialized courts such as Bankruptcy, Tax and Immigration also employ judicial clerks. A clerkship is not the place to learn to do legal research but rather a place to put the research skills learned in law school to use. If you do not enjoy doing research, a clerkship is not for you. Judges do not have to time to instruct clerks in research techniques, so clerks must be prepared to begin their duties immediately upon beginning their clerkship.