Talk:Law clerk

message: I'm confused as to why the Delaware Court of Chancery is singled out from every other court in the country save for D.C. and N.Y. Federal Courts.  What about N.Y. Court of Appeals?  7th Circuit?
:If you read the paragraph, the thirteen federal circuits are already mentioned (that would include the 7th Circuit).  The Delaware Court of Chancery is well-known for its work in corporate law.  So many corporations are Delaware corporations that even if their principal places of business are elsewhere, they will consent to Delaware's jurisdiction since it was the place where they were chartered and its courts have a reputation for competence in resolving corporate disputes.  --Coolcaesar 06:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Delaware Court of Chancery

message: In the "Canada" section of this site, I'm not convinced that the Courts of Appeal for BC, Ontario and Quebec are necessarily the three most prestigious clerkships.  First of all, the term 'prestigious' is pretty subjective, and probably doesn't fit.  Secondly, a clerkship at the Federal Court of Appeal is just as, if not more, prestigious than any provincial CA. Finally, since Canada is bijural, clerking at the Quebec CA isn't all that helpful if you want to practice outside of the country.  That comment should probably be removed or edited substantially.
DuRuffio (talk) 22:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Canada

message: I took out this reference:  It has been shown that roughly 10% of law students become law clerks.Best-Legal-Aid.com, http://www.best-legal-aid.com/Judicial%20Clerkships.htm
This link doesn't work and the note can't possibly be true.  Only 10% of Georgetown University Law (a T14 school) students clerk: http://www.bcgsearch.com/pdf/BCG_Law_Schoool_Guide_2007.pdf  How could 10% of all law students clerk, assuming there is any correlation between clerking and school rankings?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.16.199 (talk) 15:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, that claim sounds absurd - even considering state court clerks. bd2412 T 16:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 10%?

message: Based on a stray reference in an Acheson biography (he was a clerk for Brandeis), I've added a "history" section, since I didn't see anything on how the use of recent law grads came about.  I hope those more knowledgeable than I will add to it!  --Thus Blogged Anderson (talk) 18:14, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: History section

message: There are two passages in the section regarding Brazil which are not only vague, but also outright inaccurate and tendentious.
The one that reads "It is required that applicants for law clerk positions have experience and expertise with procedural law and also share the judge's ideological orientation" is wrong because those informal requirements are not homogeneous, and in practice such appointments are seldom based on a great variety of other factors (even exchange of favors!) Thus, I strongly recommend that such statement be removed from the section.
The other passage of which I recommend removal is the one stating that "Working as a law clerk is considered to be a prestigious occupation within the legal field and opens up vast career opportunities.". In my experience, clerkship is often seen as a mid-range legal career. Moreover, there is (even objectively) no observable relation between work as a clerk and career opportunities, not even to speak of "vast"!
As a matter of fact, generally these positions are occupied by aspirant judges (a position which is occupied through public selection, based on a battery of exams). If not removed, at the very least a restriction to clerkships at the higher courts should be added, perhaps making a link between the previous statement regarding them. Withal, at least the WP:WEASEL, such as e. g. vast, should be removed from the section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by FelipeBusnello (talk • contribs) 14:37, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Based on your complaints and the fact that the section (like many others) has been tagged as unsourced since February, I've removed the entire section. If someone wants to create a new section on Brazil, they will have to do so properly with sources.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:56, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Brazil

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