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What actually gets you hired

• Law review or a journal

  Editing and citation work is the clearest evidence you can handle the drafting.

• A top legal writing grade

  Judges ask about this specifically, because drafting is the job.

• A judicial internship

  A summer in chambers during law school, unpaid or funded by your school. The single best preparation.

• A professor who knows the judge

  Clerkship hiring runs on personal recommendations more than almost any other legal job.