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Question for all you lawyers on here
Still haven't heard back from dream job (::shakes fist at sky::), so I'm still looking around, and I came across a state level clerkship.
Putting together an application right now, and I have a question for you:
The writing sample I've been submitting to jobs is a draft of the article I had published recently on judicial attitudes and their impact on the awarding of child support in domestic violence cases (goes over really well with the women's rights crowd).
But somehow I think this might seem...um...pretentious(?) to send to a judge for a clerkship position, even a judge who was previously very active in women's issues.
Are my instincts correct?
tia
Re: Question for all you lawyers on here
I was in a similar predicament. I applied for a job in Ted Kennedy's office and waffled about sending him a writing sample involving a critique of the courts' manipulation of the damages provisions in the FMLA. The advice I got was not to send that writing sample, so I used something less personal to him.
I didn't get an interview, so I can't say if my decision was the right one.
But, I think if the article you wrote has been published, you should send something different. The judge will see the publication on your resume, so I'd use the opportunity to show something else.
[peeking in]
The best writing sample to send for a clerkship is one that demonstrates your ability to identify and analyze legal issues, not unlike what you would do for a case before your judge. I don't think an article or journalistic piece would necessarily showcase this. If you have a good persuasive brief, I recommend submitting that.
[disappearing back into the shadows]
My thoughts exactly. An article doesn't demonstrate for a judge your ability to interpret and synthesize case law into a compelling argument, which is what the judge is going to need you to do. A good brief is always the better writing sample, IMHO.
I'm not really. I was married in August 2006 and found it by pure happenstance; I was actually browsing to see if anybody posted on my anniversary board. Funny, eh?
I don't have much to contribute, but I lurk sometimes.
And I am good at keeping secrets.