Clerkships
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The Law School’s strong commitment to its clerkship program has resulted in an exceptional record on placing students in judicial clerkships. Graduates have served as judicial clerks in every circuit in the country, as well as in foreign courts, courts of international jurisdiction and courts of special jurisdiction.
Fast Facts
Supreme Court Clerkships
No. 5
after Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Chicago in placing clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court,
2005-21
Judicial Clerkships, 2020 Term
109
clerkships
2
U.S. Supreme Court
40
U.S. Courts of Appeal
59
U.S. district courts and other federal courts
8
state courts
Judicial Clerkships, 2017-19 Terms
255
clerks total
3
U.S. Supreme Court
101
U.S. Courts of Appeal
126
U.S. District Courts and other federal courts
25
state courts
Federal Judicial Clerkships
No. 4
Classes of 2018-20, according to ABA data
Clerkships by Term
| Year | U.S. Supreme Court | Federal Courts of Appeal | Federal District and Other Federal | State Appellate/Other | TOTAL |
| 2020 | 2 | 40 | 59 | 8 | 109 |
| 2019 | 1 | 38 | 50 | 15 | 104 |
| 2018 | 2 | 39 | 44 | 6 | 91 |
| 2017 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 60 |
| 2016 | 3 | 36 | 44 | 12 | 95 |
| 2015 | 4 | 24 | 59 | 10 | 97 |
| 2014 | 2 | 35 | 47 | 15 | 99 |
| 2013 | 2 | 26 | 45 | 22 | 95 |
| 2012 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 23 | 85 |
| 2011 | 4 | 32 | 44 | 22 | 102 |
| 2010 | 3 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 76 |
| 2009 | 4 | 31 | 46 | 4 | 85 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 366 | 546 | 156 | 1,012 |
Where Grads Clerk
Click on the map for an interactive tour of where alumni recently clerked.
Michael Corcoran ’17 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Contact
Judicial Clerkships / judicialclerkships@law.virginia.edu
(434) 924-7192 / Fax: (434) 924-7594
