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,
2007-2022

Judicial Clerkships, 2022 Term

104

clerkships

2

U.S. Supreme Court

36

U.S. Courts of Appeal

52

U.S. district courts and other federal courts

14

state courts

Judicial Clerkships, 2019-21 Terms

328

clerkships total

4

U.S. Supreme Court

120

U.S. Courts of Appeal

167

U.S. District Courts and other federal courts

37

state courts

Federal Judicial Clerkships

No. 4

Classes of 2018-21, 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
2022 2 36 52 14 104
2021 1 42 59 14 116
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 32 444 657 184 1,230
 
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Contact

Judicial Clerkships / judicialclerkships@law.virginia.edu
(434) 924-7192 / Fax: (434) 924-7594