Director of Judicial Clerkships

Summary of Position

Cornell Law School seeks a Director of Judicial Clerkships to serve as an integral member of the Career Development Office, supporting student and alumni career goals with a focus on post-graduate judicial clerkships at the federal and state levels. Duties include the following:

• Delivering comprehensive career advising to students and alumni interested in pursuing post-graduate clerkships with state and federal judges.
• Enhancing clerkship opportunities through personal interactions with judges, former clerks, and faculty, as well as networking with peer schools and colleagues nationwide.
• Supervising on-campus and virtual events featuring state and federal judges.
• Developing and presenting programs to educate candidates on employment opportunities with the judiciary.
• Managing the annual clerkship recommendation letter process, following requirements set by various federal and state judges. This includes reviewing recommendation letters from faculty and other writers to confirm requirements are met, and ensuring letters are submitted by set deadlines.
• Tracking and analyzing judicial clerkship outcomes to enhance clerkship advising and placement efforts.
• Developing electronic resources including weekly eNewsletter and website content. 
• Serving on the Law School Clerkship Committee.

The Director also works with colleagues in JD student advising offices to coordinate career-development efforts, programming, and student support strategies.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.