Career Development Office

Judicial Externships

Working for a judge is one of the best ways to enrich one's education as a law student.  Not only are judicial externships and clerkships well-regarded by practitioners in every practice area, but they provide a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to witness our judicial system in action and be mentored by a judge.

General Application Resources: 

Judicial Externship Handbook

Southern California Externships

Northern California Externships (2011 updates coming soon)

Judicial Externship FAQs

Application FAQs (updated 11/15/2011)

Mail Merge Resources:

Mail Merge Instructions

Mail Merge Instructions for Mac (2011 updates coming soon)

Cover Letter Template

Mailing Label Template

Federal Judge List (Version 6: Updated 06/4/2012)

State Judge List (Updated 6/8/12)

Paid Judicial Externship Opportunities:

ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/initiatives/good_works/judicial_intern_opportunity_program.html

ABA Business Law Section Diversity Clerkship Program: http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/students/clerkship.shtml

Additional assistance:

Please address comments and questions related to judicial externships to Andrea Yasnogorodsky, Associate Director of Career Development, at andrea.yasnogorodsky@pepperdine.edu.