Alliance for Justice: Judicial Selection Project
Generates various reports about the federal judiciary. Users can create a report of, for example, judges appointed by a particular president, or the demographics of judges on a particular court.
Federal Judicial Center
Contains biographies of federal judges as well as descriptions of various federal courts.
Federal Judiciary Website
Contains extensive information about the federal court system, including descriptions of various Article III courts, federal salary tables, a link to OSCAR, a description of the Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan, and information about judicial vacancies, nominations, and confirmations.
Just the Beginning Foundation
Celebrates diversity within the federal judiciary. Contains information about programming as well as lists of African American, Asian American, Latino/a American, Native American, and women judges in the federal judiciary.
Online System for Clerkship Application and Review ("OSCAR")
Information about all federal judicial clerkship openings as well as an online interface to apply electronically to those judges who wish to receive applications in this format. All applicants must register with OSCAR in order to access the system and receive periodic updates about clerkship openings.
Senate Nominations Website
Current listings of recent judicial nominations and confirmations. click on "civilian nominations" pending or confirmed.
The Leadership Library
Provides useful biographical information about federal and state judges. To access onlline, you must log on from a computer connected to the Columbia network.
Vermont Law School Guide to State Court Clerkships
Detailed application guidelines for all of the state court systems in the United States. Click on "Access the Guide" to access information. This site is password protected; please contact Ilene Strauss (ilene.strauss@law.columbia.edu) or Matthew Rafalow (mrafal@law.columbia.edu) for login information.
Login Problems If you are having difficulty logging in to the Clerkships Downloads Page, you are likely experiencing an issue stemming from the network you are attempting to access this site from. In some cases, users are attempting to access the site through a company proxy server with a policy against accessing our secured pages. You can make a request to the company, whose computer you are using, to allow access from port type 8443. Otherwise, secure pages on the entire CLS site will not be accessible. If you hare having this problem, you should try accessing the downloads page from your home computer.
