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Judicial Careers

The Office of Judicial Careers is excited to support students and alumni interested in the judiciary through 1:1 advising, judicial speaker events, and educational programming. Explore summer judicial internships and post-graduate judicial clerkships.

A clerkship is a post-graduate position with a judge or justice, where you will build skills essential to your legal practice and also forge foundational professional relationships.

Every year, Columbia Law School students and alumni obtain some of the most coveted judicial clerkship positions in the country—ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeal, and federal district courts to a broad array of state, specialty and international courts.

Office of Judicial Careers

OJC offers advising, placement, and processing services; collaborates with faculty, students, and staff to promote a clerkships-oriented culture; and creates meaningful opportunities for candidates and clerks to network with—and learn from—the judiciary and each other through innovative programming and events.

Mailing Address: 435 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212-854-1449
Office Location: William and June Warren Hall - 1125 Amsterdam Ave., (b/w 115th & 116th Sts), 6th floor
Alyssa Barnard '15

“I would not have had the opportunities I was privileged to experience without the dedicated contingent of Columbia professors in my corner.”

Alyssa Barnard, '15, who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, '59 in the October Term 2019-2020.

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