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What competitive liberal COA judges hire 3Ls?
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2026 3:47 pm
by Anonymous User
Title. Do they pretty much all hire solely on-plan? If they do hire off-plan, is there a general sense of when they start looking at applications from 3Ls, or is it sort of random?
Re: What competitive liberal COA judges hire 3Ls?
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2026 6:17 pm
by Anonymous User
I think basically all of them do. As for when, it varies highly by judge. Some judges will only review applications for 3Ls on plan, so you'd be competing with next year's 2Ls. Some open up positions throughout the year and review on a rolling basis. Some review 3Ls shortly before the plan opens. They'll typically say in their OSCAR positing when they review applications from 3Ls.
As some insight, I know for a fact that Koh and Miller on CA9, Pan and Millet on CADC, and Nathan on CA2 have all hired 3Ls before.
Re: What competitive liberal COA judges hire 3Ls?
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2026 10:03 pm
by Anonymous User
Confirming that Koh and Millett hire 3Ls, but they almost certainly require 3Ls who’ve already landed another clerkship, district or appellate.
Re: What competitive liberal COA judges hire 3Ls?
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2026 1:21 am
by Anonymous User
Can confirm that Koh and Millett hire 3Ls, but they almost certainly require 3Ls to already have another clerkship lined up first.
Re: What competitive liberal COA judges hire 3Ls?
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2026 2:09 pm
by Anonymous User
Anyone have insight on Friedland (9th), Paez (9th), Lohier (2nd), Livingston (2nd), Barron (1st), Higginson (5th)?
Re: What competitive liberal COA judges hire 3Ls?
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2026 4:03 pm
by Anonymous User
McKeown (9th) hires off plan