Judicial Clerkships: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Dunnewold, Mary; Honetschlager, Beth; Tofte, Brenda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594606412 ISBN 13: 9781594606410

Publisher: Carolina Academic Press, 2010

Synopsis

Judicial Clerkships: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive guide to working as a judicial clerk. The book explains (1) the role and duties of judicial clerks, (2) how to adapt the writing style used in law school classes and journals for use in the judicial clerkship setting, and (3) the form and content of specific documents written by judicial clerks. The book discusses how to write bench memoranda, opinion drafts, orders, findings of fact and conclusions of law, jury instructions, and letters and other professional correspondence.

In addition to explaining how to write specific documents, the book reviews the fundamentals of good writing, research, and citation. It also features chapters on how to apply for clerkships, the different kinds of clerkships, and the ethical responsibilities of clerks. The document-specific chapters all include document review checklists and sample documents. The book is a great resource for law students taking a judicial internship or externship class, law school graduates considering judicial clerkships, and current judicial clerks.

About this title

About the Authors

Mary Dunnewold is former Legal Writing Instructor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and now currently does sexual misconduct prevention and response work for higher education institutions.

Beth Honetschlager is a Legal Writing Specialist and Emerita Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

Brenda Tofte, a former a Legal Writing Instructor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, is now a Judicial Law Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

From the Back Cover

Judicial Clerkships: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive guide to working as a judicial clerk. The book explains (1) the role and duties of judicial clerks, (2) how to adapt the writing style used in law school classes and journals for use in the judicial clerkship setting, and (3) the form and content of specific documents written by judicial clerks. The book discusses how to write bench memoranda, opinion drafts, orders, findings of fact and conclusions of law, jury instructions, and letters and other professional correspondence. In addition to explaining how to write specific documents, the book reviews the fundamentals of good writing, research, and citation. It also features chapters on how to apply for clerkships, the different kinds of clerkships, and the ethical responsibilities of clerks. The document-specific chapters all include document review checklists and sample documents. The book is a great resource for law students taking a judicial internship or externship class, law school graduates considering judicial clerkships, and current judicial clerks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594606412
• ISBN 13: 9781594606410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334