| > Federal law clerks are hired at least a year in advance. > It's that simple, except in the fevered brains of conspiracy theorists.
Individual judges can have their own individual procedures and application deadlines and still be within the Federal Judge Law Clerk Hiring Plan. Judge Carter has a respectable, but small, court — not many seats and barely enough bathrooms to service a full courtroom on an extended break. IOW, it's not the DCC or SDNY ... and not necessarily at the top of the list for hotshot Honors Scholars and magna cum laudes like Velamoor. I'm sure Clerkships are probably quite competitive for the Judge, but likely not as competitive as larger, more prominent courts — and as such, would likely have a shorter application deadline. As this case has been in the hopper since Jan. 16, it's quite possible a large firm like Perkins Coie LLP was able to "pull some strings" — once the case was assigned this spring to Judge Carter in the ... BTW, broward — you're very wise not to have sent that barb directly to me — or I would have had to thump you again like before.
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