| Alabama |
Alabama Administrative Office of the Courts
Some metropolitan circuit courts (Jefferson, Mobile, Montgomery Counties) hire law clerks.
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| Alaska |
Alaska Court System: Information for Prospective Law Clerks
Some superior and district courts (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Judicial Districts) hire law clerks.
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| Arizona |
Superior courts generally do not hire law clerks. But see the job description for Pima County (Tucson) Superior Court in our job description database.
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| Arkansas |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. The Circuit Court in Little Rock (Pulaski County, Sixth Circuit) hires law clerks.
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| California |
At the trial court level, superior courts may hire law clerks. After two years, the law clerk may be hired as a research attorney (a permanent position).
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| Colorado |
The Court of Appeals and Supreme Court hire law clerks.
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| Connecticut |
For information about clerkships at the supreme, appellate, or superior court levels, see the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Clerk Application Information.
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| Delaware |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the court of chancery; superior court; and family court hire law clerks.
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| District of Columbia |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. The D.C. Superior Court hires law clerks.
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| Florida |
Florida Supreme Court Law Clerkships and Staff Attorney Positions Florida State Courts Employment At the trial court level, the circuit courts hire clerks.
See also the job descriptions for the 4th, 7th, and 9th Judicial Circuits in our archives.
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| Georgia |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, superior and state courts in the following circuits hire clerks: Atlanta, Clayton, Cobb, Eastern, Gwinnett, Macon, Stone Mountain.
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| Guam |
The superior court hires law clerks.
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| Hawaii |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial level, the circuit, family, and district courts hire law clerks.
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| Idaho |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the district court hires law clerks.
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| Illinois |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, circuit courts hire law clerks.
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| Indiana |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, circuit and superior courts hire law clerks.
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| Iowa |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, district courts may hire clerks, although not all have vacancies every year.
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| Kansas |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the Shawnee County District Court in Topeka hires law clerks.
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| Kentucky |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the district and family courts hire law clerks.
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| Louisiana |
At the trial court level, the district court hires law clerks.
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| Maine |
Applicants may apply through a personnel office or directly to the different courts. At the trial court level, the superior court hires law clerks.
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| Maryland |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly for circuit and appellate clerkships. Designated district courts hire law clerks. Contact the Administrative Judge for the district.
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| Massachusetts |
At the trial court level, the superior, probate/family, juvenile, and land courts may hire clerks.
See this announcement from the Trial Court of the Commonwealth Housing Court Department, Western Division.
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| Michigan |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the court of claims, circuit court, district court, municipal court, and probate court may hire clerks.
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| Minnesota |
At the trial court level, the district court may hire clerks.
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| Mississippi |
At the trial court level, the circuit and chancery courts may hire clerks.
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| Missouri |
Supreme Court of Missouri No clerks are hired at the trial court level.
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| Montana |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the first, second, fourth, eleventh, thirteenth, and eighteenth districts may hire clerks.
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| Nebraska |
No clerks are hired at the trial level.
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| Nevada |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, district courts may hire law clerks.
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| New Hampshire |
Applicants may apply through a personnel office or directly to the different courts. The superior court hires clerks. See the New Hampshire Superior Court Judicial Clerkships page for more information.
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| New Jersey |
Career Opportunity New Jersey Judiciary. At the trial level, the superior court, law and chancery divisions; and the tax court may hire law clerks.
See also the memo entitled "Judicial Clerkships with the New Jersey Judiciary for the 2007-2008 Court Term," April 2006. Superior courts are included.
See also the job description from our database.
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| New Mexico |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks.
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| New York |
New York State Unified Court System. At the trial court level, opportunities are available through the commercial division; and the statewide Legal Fellows program.
The NALP Directory lists contact information for courts seeking law clerks. Most states only include contacts for the intermediate court of appeals or the court of last resort. However, New York lists administrative judges in New York City courts, and administrative judges outside New York City.
See also the principal law clerk to judge position for the criminal team in the New York Supreme Court in our job description database.
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| North Carolina |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, no clerks are hired.
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| North Dakota |
At least one clerk is hired per district.
See also the description for the Wahpeton and Southeast Judicial Districts in our database archives.
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| Ohio |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks.
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| Oklahoma |
Trial court clerkships are rare; however, it appears that the Tulsa County District Court may hire clerks occasionally.
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| Oregon |
Applicants may apply through a personnel office or directly to the different courts. At the trial court level, clerks are hired occasionally. Oregon Courts Jobs/Volunteers.
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| Pennsylvania |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County and other judicial districts may hire clerks.
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| Puerto Rico |
At the trial court level, the superior court may hire clerks.
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| Rhode Island |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks.
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| South Carolina |
At the trial court level, circuit and some masters-in-equity may hire clerks. No clerks are hired in family court.
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| South Dakota |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, the circuit court may hire clerks.
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| Tennessee |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, circuit and criminal courts in some metropolitan areas may hire clerks.
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| Texas |
Applicants may apply through a personnel office or directly to the different courts. At the trial court level, district courts may hire clerks.
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| Utah |
At the trial court level, district courts in large urban areas may hire clerks.
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| Virginia |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, circuit courts hire law clerks.
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| Washington |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, superior courts; some district and municipal courts in large areas may hire law clerks.
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| West Virginia |
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Circuit Judge Law Clerk Positions At the trial court level, circuit courts may hire law clerks.
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| Wisconsin |
Applicants must contact individual judges directly because each judge has different criteria and expectations when selecting law clerks. At the trial court level, circuit courts may hire law clerks.
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| Wyoming |
At the trial court level, district courts may hire law clerks.
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