Information for Law Schools
Tips on how to help your students:
- Counseling early in the application process
- Presenting programs on judicial clerkships
- Expanding resources on courts and judges
- Encouraging feedback from alumni law clerks
Site visits to your law school
We provide assistance to your law students by offering informational resources, counseling and educational seminars on a wide variety of topics, which can be tailored to the needs of your law school. These include:
- A presentation of the federal and state courts, including alternative clerkships
- The judicial clerkship experiences and opportunities available
- The clerkship application process -- the nuts and bolts
- Interviewing, cover letter, resume, and writing skills workshops
- Preparing for your judicial clerkship
- Law clerk training sessions for the courts
- Diversity in judicial clerkships and the courts
In addition, depending on your needs, Debra Strauss is available to meet with students and counsel them individually about their judicial clerkship application process.
Schedule a consultation
Our expert services at DMS Consulting include the concrete tools and guidance that will build a successful judicial clerkship program for your school. We also provide law clerk information for the state and federal courts.
Of course, the shelf of your career services office should include an essential resource -- the comprehensive handbook,
Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships --
new Third Edition (2023)!
(See especially Appendix F, "Law Schools: The Ways You Can Help Your Students")
For more information, or suggestions as to how we can assist your students and your school, please contact us directly.