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Clerkships

International Court of Justice Clerkships

The International Court of Justice and the Law School established this pioneering clerkship program in 1999. In the program’s first five years alone, 18 graduates received a full year of financial support to work with the judges of the court, and several were offered jobs in The Hague following their clerkships. The clerkships are available to graduating students and recent graduates who perform research and other tasks to assist the court.

A list of prior clerks is available here. To read about individual clerks' experiences, please click here. 

For current information and application materials, please visit the Hauser Global Law School Program's information page.

Other International Clerkships

In addition to the International Court of Justice clerkship program, the Hauser Global Law School Program has sponsored students for clerkships at several other international courts and national constitutional courts, including the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Clerkships in the United States

Many of the students, including those with interests in international law, obtain clerkships in U.S. Circuit and District Courts.

In the 2007-08 application seasons, twelve IILJ Scholars applied for clerkships with U.S. courts.  All were successful.  Below are the results of 2007-08 Clerkship Interview season:

JD'07 students who completed the LLM in '08 :
Chris Bradley – Judge Patrick Higginbotham, 5th Cir (2008-09)
Tara Mikkilineni – Judge Emilio Garza, 5th Cir (2008-09)
Zoe Salzman – Judge Sterling Johnson, USDC, EDNY (2008-09)

JD 2007:
Ayana Free - Judge Reginald Lindsay, USDC, Massachusetts (2008-09)

JD '08
Alexis Blane – Judge Allyson King Duncan, 4th Cir (2008-09)
Anna Cavnar – Chief Judge Kimba Wood, USDC, SDNY (2009-10)
Mitra Ebadolahi - Judge Margaret Morrow, USDC, Central District of California (2008-09)
Jennifer Hainsfurther – Judge Harry Edwards, DC Cir (2009-10)

JD'08 (LLM'09):
Alexandra Khrebtukova, Judge Pogue, U.S. Court of International Trade (2009-11). 
Catherine Sweetser - Judge Judith Rogers, DC Cir (2009-10)
Bryant Walker Smith, Judge Wallach, U.S. Court of International Trade (2009-11)

JD '09
Margarita O'Donnell, Judge Pollak, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2009-10).

 

Current Clerkships of IILJ Scholars who Graduated Earlier:

Liz Sepper, JD'06 LLM'07, serves in 2007-08 as a clerk with Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, 3rd Cir. 

Peter Prows, JD'05 LLM '06, who clerked in 2006-07 at the International Court of Justice, serves in 2007-08 as a clerk on arbitration matters with Judge Charles Brower of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in The Hague.