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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 Law School'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 and Canada

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

Below are the clerkships undertaken by recent cohorts of IILJ Scholars:

JD '11
Margaret Graham – SDNY (2011-12); 2nd Cir (2012-13)
Joanna Langille – Ontario Court of Appeal (2011-12)
Mitra Ebadolahi (LLM '11) – Judge Betty Fletcher, 9th Cir (2010-2011)

JD '10
Tess Bridgeman – Judge Thomas L. Ambro, 3rd Cir (2010-11)
Ted Cardos – Judge Ginger Berrigan, USDC, New Orleans (2010-11)
Nikhil Dutta – Judge Stewart Dalzell, USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2010-12); Chief Judge Sandra L. Lynch, 1st Circuit (2012-13)

JD '09
Margarita O'Donnell – Judge Pollak, USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2009-10).

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

JD '08
Alexis Blane – Judge Allyson King Duncan, 4th Cir (2008-09)
Christopher Bradley - Judge Patrick Higginbotham, 5th Cir (2008-09)
Anna Cavnar – Chief Judge Kimba Wood, USDC, SDNY (2009-10); Judge Margaret McKeown, 9th Cir (2010-11)
Jennifer Hainsfurther – Judge Harry Edwards, DC Cir (2009-10)
Tara Mikkilineni – Judge Emilio Garza, 5th Cir (2008-09)
Zoe Salzman – Judge Sterling Johnson, USDC, EDNY (2008-09)