The John M. Olin Center
Paper Abstract
317. Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Richard A. Posner, and Alvin E. Roth, The Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks, 03/2001; subsequently published in University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 3, Summer 2001, 793-902.
Abstract: In September 1998, the Judicial Conference of the United States abandoned its latest attempt to regulate the timing of interviews and offers in the law clerk selection process. This paper surveys the further unraveling of the market since then, makes comparisons with other entry level professional labor markets, and evaluates some possibilities for reform.