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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.

The Hauser Global Law School Program sponsors one candidate per year to participate in the International Court of Justice clerkship program.

 

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)

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)
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)
Mitra Ebadolahi (LLM '11) – Judge Margaret M. Morrow, USDC, Central District of California (2008-09); Judge Betty B. Fletcher, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2010-11)

JD '07 (LLM '08)
Christopher 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)