Posted by Jonathan Adler:
One Judge, One Career Clerk:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_16-2007_09_22.shtml#1190205197
As expected, the Judicial Conference has adopted rules that will limit
the use of career clerks by federal judges, largely due to cost
concerns. The Legal Times [1]reports:
Chief Judge Thomas Hogan, chairman of the conference's executive
committee, told reporters that tens of millions of dollars would be
saved over the next decade by managing the career clerk population.
Currently, there are 291 career clerks, each with an annual salary
of around $100,000, in chambers where another career clerk is
employed. They'll be grandfathered into the new system, of course.
The temporary -- or "term" -- clerks make anywhere from $50,000 to
$80,000 a year, depending on their level of experience. Speaking of
which, Hogan also touched on another trend: Anecdotally, he said,
fewer law school grads are jumping right into clerkships. Instead,
they're working for a year or two at private firms, and then
applying to the courts once they've paid off a good hunk, if not
all, of their law school loans. It's a win-win, he said. The judges
get better help, and the help gets better pay.
References
1. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1190106175151&pos=ataglance
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