All books listed below, with the exception of numbers 7 and 10, are in the Law School Library Reference Collection. Items 5, 7, 9 and 10 are located in the Career Services Office.
1. Almanac of the Federal Judiciary
KF 8700 A19 A4. Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room (also available on Westlaw).
Volume I (federal district courts).
Volume II (federal circuit courts).
Provides addresses and phone numbers of all active and senior federal judges; also includes biographical information, summaries of significant decisions, and lawyers'/media evaluations. Updated twice yearly.
2. Federal Judges and Justices: A Current Listing of Nominations, Confirmations, Elevations, Resignations, Retirements
KF 8700 A19 F427. Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room.
Edited by Iris J. Wildman.
Information about the status of newly-nominated/newly-confirmed federal judges. Data is organized according to the congressional session during which the nomination/confirmation took place.
3. The American Bench
KF 8700 A19 A44. Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room.
Contains list of all judges, including state judges; address, phone number and some biographical information.
4. Want's Federal-State Court Directory
KF 8700 A19 W36. Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room.
Contains very useful flowcharts of state court systems; some information about judges.
5. Directory of Minority Judges in the U.S., 3rd Edition, 2001
Career Services Office, #134. Also, Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room.
Contains names, addresses, courts and phone numbers of judges, organized by ethnic group.
6. BNA's Directory of State and Federal Courts, Judges and Clerks, 2002
KF 8700 A19 B15. Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room
Contains lists of personnel with phone numbers.
7. 2001 Judicial Staff Directory
KF 8700 A19 J83. Reference Collection, Habush Habush & Rottier Reading Room. Also on Lexis.
A listing of the judges, clerks and staff in the Federal court system, as well as U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals. Contains biographies of federal circuit and district court judges.
8. Judicial Yellow Book
Career Services Office, Resource Room. Also on Westlaw.
Published by Leadership Directories, Inc.
Contains contact and brief biographical information for federal and state judges (appellate only).
9. Deborah M. Strauss, Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships (2002)
Career Services Office, #80.
Contains good advice on applying for clerkships from the former clerkship advisor at Yale Law School.
10. Lexis
JCLERK , a database of federal judges, magistrates and the judges of the highest court in each state, with details on clerk openings, interview dates, previous clerks, and application procedures.
ARCHV , Archives of the Judicial Clerkship Directory ; useful for finding alumni who have clerked in the past.
JUDDIR , the on-line version of the Judicial Staff Directory , containing an extensive directory and brief biographies of federal judges.
You should also consider searching for opinions and general news articles on Lexis.
11. Westlaw
WLD-CLERK , provides information on clerkships currently available. Fill in one or more boxes at the initial screen to search database.
WLD-JUDGE , provides addresses and phone numbers of federal and state judges.
AFJ , on-line version of the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary (not as comprehensive as the print version).
You should also consider searching for opinions and general news articles on Westlaw.
12. Internet
Federal courts:
https://oscar.symplicity.com/ : Online System for Clerkship Application and Review.
http://www.uscourts.gov : Federal Judiciary homepage.
http://www.uscourts.gov/allinks.html#1st : Links to federal court websites.
http://www.uscourts.gov/ttb/ : Newsletter of the federal courts.
http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/sites.nsf/main/page : Federal court list and links.
http://www.fjc.gov/ : Federal Judicial Center homepage.
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ : Supreme Court website.
State courts:
http://wicourts.gov/about/employment/lawclerkposting.htm
http://www.statelocalgov.net/50states-courts.cfm: Links to state court websites.
http://www.ncsc.org/Information-and-Resources/Browse-by-State/StateCourtWebsites.aspx: Links to state court judicial websites.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/directory/overview.html : Links to the nation's top appellate courts, federal and state.
http://www.courts.net : Links to state court websites.
Employment opportunities:
http://www.uscourts.gov/employment/opportunity.html : Listing of federal court employment opportunities, including some clerkships.
http://www.law.ku.edu/careers/asp/judicial.asp : Listing of available clerkships.
Other:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/legis_act_nominations.html : Tracks nominations and confirmations of judicial nominees.
http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/clerk.htm : General information about clerking, especially Supreme Court
clerkships, as well as links to many articles.
