| ASAP | Research judges and application requirements. Identify recommenders. |
| ASAP | Begin building applications in OSCAR |
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If you are interested in Federal Clerkships but have not provided CPD with your clerkship, spreadsheet contact Dan at daniel.winterlin@stthomas.edu as soon as possible. |
Provide CPD with final spreadsheet of judges and recommenders |
| Friday, August 3, 2012 | Recommendation letters due to Dan Winterlin |
| Monday, September 3rd, 2012 | Finalize applications in OSCAR |
| Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 | First day judges will be accepting applications and reviewing applications |
| Friday, September 7th, 2012 | First date and time when judges may contact third-year applicants to schedule interviews |
| Thursday, September 13, 2012 | First day and time to interview and make offers |
If you plan on applying for federal clerkships, please let us know! The first deadline for alerting CPD of your intention to apply was June 1. If you did not get your spreadsheet in, don't worry, just send us your spreadsheet as soon as you can. Even if you don't know exactly the judges to whom you want to apply or are still talking to potential recommenders, please let us know so we have you on our radar. Instructions for preparing a spreadsheet are here - it should take less than 5 minutes.
Check out this PowerPoint that will walk you through the creation process. How to Create a OSCAR Spreadsheet for CPD
There is plenty of information available to help you through this process. Here are a few steps you can take to learn more about federal clerkships this summer:
OSCAR - Creating a Cover Letter
OSCAR - Upload Application Documents
OSCAR - Upload Application Documents
If you need CPD to send out letters of recommendation via email please email Dan in CPD at daniel.winterlin@stthomas.edu. Use the attached spreadsheet for your Judge's Contact Information.