JUDGES NEEDED!

JTB invites you to participate in the Summer Judicial Internship Diversity (“SJID”) Project by hosting a law student as a summer intern in your chambers in the summer of 2025.

Participating judges who successfully hire through the Project agree to give judicial interns substantive writing assignments, including draft bench or office memoranda, orders, or opinions, at least one of which may be used as a writing sample for future employment opportunities.Interaction between the intern and the participating judge, the judge’s law clerks, and the judge’s staff is strongly encouraged. The hope is that a mentor-mentee relationship will result from the experience.

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Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization is pleased to announce the annual Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project (“Project”). The Project’s goal is to provide highly qualified law students from socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds underrepresented in the legal profession with summer judicial internships in the chambers of federal and state appellate judges, federal district judges, and federal bankruptcy and magistrate judges. The Project is national in scope and seeks to place approximately 100 law students as judicial interns across the country.

Interns will have the opportunity to draft bench memoranda, judicial orders, and opinions on a variety of substantive matters, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, magistrate judge reports, and habeas corpus petitions. Applicants should possess strong research and writing skills and be prepared to handle the rigors of working in a court.

An initial screening of application documents will identify qualified candidates. Applicants who clear this round will be interviewed via telephone by attorneys for a second-round of evaluation. The final round consists of being referred to a judge who will conduct their own interview, either in person or virtually. Each participating judge will make a final hiring decision. Applicants who are hired must commit to two mandatory training workshops and complete a legal writing assignment for the purpose of helping to prepare them for the internship. Candidates must be available to work full-time as an intern for a minimum of seven weeks.