Government & Public Interest Blog: Use OSCAR For Your Judicial Clerkship Applications

Monday, May 24, 2010

Use OSCAR For Your Judicial Clerkship Applications

OSCAR is now open to all rising 3L students. To register, click on the below link. Once registered,you may research federal judicial clerkship opportunities, and build online applications for federal judges who choose to utilize OSCAR.

https://oscar.uscourts.gov/

Although OSCAR will not release your online applications to judges until September 7th, 2010, you should become familiar with OSCAR as soon as possible. The application process is quite time-consuming and you do not want to wait until the last minute!

Good Luck!

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