clerkships

Judicial training positions

Clerkships are training positions, typically in law or medicine.

A judicial clerkship is a temporary position working for a judge after law school, highly prized for the mentorship and career boost it provides: She landed a clerkship with a federal appeals court judge.

In medicine, clerkships are clinical rotations during which students work directly with patients under supervision.

judicial

chambers

Enclosed functional rooms

judge · opinions · briefs · cert · research · drafting · SCOTUS · term · district · magistrate

medical

rotation

Turning on an axis

wards · clinical · hospital · patients · surgery · pediatrics · obstetrics · psychiatry · diagnosis · treatment

administrative

filing

Storing documents systematically

scheduling · office · typing · bookkeeping · apprentice · trainee · assistant · municipal · historical

legal

litigation

Legal dispute process

mentorship · training · partner · associate · secondment · placement

Categories
Opposites
professional hierarchy/permanence

clerkshipspartnerships

Formal business alliances

judgeships · directorships · professorships · corner offices · department chairs

career track type

clerkshipspartnerships

Formal business alliances

private practice · in-house counsel · solo practice

nature of professional training

clerkshipscoursework

Student academic tasks

classroom instruction · lectures · book learning · simulations

Family

clerkship

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