CLASS NOTES
CLERKSHIPS FOR THE 2016 TERM
❱ AUSTIN RAYNOR ’13,
NICOLE FRAZER ’15 and ANDREW FERGUSON ’12 are clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court this term.
All are members of the CLASS OF 2016 unless otherwise noted.
CLARK ADAMS
Donald E. Beachley Maryland Court of Special Appeals CHRISTINA ALBERTSON
Barbara D. Crowell Delaware Family Court TRAVIS ANDREWS ALICE M. BATCHELDER LL.M. ’88
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit TYLER BADGLEY
Edith Hollan Jones U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit KATHRYN BARBER ’15
John B. Owens U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit BRIAN BARNES
Clerkships
Roundup
RECORD NUMBER OF GRADUATES CLERK FOR U.S. APPEALS COURTS
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MONG THE 90 Law School alumni who are clerking during the 2016 term, a record 37 are clerking for U.S. Courts of Appeals. Federal appellate court clerkships are sometimes stepping stones to clerking for the U.S. Supreme Court, where three alumni—Andrew Ferguson ’12, Nicole Frazer ’15 and Austin Raynor ’13—are currently clerking. Rounding out the bench, 40 alumni are clerks for U.S. district courts and other federal courts, while 10 are clerking for state courts. Members of the Class of 2016 tallied 20 clerkships with U.S. Courts of Appeal, 25 with
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Leslie H. Southwick U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit THOMAS BARNES
Nannette Jolivette Brown U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana EDWARD BEDARD
Thomas W. Thrash Jr. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia BENJAMIN BERGER DONALD M. MIDDLEBROOKS LL.M. ’04
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ROBYN BITNER ’14
James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ALEX BLANCHARD ’11
U.S. district courts and other federal courts, and eight with state courts. Among the trends in clerkship hiring, many judges are moving toward a model of hiring people one or two years out of law school, said Senior Director of Clerkships Ruth Payne ’01. Of the 37 alumni at federal appellate courts, a whopping 17 graduated in 2014 and 2015. “This happened to be a year where those judges made that change and we had a lot of alums on the market who accepted clerkships,” she said, adding that the judges appreciate clerks who have experience. —Mary Wood
Paul Niemeyer U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit BORIS BOURGET
Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia GEORGE BRANDLEY ’14 AMIT P. MEHTA ’97
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia