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2009 Entry Level Hiring Report

By Lawrence Solum

The 2009 Entry Level Hiring Report was last updated on March 8, 2009.

Here is the first round of results from the 2009 Entry Level Hiring Report.  The list of entry-level hires by school follows in the continuation of this post.  I am still collecting data (using surveymonkey).  Click Here to enter data for the 2009 Entry Level Hiring Report.  I received many inconsistent and contradictory reports: I've done my best to report the best data, but if there is an error, I will correct it in the next round: please submit corrections via surveymokey at the link above.

Lateral moves can be reported to Dan Filler: follow this link for details. 

The  next round of results will be reported in about two weeks.  In the meantime, here are the preliminary results in the JD Placement Tournament.

Eight schools had three or more placements:

1. HARVARD (18)
2. YALE (12)
3. COLUMBIA (8)
4. MICHIGAN (7)
5. CHICAGO (6)
6. CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley (5)
7. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (4)
8. STANFORD (3)

Eight schools had two placements:

CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles
GEORGETOWN
GEORGIA
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
MINNESOTA
PENNSYLVANIA
TEXAS
TULANE

19 schools had one placement:

BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, BOSTON COLLEGE, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA - Davis, CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DRAKE, EMORY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, MISSOURI - Columbia, NEVADA - Las Vegas, NORTHWESTERN, SETON HALL, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY, THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, VERMONT, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Note: The JD Tournament numbers reflect some confidential reports.

Click for the continuation of this post to read the individual hiring reports by institution and candidate.

Here are individual hiring reports, by hiring institution and then by candidate in alphabetical order.

AMERICAN

Anna Gelpern, JD HARVARD Year?

Benjamin M Leff, JD YALE 2000, MA University of Chicago 1994 Religious Studies, U.S. District Court Clerkship, VAP Harvard

Jayesh M Rathod, JD COLUMBIA 2001, U.S. District Court

ARIZONA STATE

David J. Gartner, JD YALE 1999, PhD MIT 2009 (Anticipated) Political Science

Marcy Karin, JD STANFORD 2003, Teaching Fellowship GEORGE WASHINGTON

BALTIMORE

Kimberly Brown, JD MICHIGAN 1993, U.S. District Court Clerkship

Nienke Grossman, JD HARVARD 2004, LLM Georgetown University Date?, U.S. District Court Clerkship

William Hubbard, JD YALE 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

BARRY UNIVERSITY

Marc Laurence Edelman, JD MICHIGAN 2003, MA University of Michigan 2003 Sports Management, VAP RUTGERS ? Camden

BOSTON COLLEGE

Richard Albert, JD YALE Date?, LLM Oxford University Date?, Foreign or International Tribunal Clerkship

Paulo Barrozo, SJD HARVARD 2009

Daniel A Lyons, JD HARVARD 2005, U.S. Court of Appeal Clerkship

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Abigail R. Moncrieff, JD CHICAGO 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research Fellowship HARVARD (Petrie-Flom Fellow)

BROOKLYN

Brian A Lee, JD YALE 2008, PhD Princeton University 1999 Philosophy, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

Minor Myers, JD YALE 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship (2), VAP BROOKLYN

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

Megan M. La Belle, JD CALIFORNIA ? Davis 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship & U.S. District Court Clerkship, VAP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

CHARLESTON

Geiza Vargas-Vargas, JD BOSTON COLLEGE 2004

Aurore Y Victor, JD HARVARD 2000, U.S. District Court Clerkship, VAP MIAMI & VAP DePAUL

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Christopher Buccafusco, JD GEORGIA 2004, PhD University of Chicago 2009 (Anticipated) History, VAP ILLINOIS

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Ramzi Kassem, JD COLUMBIA 2004, LLM Institution? Date?, Teaching Fellowship FORDHAM & Research and Teaching Fellowship YALE (Robert Cover Fellowship)

COLORADO

Alexia Brunet, JD NORTHWESTERN 2005, PhD Purdue University 2005 Economics, VAP NORTHWESTERN

DePAUL

Zoe Robinson, JD CHICAGO 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

DRAKE

C. Bartrum, JD VERMONT 2003, LLM Yale University Date?, State Supreme Court Clerkships (2), VAP VERMONT (Visting Assisant Professor and Director of Masters Internships) & Research and Teaching Fellowship YALE (Irving S. Ribicoff Fellow)

DREXEL

Tabatha Arianne Abu El-Haj, JD NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2004, LLM Georgetown University Date?, PhD New York University 2008 Discipline ?, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research Fellowship NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (Furman Academic Fellowship) & Research Fellowship GEORGETOWN (Future Law Professors Fellowship)

DUKE

Joseph Blocher, JD YALE 2006, MA? Cambridge University 2003 Economics, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkships (2)

FLORIDA COASTAL

Andrew Jurs, JD CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley 2000, VAP WAKE FOREST

Alan Reiber, JD COLUMBIA Date?, LLM New York University Date? (Tax), U.S. District Court Clerkship, Visiting Assistant Professorship SEATTLE

FLORIDA STATE

Shawn J. Bayern, JD CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, VAP DUKE

Tara Leigh Grove, JD HARVARD 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship HARVARD (Climenko Fellow & Lecturer on Law)

Franita Tolson, JD CHICAGO 2005, U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, VAP NORTHWESTERN

GEORGETOWN

Joshua C Teitelbaum, JD HARVARD 1997, PhD Cornell University 2009 (Anticipated) Economics, MA Cornell University 2007 Economics, U.S. District Court Clerkship, VAP CORNELL

Would someone please report Philomila?

GEORGIA

Matthew I Hall, JD MICHIGAN 1999, U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, VAP MCGEORGE

GEORGIA STATE

Caren Myers Morrison, JD COLUMBIA 1997, U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Acting Assistant Professor NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (U.S. Legal Methodology Program)

GEORGIA STATE

No entry level hiring.

HOUSTON

Sapna Kumar, JD CHICAGO 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship DUKE

INDIANA ? Bloomington

Ryan Scott, JD MINNESOTA 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

Deborah Widiss, JD YALE 1999, U.S. District Court Clerkship, Visiting Assistant Professorship BROOKLYN

INDIANA ? Indianapolis

Peter Prescott, No information submitted

LEWIS AND CLARK

Geroge K. Foster, JD CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles 1998

LOUISIANA STATE

Ken M Levy, JD COLUMBIA 2002, PhD Rutgers University 1999 Philosophy, Research Fellowship COLUMBIA & Research and Teaching Fellowship HARVARD Climenko Fellow

Scott M Sullivan, JD CHICAGO 2001, LLM Institution? Year?, VAP TEXAS (Emerging Scholars Program)

LOYOLA ? Chicago

Sam Brunson, JD COLUMBIA 2004, Other Federal Court Clerkship? Nadia N. Sawicki, JD PENNSYLVANIA 2004, Degree? University of Pennsylvania 2004 Bioethics, U.S. District Court Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship PENNSYLVANIA (George Sharswood Fellow

LOYOLA - Los Angeles

David Horton, JD CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles 2004, U.S. District Court Clerkship, Lecturer CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley

Douglas NeJaime, JD HARVARD 2003, Research and Teaching Fellowship CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles (R Bradley Sears Law Teaching Fellow, Williams Institute)

Katherine Trisolini, JD STANFORD 1999, MA University of California Berkeley 1994 Political Science, U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles (Environmental Law Fellow)

MAINE

Sarah B Schindler, JD, GEORGIA 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, VAP GEORGIA

MARYLAND

Leslie Meltzer, JD?, Other Degrees?, Clerkship?, Post-Doc?

MCGEORGE

Michael Thomas Colatrella, JD SETON HALL 1991, LLM Date?, State Court Clerkship

MIAMI

Sergio J Campos, JD YALE 2003, U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research Fellowship HARVARD (Charles Hamilton Houston Fellow)

MICHIGAN

Davis Mortenson, JD STANFORD 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship & U.S. Supreme Court Clerkship, VAP FORDHAM

MICHIGAN STATE

Troy S. Brown, JD HARVARD 2003, Masters? Harvard University 2003 Public Administration

Tiffani N. Darden, JD TULANE 2003, LLM Columbia University Date?, U.S. Court of Appeal Clerkship, VAP CASE WESTERN RESERVE

MISSOURI ? Columbia

Troy A. Rule, JD CHICAGO 2005

MISSOURI - Kansas City

No entry-level hiring

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

Tamara Belinfani, JD HARVARD 2000

Houman Shadab, JD SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2002

NORTH CAROLINA

Kathryn A. Sabbeth, JD NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2003, LLM Georgetown University (U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship GEORGETOWN (Clinical Teaching Fellow)

NORTH DAKOTA

Robin Runge, JD GEORGE WASHINGTON 1997

OHIO STATE

No entry-level hiring.

OKLAHOMA CITY

Celeste Pagano, JD HARVARD 2000, LLM Temple Date?, Research and Teaching Fellowship, TEMPLE (Freedman Fellow)

OREGON

Stuart L. Chinn, JD YALE 2004, PhD Yale University 2008 Political Science , MA Yale University 2001 Political Science, Visiting Assistant Professorship TEXAS

John Greenman, JD TEXAS 1999, State Supreme Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship, STANFORD (Stanford Law Fellow)

Eric A. Priest, JD CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2002, LLM Harvard University, Research and Teaching Fellowship HARVARD & Research Fellowship HARVARD (Berkman Center for Internet & Society)

Jennifer W. Reynolds, JD HARVARD 2008, MA University of Texas 1996 English, VAP MISSOURI - Columbia

PACE

Noa Ben-Asher, Degree? Institution? 1999, SJD New York University Date?, Research Fellowship CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles (Williams Fellow) & Research and Teaching Fellowship COLUMBIA (Associate-in-Law)

PENNSYLVANIA STATE

No entry-level hiring.

PITTSBURGH

Mirit Eyal-Cohen , Degree? Institution? 2002, LLM Institution ? Tax, MA Institution? 2008 History, Other Federal Court

Charles C. Jalloh, Degree? Institution? 2002, LLM Institution? Date?, PhD Nat'l University of Ireland, Anticipated 2010 Discipline?, Foreign or International Tribunal Clerkship

RICHMOND

Meredith Johnson Harbach, JD COLUMBIA 1997, U.S. District Court Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU Lawyering Program)

Kevin C. Walsh, JD HARVARD 2002, MA Institution? 1999 Theological Studies, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship & U.S. Supreme Court Clerkship, Visiting Assistant Professorship VILLANOVA

SAINT LOUIS

Chad W. Flanders, JD YALE 2007, PhD University of Chicago 2004 Philosophy, State Supreme Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

Efthimios Parasidis, JD PENNSYLVANIA 2000, Degree? University of Pennsylvania 2000 Bioethics, Research Fellowship Institution? (Fulbright Fellow) & VAP HOFSTRA

SAN DIEGO

Ted M. Sichelman, JD HARVARD 1999, MS Institution? 1996 Physics, U.S. Court of Appeal Clerkship, Research Fellowship CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley (Kauffman Foundation Research Fellow)

SEATTLE

Heidi Sacha Bond, JD MICHIGAN 2006, MS University of California Berkeley 2003 Chemistry, U.S. Court of Appeal Clerkship & U.S. Supreme Court Clerkship

Brooke D. Coleman, JD HARVARD 1999, U.S. District Court Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship STANFORD Stanford Law Fellow

Jane Stoever, JD HARVARD 2003, LLM Georgetown University, Teaching Fellowship GEORGETOWN & Visiting Assistant Professorship AMERICAN

SETON HALL

Margaret Katri Lewis, JD NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research Fellowship NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (Furman Fellow)

SOUTH TEXAS

Ted L. Field, JD THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL 2002, MS Institution? 1990 Chemistry, VAP CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Joseph Kieran Leahy, JD NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, (VAP FLORIDA STATE & VAP BROOKLYN & VAP SEATTLE

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ? Carbondale

Lucian Emery Dervan, JD EMORY 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

Michele Mekel, JD MISSOURI ? Columbia 2002, MBA Institution? 2003, State Supreme Court Clerkship, VAP DRAKE

Tracie Porter, JD DRAKE 1994, VAP CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Meghan J. Ryan, JD MINNESOTA 2005, U.S. Court of Appeal, VAP MINNESOTA

SOUTHWESTERN

Caleb E. Mason, JD GEORGETOWN 2005, PhD Columbia University 2001 Philosophy, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

ST. JOHN'S

Marc O. DeGirolami, JD BOSTON UNIVERSITY 2000, SJD Columbia University Date?, MA Harvard University 1997 Romance Languages and Literature, Other Federal Court Clerkship & U.S. District Court Clerkship & U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship, Research and Teaching Fellowship COLUMBIA Associate in Law & VAP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

ST. THOMAS (Minnesota)

Chinwe Esimai, JD HARVARD 2003

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

S. Todd Brown, JD COLUMBIA 1999, Research and Teaching Fellowship TEMPLE (Freedman Fellow)

SUFFOLK

No entry-level hiring.

TEMPLE

Margaret M deGuzman, JD YALE 1999, SJD Instituiton? Date?, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

TENNESSEE

Michael Jordan Higdon, JD NEVADA - Las Vegas 2001, MA Institution? 1997 Communication Studies, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL

Stuart K. Ford, JD TEXAS 1998, LLM Institution? Date?

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Meera Deo, JD MICHIGAN 2000, PhD UCLA 2009 (Anticipated) Sociology, MA Institution? 2005 Sociology

TOLEDO

Kelly A Moore, JD WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 1994, LLM Institution? Date? Tax, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

TOURO

Tamara Relis, Degree? Institution? 1996, LLM Institution? Date?, PhD London School of Economics 2005 Discipline?, Research Fellowship COLUMBIA & Research Fellowship, London School of Economics

TULANE

Shuyi Oei, JD HARVARD 2003, MA Harvard University 2003 Theology

Ronald J Scalise, Jr., JD TULANE 2000, LLM Cambridge University Date?, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

VANDERBILT

No entry-level hiring

VILLANOVA

Michelle Madden Dempsey, JD MICHIGAN 1996, DPhl Oxford University 2008 Jurisprudence or Legal Philosophy, Lecturer in Law Oxford University

VIRGINIA

Pierre-Hughes Verdier, LLB McGill 2001, SJD Harvard University Expected, Supreme Court of Canada Clerkship, Teaching Fellowship HARVARD & VAP BOSTON UNIVERSITY

WAKE FOREST

No entry-level hiring

WASHINGTON

No entry-level hiring

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

No entry-level hiring

WAYNE STATE

Aaron Perzanowski, JD CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley 2006, Research Fellowship, CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley (Microsoft Research Fellow)

WIDENER

Randle B. Pollard, JD GEORGETOWN Date?, LLM Georgetown University Date? (Tax)

WILLAMETTE

Shelleswau Bushnell Crier, No other information reported.

WILLIAM MITCHELL

Colette Routel, JD MICHIGAN 2001, VAP WAYNE STATE & VAP MICHIGAN

YESHIVA

Felix T Wu, JD CALIFORNIA ? Berkeley 2005, PhD University of California Berkeley 2005 Computer Science, U.S. Court of Appeals Clerkship

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on March 08, 2009 (boomark / email).