Bristow Fellows

The Solicitor General's office hires four Bristow Fellows each year.  According to DOJ, Bristows

assist OSG attorneys in drafting briefs in opposition to certiorari filed against the government in the Supreme Court of the United States, preparing petitions for certiorari and briefs on the merits in Supreme Court cases, preparing recommendations to the Solicitor General regarding authorization of government appeals in the lower courts, and assisting in the preparation of oral arguments in the Supreme Court.

Bristow Fellows generally come directly out of high-end appellate clerkships.  The application window is open from July 15 to September 1 for positions starting the following summer (instructions here); selections are usually made in late fall.

Above The Law has covered Bristow Fellow selections in recent years.  But there is no central database listing where former Bristows clerked or went to law school.  This post seeks to fill that void for the past decade.

2012: Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.)/YLS; Wilkinson (4th Cir.)/UVA; Sutton (6th Cir.)/Thapar (E.D. Ky.)/GULC; Niemeyer (4th Cir.)/NU

2011: Garland (D.C. Cir.)/SLS; Fletcher (9th Cir.)/Boalt; Randolph (D.C. Cir.)/Penn; Gorsuch (10th Cir.)/Chicago (continued after the break . . .)
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