The main courthouse for the District of Massachusetts is located in downtown Boston, just a few miles from three of the nation's best law schools -- Harvard, Boston University, and Boston College. Currently, ten district judges, two senior district judges, and seven magistrate judges serve on the court. Given the court's size and location, competition for clerkships on the D. Mass. is extremely competitive. Most clerks tend to hail from the three schools mentioned above, as well as Yale and handful of other elite schools in the northeast.
The court's website lists short bios for each judge, a history of the court, a telephone directory (for those all-important faculty calls!), and even information on artwork located in the ultra-modern Boston courthouse. Currently, Judge Zobel and Magistrate Judge Neiman are hiring for 2012; none of the D. Mass judges have OSCAR listings up for 2013 yet. Judge Nieman's entry states that he prefers prior clerkship experience. Judge Zobel's is more direct: "Candidates are REQUIRED to have ONE TO TWO YEARS MINIMUM of post-law school experience, either in an appellate clerkship or other legal setting." In other words, 2Ls need not apply.
Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
One Courthouse Way, Room 5110
Boston, MA 02210-3002
District Judge Denise Jefferson Casper
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
One Courthouse Way, Room 5130
Boston, MA 02210-3002 (more after the jump . . .)
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