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DESCRIPTION: Please join the American Constitution Society (ACS) and The Appellate Project (TAP) for a panel discussion designed for law students of color and first-generation law students that will demystify judicial clerkships and highlight them as an attainable pathway.\nParticipants will gain insight into the clerkship process, including the differences among state, federal, trial, and appellate clerkships, the qualities judges look for in judicial clerks, and what the day-to-day experience of clerking looks like. Panelists will also provide best practices for navigating the application process and discuss the critical importance of increasing diversity within judicial clerkships.\nAt the end of the program, ACS will release the application for our 2026 Clerkship Assistance Program and Mentor Matching Program.\n\nThe conversation will be moderated by TAP Board Member and Alumnus Justin Lam, who currently serves as counsel in the Brennan Center for Justice’s Voting Rights and Elections Program, where he conducts research, litigation, and advocacy to defend the right to vote. \n\n\nPanelists:\n\nJudge Ana de Alba, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit\n\nJustice Anita Earls, North Carolina Supreme Court\n\nMagistrate Judge Zia Faruqui, United States District Court for the District of Columbia\n\nJudge Carlton Reeves, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi\n\n\nOpening Remarks:\n\nPhil Brest, President, American Constitution Society\n\n\nThis conversation is open to all.\n\nFor details, click here: https://getinvolved.acslaw.org/component/events/event/1664
SUMMARY:Navigating the Clerkship Process for Law Students of Color and First-Generation Law Students 2026
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