Federal Judges Abandon Gentlemen's Agreement on Hiring Clerks

An agreement between federal judges to not nail down the best and brightest for clerkships before their third year in law school has fallen apart. Gloves off!  Perhaps we're headed toward lucrative clerkship options on Ivy League graduates with perfect LSAT scores and GPAs. For more on this interesting market, see our prior posts Why Not Just Auction Off Federal Clerkships?, Think the Job Market's Tough? Try Applying for a Judicial Clerkship, New Kid on the Prestigious Federal Clerkship Block Cleans Up, and The Unfathomable Market for Judicial Clerkships.