The Law School is one of the top providers of clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court
AUSTIN, Texas – Two UT Law alumni have accepted offers to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court justices during the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 term. Aaron Streett, '02, has accepted an offer to clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Ed Dawson, '01, accepted an offer to clerk for Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Over the past 10 years, The University of Texas School of Law has ranked eighth in the nation for placement of graduates as clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court, with eleven clerks counting Dawson and Streett.
Ed Dawson, who graduated in 2001, was the Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Law Review . He clerked for Judge Edward Carnes on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and now works with Baker Botts LLP in Houston. Aaron Streett, who graduated in 2002, is presently clerking for Judge David Sentelle of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Both were Chancellors, a designation of Texas' highest academic honor.
The Law School prepares students for clerkships and assists them in developing the skills, qualities, and credentials that judges look for when selecting their law clerks. The Law School's Director of Judicial Clerkships, Erin Sweeney, two Faculty Clerkship advisors Professors Tony Reese and Ernest Young, and other faculty members speak with judges, and advise and encourage students in the application process.
For the class of 2001, 61 students -- or 13.7 percent of the class -- received
judicial clerkships, one of the most rewarding forms of public service open
to law school graduates.