From personal experience, it seems that everyone who is lucky enough to get a federal clerkship or internship enjoys the experience, or at the very least found it incredibly rewarding. There has been a trend, pushed in significant part by The Legal Accountability Project, to highlight instances where law clerks might have been mistreated or mismanaged. This gives all the more reason to call out our district on going above and beyond for its law clerks and interns.
Under the leadership of Judge Bloom, our district has put together an eight-week orientation and ethics program. The program covers everything from federal practice, substantive areas of law, civics, state court practice, how to prepare a job application, wellness, and everything in between. The presenters include practitioners, professors, representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Public Defender's Office, and whole host of judges from both within and outside our district.
When I clerked, I recall there being a single day where Judge Huck and a few other judges spoke to us about how to write and practice in federal court. There are things I learned that day that I still think about in my practice, so I cannot imagine how beneficial this would be for a young lawyer.
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Well-deserved recognition, excellent post. More information about one of the internship programs can be found here, and can be shared with incoming 1Ls who would benefit from participating next summer: https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/judicial-intern-academy
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