10 years of oscar-historical online federal law clerk hiring statistics
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OSCAR Judge Participation (Since June 2005)
FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
388
624797
12651437 1501 1564 1632 1661
1722
Judge Participation & Position Postings(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
624797
1265
1437 1501 1564 1632 1661 1722
556 623
987
1,244 1,123
1,048 1,067 1,043 1,166
Participating Judges Position Postings
Historical Judge Participation by Judge Type – Circuit Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
85 112
216 223 229 231 237 240 258
Historical Judge Participation by Judge Type – District Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
370443
668728 745 767 805 821 851
Historical Judge Participation by Judge Type – Bankruptcy Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
68 100150
188 203 216 231 234 236
Historical Judge Participation by Judge Type – Magistrate Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
99 142229
294 316 342 352 361 377
OSCAR Judge Application Methods(Since Oct. 2007)
FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
83%66% 63% 62% 62% 58% 57%
17% 17% 18% 19% 18% 19% 19%
17% 19% 19% 20% 24% 24%
Online Only Online & Paper/Other Paper/Other
OSCAR Position Postings(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 -
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
556 623
987
1,244 1,123
1,048 1,067 1,043 1,166
Historical Position Postings by Judge Type – Circuit Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
81 109
269
351301
249 266211
286
Historical Position Postings by Judge Type – District Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
335 361
545
651594
552 558 556631
Historical Position Postings by Judge Type – Bankruptcy Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
58 71 78106 85 102 96 111 93
Historical Position Postings by Judge Type – Magistrate Judges
(Since Oct. 2005)
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 20140
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
82 82 93135 141 141 144 161 155
OSCAR Applications(Since June 2005)
FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 -
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
400,000
450,000
94,693
174,363 180,832
241,529
388,550 382,828 366,389
339,758
189,875
147,234
OSCAR Applicants(Since June 2005)
FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 -
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
4,902 5,614 5,724
7,556
10,721
9,568 10,326 10,312
8,980
8,673
Applicants and Applications (Student vs. Alumni) (Since Oct. 2005)
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71% 80
%
58% 73
%
47%
66%
49%
70%
43%
64%
41%
65%
37% 55
%
37% 45
%
29% 20
%
42% 27
%
53%
34%
51%
30%
57%
36%
59%
35%
63% 45
%
63% 55
%
Students Alumni
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014
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Range of Applications per Applicant(Since Oct. 2011)
1 to 25 26 to 50 51 to 100 101 to 250 251 to <500 500+
71%
12%9%
6%1% < 1%
76%
11% 9%4%
< 1% 0%
80%
11%6%
3%< 1% 0%
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