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Jones Day has hired nearly 100 SCOTUS clerks in a dozen years; how many are in this year’s class?

By Debra Cassens Weiss

December 12, 2024, 12:43 pm CST

Jones Day has hired 10 former U.S. Supreme Court law clerks from the October 2023 term, adding to an “already-deep bench of talent,” according to Noel Francisco, the partner in charge of the law firm’s Washington, D.C., office and a former U.S. solicitor general.

Jones Day has recruited 96 Supreme Court clerks since the October 2011 term, according to a Dec. 10 press release.

Each of the high court’s conservative justices had employed at least one of Jones Day’s new associates. Justice Brett Kavanaugh employed three of them, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Samuel Alito each employed two.

Only about three dozen law clerks work for Supreme Court justices each term, “which means these lawyers—and their unparalleled knowledge of the court—are in incredibly high demand,” the Washington Post reported in January.

Jones Day is “the leader in the race to recruit and hire as many clerks as possible,” the article reported.

What kind of a signing bonus can the former Supreme Court clerks expect? A Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher spokesperson told the Washington Post in January that bonuses have reached a new high of $500,000.

A Jones Day spokesperson did not immediately respond to an ABA Journal request for information on its signing bonuses.

Jones Day hired eight former Supreme Court clerks last year and seven in 2022, the National Law Journal reported in its story on the new associates.