Dylan Gibbs and Chiara Concini talk about the strategies that made their judicial clerkship applications successful. Dylan clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada for the Honourable Russell Brown and the Alberta Court of Appeal. Chiara is clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada for Chief Justice Richard Wagner in 2025.
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Show notes:
(0:00) A rare feat--securing an SCC clerkship in 2L
(4:08) How to choose your references
(14:41) Helping your references write strong letters
(17:57) When to start your writing sample
(22:12) Selecting a writing sample
(27:01) Being strategic about course selection
(31:14) How to prepare for interviews
(39:32) Dylan and Chiara talk about mock interviews and the cases they prepared
(52:33) How to write a compelling cover letter
(1:00:46) Concluding remarks