The Third Circuit today posted a hiring announcement on its website to hire four or more term staff attorneys. The term is one or two years (“firm commitment”) starting fall of 2017. Application closing date is October 10.

The announcement describes the positions thus:

In the Third Circuit, approximately thirty attorneys work with a dedicated administrative staff in a highly collegial environment. Term staff attorneys are a vital complement to our established group of supervisory attorneys and career attorneys. Term staff attorneys are hired at various levels of legal experience, and recent law school graduates work alongside and engage with attorneys with prior judicial clerkship or other professional experience. Our office has been a launching point for a wide range of careers nationwide, and many of our former staff attorneys have become leaders in public interest, private sector, and academic settings.

Primary staff attorney duties include:
• Developing expertise in habeas corpus, immigration, civil rights and constitutional law,
appellate jurisdiction, and federal civil and criminal procedure;
• Gaining familiarity with state and territorial laws of the Third Circuit;
• Drafting memoranda, per curiam opinions, and orders for the judges;
• Responding to questions from judges concerning individual cases, as needed; and
• Managing assigned cases.

The former Third Circuit staff attorneys I’ve met (a) are freakishly smart, and (b) have super-duper valuable insight into the court’s workings. These openings certainly will draw top-notch applicants.