The Program for Leadership and Character, the Legal Writing Institute, and Wake Forest University School of Law, are partnering together to host the 2024 Clerkship College, a virtual training webinar for current and prospective judicial clerks. The seminar is scheduled for November 14-15, 2024 (11:00am-5:00pm EST each day), and will feature training sessions focused on principles of leadership and legal writing skills– two hallmarks of a successful clerkship experience.
The cost for the Clerkship College is $40 per person with scholarships available upon request.
Full List of Participating Speakers for
The 2024 Clerkship College
Judge Denise Barnett, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Tennessee
Justice Tamara Barringer, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Marin Bennerotte, Third Year Law Student at Wake Forest University School of Law (Moderator)
Justice John Browning, Former Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas
Jonathan Cardi, Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law
Jacqueline Carney, Assistant Teaching Professor at Notre Dame Law School
John Cook, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law (Moderator)
Christine Coughlin, Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law (Moderator)
Justice Richard Dietz, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Justice Anita Earls, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Justice April Farris, Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth District of Texas
Kari Gallagher, Associate Teaching Professor at Notre Dame Law School (Moderator)
Judge Wes Hendrix, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
Brian Johnston, Career Judicial Clerk at the Arkansas Supreme Court
Laila Kassis, Associate Attorney at Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Aileen Kim, Judicial Clerk at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Kerry Kornblatt, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice Program at the University of Michigan Law School (Moderator)
William LeRoux, Judicial Clerk at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Raffi Melkonian, Partner at Wright Close & Barger, LLP
Judge John Owens, United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
Katlyn Patton, Career Judicial Clerk at the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Judge Michael Robinson, Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases, North Carolina Business Court
Jennifer Sheppard, Associate Professor of Law at the United States Air Force Academy (Moderator)
Cameron Silverglate, Judicial Clerk at the United States Supreme Court
Chase Stevens, Associate Attorney at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Kenneth Townsend, Executive Director of Leadership and Character in the Professional Schools and Teaching Professor in the Wake Forest University School of Law (Moderator)
Claire Voegele, Associate Attorney at Jones Day
Mary Grace Whitten, Associate Attorney at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP
Justice Rhonda Wood, Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Aaron Zelinsky, Deputy Chief of the National Security and Cyber Crimes Section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland