I’d like to aggregate some information for those of us looking at above market clerkship bonuses. Here’s what I’ve seen so far, please add more if you know or have heard of any. Formatting compares clerkship bonus for 1 year and 2 years:
|Law Firm|Bonus|Clawback/Caveats| |:-|:-|:-| |Kellogg Hansen|200/225|Paid out in 6 installments over 2 years, advance available on 1st installment. COA preferred for hiring. No additional bonus for highest state court.| |Hueston Hennigan|180/200|| |Quinn Emanuel|175/200|2 year clawback| |Boies Schiller|150/175|Paid in 2 installments over 2 years with clawback if you leave early.| |Dovel & Luner|140|| |Jones Day|125/175|| |Cravath|125/150|| |Latham|125/150|| |Munger Tolles|125/150|| |Susman Godfrey|125/150|| |Elsberg |125/150|| |Fish & Richardson|115|2 years of clerkship experience; need to clerk for Federal Circuit.| |Selendy Gay|100/125|| |Robins Kaplan|100|50k paid in first paycheck, 50k paid 6 months later. Full clawback if you leave within 1 year; half clawback if you leave between 1-2 years.| |Davis Polk|75/100|| |White & Case|50/100|| |Williams & Connolly|50/75|| |Cooley|50/75|| |Kirkland|50/70|May match other clerkship bonus offers. 1 year clawback. A3 judges on district and circuit courts, highest state courts, and Del Chancery.| |Paul Weiss|50/70|| |Ballard Spahr|40/75|40k for 1 year district, 60k for 1 year circuit. 75k for two years.|
Firms stating they provide a "competitive" clerkship bonus: Gibson Dunn, Covington & Burling, WilmerHale, Weil, Debevoise, DLA Piper, McDermott, Skadden, Milbank
Firms referencing a clerkship bonus generally: Mayer Brown, Orrick, Holland & Knight, K&L Gates, O'Melveny, Irell & Manella, Keker Van Nest, Beck Redden, McKool Smith