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In spite of growing participation among state and federal judges in Legal Accountability Project's LAP Pledge, the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference advised 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jerome Holmes that distributing post clerkship surveys to current and former clerks, and other facets of the pledge, "gives rise to ethical concerns."
Law schools do not adequately inform students about the downsides of clerking; the implications of this small, hierarchical, isolated work environment; and the lack of workplace protections and support for mistreated clerks.