Judge Paul L Friedmans Court Webpage

General Information [1]

Judge Friedman was appointed United States District Judge in August 1994. He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 and received a J.D. from the School of Law of the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1968. Following law school, Judge Friedman clerked for Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and for Judge Roger Robb of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1970 to 1974, and as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States from 1974 to 1976. Judge Friedman practiced law as an associate and partner with White & Case from 1976 until 1994. He served as President of the District of Columbia Bar from 1986 to 1987, and as Associate Independent Counsel for the Iran-Contra Investigation from 1987 to 1988. He is a member of the Council of the American Law Institute, and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

The Honorable Paul L. Friedman
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse
William B. Bryant Annex
Room 6012
333 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
202-354-3490 (telephone)
202-354-3498 (fax)

Law Clerks:
Barbara Thomas
(202) 354-4029

Albinas Prizgintas
(202) 354-4030

Judicial Assistant:
Marissa Ahari
(202) 354-4028

Case status information:

Check PACER or the Clerk's Office public computers
Memorandum Opinions may be found in the Court Opinions section of this website and on legal databases

Court's Calendar:

Check the Court Schedules section of this website

Clerkship Information [1]

Judge Friedman employs two law clerks each serving a two-year term. Vacancies have been filled through 2013. Judge Friedman will make an announcement when he is ready to accept applications for the 2013 term. Judge Friedman participates in OSCAR.

Clerkship applications should include a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and three letters of recommendation (preferably two law professor recommendations and one legal employer recommendation). Writing samples upon request.

For more information on the value of federal law clerk experience, the general duties of a law clerk, and the qualification, salary and benefits received by law clerks, as well as additional specific information on a clerkship with Judge Friedman, see the Federal Law Clerk Information System, https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov [2].

Internship Information [1]

An internship with Judge Friedman is a traditional judicial internship. Student interns must be highly motivated to learn about the judicial system and have superior research and writing skills. They have the opportunity to take on significant responsibility, including analyzing motions, writing memoranda, drafting opinions, briefing staff on substantive and procedural issues, and/or assisting the judge with trial preparations. Interns may be asked to perform some administrative tasks. The internship is unpaid, although law schools may offer course credit for this internship.

Interns are hired for the fall, spring and summer terms. They work part-time (at least 20 hours a week) during academic semesters and full-time during the summer (40 hours a week) for a minimum of ten weeks or more. Judge Friedman hires no more than three interns per term in order to provide close supervision and to assure substantive work opportunities.

Intern applications should include a cover letter, resume, transcript (unofficial), writing sample and three references and/or letters of recommendation. Applicants should have completed a minimum of one year of law school by the time the internship commences. Third-year students are encouraged to apply.

Judge Paul L Friedmans Court Webpage

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