General Information

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)

Career Law Clerk: Ashley Martin (202) 354-3490

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
Judge Friedman employs two law clerks each serving a one-year term, one beginning in January and the other in the fall. There are no vacancies at this time and Judge Friedman is not accepting applications via OSCAR.

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

Applicants should be United States citizens or authorized to work legally in the United States.

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.

Internship Information
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.

Judge Friedman is no longer hiring interns for summer 2024. Hiring for fall 2024 will begin in April/May.  Law students should submit the following documents in the order listed as one combined PDF file: cover letter, resume, list of three references or three letters of recommendation, writing sample, transcript (does not have to be an official copy).  Please label the application file Last Name, First Name_Friedman Intership Application.  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.