Judicial Clerkship Program
2006 JCP Student Evaluations
1. Overall experience at the Judicial Clerkship Program (check one)
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Excellent |
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33 |
80% |
Good |
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8 |
20% |
Average |
0 |
0% |
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Poor |
0 |
0% |
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Total |
41 |
100% |
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2. Please rate the following panels
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1 Excellent |
2 Good |
3 Average |
4 Poor |
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1. What Do Judicial Clerks Do? (Hon. George C. Hanks, Jr., Moderator) |
57% (23) |
40% (16) |
3% (1) |
0% (0) |
2. How to get a Judicial Clerkship |
30% |
33% (13) |
35% (14) |
3% (1) |
3. The Students Queston the Judges (Hon. William J. Caprathe, Moderator) |
82% (27) |
15% (5) |
3% (1) |
0% (0) |
3. Comments from previous section
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4. This is the second year we have attended oral arguments at the Program, and we are grateful to the Seventh Circuit judges for making it possible. How valuable did you find attending court and observing the argument?
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Very Valuable |
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37 |
90% |
Somewhat Valuable |
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3 |
7% |
Not very valuable |
1 |
2% |
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Total |
41 |
100% |
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5. How valuable did you find the question and answer session with the judges?
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Very Valuable |
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37 |
90% |
Somewhat Valuable |
1 |
3% |
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Not very valuable |
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2 |
5% |
Total |
40 |
100% |
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6. Please give us your comments about the argument and following discussion. Should we try to have students observe an oral argument in future years? Was the experience worth traveling to a differnt location? Were the logistics of traveling to a different location satisfactory? Feel free to include other comments
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7. How did you find the Research Exercise?
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Appropriate |
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34 |
83% |
Too sophisticated |
1 |
2% |
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Too basic |
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3 |
7% |
Focused differently than anticipated |
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3 |
7% |
Total |
41 |
100% |
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8. Comments from previous section
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9. Before coming to this Program, what were your thoughts on seeking a judicial clerkship?
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Appropriate |
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7 |
18% |
Too sophisticated |
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15 |
38% |
Too basic |
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13 |
33% |
Focused differently than anticipated |
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5 |
13% |
Total |
40 |
100% |
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10. Comments from previous section
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11. Based on your experience in this Program, do you think you will seek a judicial clerkship?
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Yes |
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38 |
100% |
No |
0 |
0% |
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Total |
38 |
100% |
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12. If you answered yes to the previous question, please rank the parts of the Program in order of their influence on your decision to seek a judicial clerkship:
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
N/A |
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1. Working on the research assignment: |
3% (1) |
14% (5) |
11% (4) |
16% (6) |
27% (10) |
11% (4) |
19% (7) |
0% (0) |
2. Working with the judges in small groups: |
54% |
18% (7) |
21% (8) |
5% (2) |
3% |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
3. "What do Judicial Clerks Do?" panel: |
16% (6) |
14% (5) |
24% (9) |
3% (1) |
14% (5) |
14% (5) |
14% (5) |
3% (1) |
| 4. "The Students Question the Judges" panel: | 11% (4) |
20% (7) |
11% (4) |
11% (4) |
17% (6) |
26% (9) |
0% (0) |
3% (1) |
| 5. Oral arguments: | 18% |
3% (1) |
21% (8) |
21% (8) |
11% |
13% (5) |
13% (5) |
0% (0) |
| 6. Discussion after the oral arguments: | 3% (1) |
26% (10) |
13% (5) |
18% (7) |
11% (4) |
18% (7) |
11% (4) |
0% (0) |
| 7. Interaction with former clerks: | 0% (0) |
11% (4) |
0% (0) |
26% (9) |
17% (6) |
17% (6) |
23% (8) |
6% (2) |
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13. Was this Program different than what you thought before attending the Program?
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Number of Responses |
Response Ratio |
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Yes |
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26 |
65% |
No |
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14 |
35% |
Total |
40 |
100% |
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14. Suggestions for future JCP Programs
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