Duke Law Prof. Veronica Root Martinez talks about what motivated her to pursue a clerkship as a law student, how she went about that process, and the legal skills she gained as a judicial clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prof. Martinez also offers suggestions to law schools and judges interested in diversifying their pool of clerkships applicants and clerks.

For more information, visit Duke Law Clerkships Office online:
https://law.duke.edu/clerkships

Duke Law Senior Lecturing Fellow Geovanny E. Martinez talks about what motivated him to pursue a clerkship as a law student, how he went choosing which clerkships to pursue, and building a relationship with his judge, the Hon. Sheila R. Tillerson Adams in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Visit the Duke Law Clerkships Office at https://law.duke.edu/clerkships.

Visit Senior Lecturing Fellow Martinez’s faculty page at law.duke.edu/fac/gmartinez.