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State of New York
Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Third Judicial Department


The Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, is currently seeking applications for a two-year clerkship in the Court's Law Research Department, commencing in August 2025. For more than half a century, the Court's Law Research Department has employed a rotating pool of Appellate Court Attorneys to assist the Court in its work. Clerkships with the Law Research Department afford participants the opportunity to gain invaluable insight into the appellate process through the observation of oral argument, review of the Court's proposed decisions and extensive legal research and writing in a wide array of legal topics.