The Clerkships Whisper Network: What It Is, Why It's Broken, and How To Fix It

In the Columbia Law Review, LAP’s President and Founder Aliza Shatzman discusses the clerkships “whisper network”: the secretive, fear-infused method of information-sharing. Information about judges who mistreat their clerks is often not shared by those who possess it, including law school professors, deans, clerkship directors, and former clerks, with those who need it—students. Aliza then proposes a solution to correct this lack of transparency: LAP’s Centralized Clerkships Database, which democratizes information about judges.