{"id":165359,"date":"2026-10-20T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/20\/federal-clerks-can-now-get-a-205k-bonus-at-this-prestigious-law-firm\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:51:32","slug":"federal-clerks-can-now-get-a-205k-bonus-at-this-prestigious-law-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/20\/federal-clerks-can-now-get-a-205k-bonus-at-this-prestigious-law-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Clerks Can Now Get A $205K Bonus At This Prestigious Law Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal clerkships are prestigious, demanding jobs, and top litigation firms are willing to pay handsomely for lawyers who have completed one. Clerkship bonuses have already climbed well into six figures, but sources tell us that one leading litigation boutique is raising the stakes again come 2027, offering a previously unheard of sum to federal clerks joining the firm in the new year. <\/p>\n

That firm is Hueston Hennigan. Beginning next year, the firm will offer $205,000 for all federal clerkships, once again making it the market leader. Astute observers of the legal market probably aren\u2019t surprised by the news \u2014 Hueston Hennigan has a reputation of being incredibly generous with compensation. The firm was one of the first to offer special summer bonuses<\/a>, and one of the first to match Milbank\u2019s new salary scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hueston Hennigan last set the pace in March 2025<\/a>, when it raised its clerkship bonus to $180,000. Since then, other litigation powerhouses have moved into the same range. Susman Godfrey<\/a> and Munger Tolles & Olson<\/a> offer $180,000 for one clerkship and $200,000 for multiple clerkships. Quinn Emanuel<\/a> offers $175,000 for one federal clerkship and $200,000 for two.<\/p>\n

With the rush on top talent in a still hot lateral market, what are other firms waiting for? Don\u2019t they want to capture some of the magic that former federal clerks can offer? If you have information about any firm\u2019s clerkship bonuses, you should\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0or text us (646-820-8477) with all the details. Thanks.<\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Federal clerkships are prestigious, demanding jobs, and top litigation firms are willing to pay handsomely for lawyers who have completed one. Clerkship bonuses have already climbed well into six figures, but sources tell us that one leading litigation boutique is raising the stakes again come 2027, offering a previously unheard of sum to federal clerks joining the firm in the new year. <\/p>\n

That firm is Hueston Hennigan. Beginning next year, the firm will offer $205,000 for all federal clerkships, once again making it the market leader. Astute observers of the legal market probably aren\u2019t surprised by the news \u2014 Hueston Hennigan has a reputation of being incredibly generous with compensation. The firm was one of the first to offer special summer bonuses<\/a>, and one of the first to match Milbank\u2019s new salary scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hueston Hennigan last set the pace in March 2025<\/a>, when it raised its clerkship bonus to $180,000. Since then, other litigation powerhouses have moved into the same range. Susman Godfrey<\/a> and Munger Tolles & Olson<\/a> offer $180,000 for one clerkship and $200,000 for multiple clerkships. Quinn Emanuel<\/a> offers $175,000 for one federal clerkship and $200,000 for two.<\/p>\n

With the rush on top talent in a still hot lateral market, what are other firms waiting for? Don\u2019t they want to capture some of the magic that former federal clerks can offer? If you have information about any firm\u2019s clerkship bonuses, you should\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0or text us (646-820-8477) with all the details. Thanks.<\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal clerkships are prestigious, demanding jobs, and top litigation firms are willing to pay handsomely for lawyers who have completed one. Clerkship bonuses have already climbed well into six figures, but sources tell us that one leading litigation boutique is raising the stakes again come 2027, offering a previously unheard of sum to federal clerks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":165333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}