The Online System for Clerkship Application and Review (OSCAR) rolled out Version 4 last month.  With this new version, OSCAR accommodates judges who choose to accept clerkship applications electronically, judges who want to receive only paper applications, and judges who wish to advise applicants that they do not have a clerkship vacancy.  This new feature has resulted in OSCAR hitting a milestone.  OSCAR now has over 1,000 federal judges using the system to post their clerkship positions and application requirements. These participating judges represent circuit, district, magistrate, and bankruptcy judges from across the country in each circuit.  

Please note that the release of electronic applications in OSCAR complies with the judicary's Clerkship Hiring Plan.  Alumni applications are viewable at the time of submission.  Applications from third year law schools students will be released on Wednesday, September 3, 2008.