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VI. Appendix

A Dozen Firms Known To Have Paid Clerk Perks

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Dallas
Firm reportedly pays judicial bonuses. Source: Texas Lawyer.

Andrews & Kurth, Houston
Firm pays judicial clerkship bonuses. Source: National Association for Legal Placement.

Baker & Botts, Houston
Supreme Court clerks receive $35,500 plus Bar and moving expenses. Other perks include $5,500 acceptance and $5,000 graduation bonuses. Source: Infirmation.com; National Law Journal.

Bracewell & Patterson, Houston
Judicial clerkship bonus plus $5,000 sign-up and $5,000 graduation bonuses. Firm pays moving expenses and Bar review, exam and dues. Source: Infirmation.com; National Law Journal.

Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas
Judicial clerks get a $10,000 bonus plus Bar and moving expenses. Source: Infirmation.com.

Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston
Firm reportedly pays judicial bonuses. Source: National Law Journal.

Locke Liddell & Sapp, Dallas
Firm grants appropriate credit for judicial clerkships. Source: National Association for Legal Placement.

Haynes & Boone, Dallas
Judicial clerks receive a $10,000 bonus and salary adjustment. Firm also pays $3,000 acceptance bonus, $6,500 summer stipend, $2,000 moving allowance and Bar expenses. Source: Infirmation.com; National Law Journal.

Susman Godfrey, Houston
Firm pays judicial clerkship bonuses. Source: National Association for Legal Placement.

Thompson & Knight, Dallas
Judicial clerks receive a $10,000 bonus, salary adjustment and a year credit toward firm shareholder status. Firm also pays a $5,000 signing bonus, $5,000 stipend plus moving costs and Bar exam and dues expenses. Source: Infirmation.com.

Vinson & Elkins, Houston
After announcing that it would raise Supreme Court clerk bonuses to $35,000, the firm recently suspended this practice in response to the clerk-perk scandal. Firm also pays $8,000 signing bonus, a $2,000 graduation bonus, moving expenses and Bar review and exam expenses. Source: Texas Lawyer; National Law Journal; Infirmation.com.

Weil Gotshal & Manges, Houston
Judicial clerks get $10,000 starting bonus and $5,000 merit bonus. Source: National Association for Legal Placement.
 

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