About OSCAR
OSCAR, the Online System for Clerkship Application and Review, is a secure, user-friendly, web-based system for federal law clerk and appellate staff attorney recruitment. OSCAR's extensive set of features allows users to easily manage every aspect of the hiring process.
Law School Administrators and OSCAR
OSCAR provides law school career services staff with law school administrator (LSA) user accounts. LSAs can use OSCAR to stay informed of current law clerk and staff attorney openings and recruitment practices; assist applicants and recommenders with law clerk and staff attorney recruitment; upload letters of recommendation on behalf of recommenders to expedite the application process; and utilize unique reports to track and manage applicants, recommenders, and hiring data.
As an LSA user in OSCAR, you have access to a wide variety of system functions pertaining to applicants, recommenders, judges, staff attorney offices, and basic account administration. LSAs can perform various actions in OSCAR depending on their level of user rights, including the areas outlined below.
Manage Your Account
In OSCAR, LSAs maintain their law school profile and class rank information visible to applicants, judges, and staff attorney offices. As an LSA, you can also create and manage additional accounts for users within your law school, as well as manage user rights, passwords, security questions, and account information.
Access Judge and Staff Attorney Office Information
LSAs have access to comprehensive judge and staff attorney lists in OSCAR, including all online available judicial clerkship and staff attorney office positions. You can use the basic and advanced search features to search for judges, staff attorney offices, and available positions based on a variety of specific criteria, as well as save and share your searches with applicants. LSAs can also download files of judges and staff attorney office information.
Tip Sheets for Accessing Judge and Staff Attorney Office Information
Assist Applicants
LSAs are granted administrative functions to help students navigate the federal clerkship and staff attorney application process in OSCAR. As administrators, LSAs can upload application documents and submit applications on behalf of applicants, check the status of recommendation requests, and use the "wear the hat" feature to log in directly to an applicant's account. LSAs can also share saved searches for relevant positions with specific applicants and email applicants directly in OSCAR.
Tip Sheets for Assisting Applicants
More resources to assist applicants in their clerkship and staff attorney application process.
Assist Recommenders
Recommendation letters are required for most applications in OSCAR. The LSA's ability to navigate the recommendation process in OSCAR can help your students immensely. As an LSA, you can view the status of all recommendation requests, access account information for recommenders, upload recommendation letters on behalf of recommenders, and use the "wear the hat" feature to log in directly to a recommender's account.
Additional Features in OSCAR
In addition to all the features outlined above, LSAs have access to other administrative functions that may be useful. Included in this is the ability to run predefined reports containing statistics on applicants, recommenders, and judges from the current hiring season. Other features include sending emails directly within OSCAR and using the "wear the hat" feature as detailed in the tip sheets below.
Training
The OSCAR Program Office offers webinars on various topics throughout the year.
The OSCAR Program Office also provides one-on-one training via telephone or WebEx so you can request a one-on-one training session at your convenience.
Contact Us
OSCAR Program Office
- Email: oscar-support@ao.uscourts.gov
- Phone: 866-666-2120
- Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
- Website: www.oscar.uscourts.gov
