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    This document provides guidelines for choosing and preparing a writing sample to include with job applications. It recommends selecting the most appropriate sample for the position, redacting any confidential information if needed, submitting a clean copy without markings, following the employer's preferred length between 5-20 pages, proofreading thoroughly, and including a cover page explaining the context and issues addressed in the sample. The cover page sample provided describes a writing sample as an excerpt from a Supreme Court case where a woman argued her claim to be the sole parent of her child in a Memorandum.

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    This document provides guidelines for choosing and preparing a writing sample to include with job applications. It recommends selecting the most appropriate sample for the position, redacting any confidential information if needed, submitting a clean copy without markings, following the employer's preferred length between 5-20 pages, proofreading thoroughly, and including a cover page explaining the context and issues addressed in the sample. The cover page sample provided describes a writing sample as an excerpt from a Supreme Court case where a woman argued her claim to be the sole parent of her child in a Memorandum.

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    Preparing Your Writing Sample For Alumni

    Uploaded by

    Prasun Tiwari
    This document provides guidelines for choosing and preparing a writing sample to include with job applications. It recommends selecting the most appropriate sample for the position, redacting any confidential information if needed, submitting a clean copy without markings, following the employer's preferred length between 5-20 pages, proofreading thoroughly, and including a cover page explaining the context and issues addressed in the sample. The cover page sample provided describes a writing sample as an excerpt from a Supreme Court case where a woman argued her claim to be the sole parent of her child in a Memorandum.

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    WRITING SAMPLE

    CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER

    P. (213)

    736-1150

    Founders Hall 118

    F. (213)

    385-5133

    919 Albany Street

    E. [email protected]

    Los Angeles, CA 90015

    A writing sample should reflect your best writing. It should also be persuasive and analytical. Follow these
    guidelines as you prepare your writing sample for your job applications:

    CHOOSE THE WRITING SAMPLE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE POSITION if you have more than one
    sample (e.g., published article, motion, appellate brief, seminar paper, memorandum). You may also take an
    excerpt from the discussion section of a longer paper.

    REDACT ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in the document if submitting a memorandum or motion written
    for a prior or current employer. If applying for a judicial clerkship, consider changing the names of specific parties
    instead of redacting the information; former federal law clerks have found the changing of names preferable over
    redacting when reading writing samples.*

    SUBMIT A “CLEAN COPY” that is free markings when using an academic paper, memorandum, or motion.

    FOLLOW THE EMPLOYER’S PREFERRED LENGTH. If unspecified, anywhere from 5-20 pages is acceptable
    (you may submit a longer piece if you are applying for a post-graduate judicial clerkship). If you think your sample
    is too long, consider omitting one or more sections. Be sure to keep the most critical part of the memo. If you omit
    a section, leave in the heading so that the structure and logic of the memo is not lost. After the heading, insert a
    statement along the following lines:
    A. Subheading.

    [This section has been omitted due to length but will be provided upon request.]

    If the portion omitted is necessary for an understanding of the discussion included (e.g., the Statement of Facts),
    you can explain any necessary background details on the cover page, but keep it very short.

    PROOFREAD, PROOFREAD, AND PROOFREAD.

    INCLUDE A COVER SHEET WITH YOUR WRITING SAMPLE (see sample on the following page).

    When submitting your writing sample electronically, include the cover page as part of the writing sample file (i.e.,
    first page of your PDF). The cover page should explain the following:

    for whom or what you wrote the document (i.e., memorandum for partner in insurance defense firm, Motion to
    Compel for Assistant District Attorney, etc.);

    what the writing sample is about or what issues it addresses (e.g., remedies under the National Labor Relations
    Act, piercing the corporate veil, Motion to Suppress Evidence, etc.).

    For questions about the judicial clerkship application process, consult Professors Aimee Dudovitz and Jessica Levinson.

    LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL LOS ANGELES | CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER www.lls.edu


    Writing Sample

    For

    ABC V. The State (NCT of Delhi)

    Description:

    The attached writing sample is an excerpt from a a Supreme Court case. A woman represented
    her claim for being sole parent of her child. In the Memorandum, the plaintiff should prevail on
    her motion because

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