12.27.2007

first south-asian Article III judge appointed

Looks like Amul R. Thapar, who is/was the United States Attorney for Eastern District of Kentucky will become a judge in that district (nomination here). He will become the first Article III judge of South-Asian decent (there are currently/roughly 1221 Article III judges/justices - 960 DC judges, 252 CC judges, 9 SC justices, and South-Asians make up roughly 1% of the United States population). I received the following email:

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Judge Amul Thapar, the keynote speaker at the Saturday night banquet in Las Vegas, is looking for clerks for the London, KY region. The information follows:

Send ALL applications ASAP to: Amul.Thapar@usdoj.gov
Clerks will start January or February 2008.
Location- London, Kentucky
It is also possible to commute from - Lexington, KY as well.

Top 10% of school/ a Law Journal preferred.