Generally, interested candidates apply for federal clerkships roughly a year before the clerkship begins. The training contract was formerly known as an articled clerkship. He completed a medical clerkship at Harvard Medical School. In 2004, she completed a judicial clerkship at the International Court of Justice. Registrarship or vocational specialty training is akin to an apprenticeship or clerkship in other professions. Successful completion of this pre-clinical program is required prior to entry into a clerkship. Forensic medicine is also a mandatory round during medical school clerkship. The remainder of medical school is spent in clerkship. Some scholars and practitioners have questioned the lack of a federal congressional clerkship program. The clerkship program required much individual study. Following his clerkship, Wilkinson declined joining a large law firm. Garland's correspondence with Brennan ultimately helped him win a clerkship with the justice. He interviewed with Supreme Court Justice Byron White for a clerkship but was not hired. Following his clerkship, Cox joined Fabian and Clendenin, a Salt Lake City law firm. Holt served his articles of clerkship with the firm of Fink, Best, & Miller.