MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE LAW — When her civil procedures professor explained to her class how a federal clerkship is a tremendous learning experience that offers valuable insight into the judicial process and provides practical familiarity with the litigation process that could benefit young attorneys throughout their careers, Sonya Dickson wasn’t interested. At the time, the first-year Mississippi College law student from Peoria, Arizona, was focused on practicing law as soon as possible and couldn’t conceive of taking the time to clerk — even at the federal level — once she had obtained her law degree.