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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit about 15 years ago.  He's now a federal employee, and the clerkship DOES count toward his years of service.

(I'm not a federal employee myself, but I do the household finances.  I called some office years ago to inquire, and was told "yes" the clerkship counts.  I double-checked by looking at his SCD - service computation date.  That reflects the time spent as a law clerk for the fed judiciary.)[/quote]

The SCD on your SF-50 is not necessarily what is used for FERS.  You have a SCD-Leave which is what is on the SF-50.  That will include term appointments.  You also have a SCD-Retirement, which does not show on your SF-50.

This link confirms that term appointments (i.e. most clerkships) don't count toward your years of service: https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/fers-information/creditable-service/

I know this because I was a career law clerk for years and explained the ins and outs of HR issues to our term clerks.  I also spent 3 years as a term clerk and sadly those years don't count for retirement purposes.[/quote]

So then how are there people above saying their or their husband's clerkships counted when it seems like opm's link says no?[/quote]

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