law clerk
noun
: a person (such as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research, writing, and analysis
landed a job as a law clerk at the Supreme Court straight out of law school
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This problem will be felt most acutely by the Supreme Court itself, which has only nine justices staffed by a bare handful of law clerks and a skeletal administrative staff.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 June 2024
Roberts Rejects Senate Democrats' Request to Discuss Ethics and Alito Flag Controversy
Fortas’ law clerk warned him about the impropriety of the arrangement, but the justice dismissed such concerns.
—Michael Bobelian, TIME, 26 June 2024
Del Giudice did not reply to inquiries from The News, but the judge’s chief law clerk said he’s been planning to step down.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
These justices would all rely on a memo drafted by that one law clerk to advise them on whether to hear the case.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 3 May 2024
He is currently employed as a permanent law clerk at the Connecticut Supreme Court.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
Justice Clarence Thomas, in a break from his practices in other cases involving the 2020 election, recused himself in October when the Supreme Court turned down an appeal from John Eastman, his former law clerk and an architect of a plan to subvert the election.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Also enjoyable are Drew Bradford as Harvard law clerk Emmett and Vivian Romero as Warner’s snooty girlfriend Vivienne.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
He was elected president of the Harvard Law Review and was a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 June 2024
Roberts Rejects Senate Democrats' Request to Discuss Ethics and Alito Flag Controversy
Fortas’ law clerk warned him about the impropriety of the arrangement, but the justice dismissed such concerns.
—Michael Bobelian, TIME, 26 June 2024
Del Giudice did not reply to inquiries from The News, but the judge’s chief law clerk said he’s been planning to step down.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024
These justices would all rely on a memo drafted by that one law clerk to advise them on whether to hear the case.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 3 May 2024
He is currently employed as a permanent law clerk at the Connecticut Supreme Court.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
Justice Clarence Thomas, in a break from his practices in other cases involving the 2020 election, recused himself in October when the Supreme Court turned down an appeal from John Eastman, his former law clerk and an architect of a plan to subvert the election.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Also enjoyable are Drew Bradford as Harvard law clerk Emmett and Vivian Romero as Warner’s snooty girlfriend Vivienne.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
He was elected president of the Harvard Law Review and was a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 6 Jul. 2024.
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