law clerk

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: 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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law clerk

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: one (as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research and analysis

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