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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The report also detailed an inappropriate relationship Kindred had with one of his law clerks.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 July 2024
Last fall, Barrett participated in an interview with Catholic University law professor Kevin Walsh, a fellow former law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
—Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
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.
—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
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 July 2024
Last fall, Barrett participated in an interview with Catholic University law professor Kevin Walsh, a fellow former law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
—Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
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.
—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
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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