Definition of law clerk
:a person whose job is to assist a judge
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law
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: a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed (see prescribe 1a) or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority
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: the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules
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: common law
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: litigate
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: to sue or prosecute at law
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clerk
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: cleric
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: scholar
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: an official responsible (as to a government agency) for correspondence, records, and accounts and vested with specified powers or authority (as to issue writs as ordered by a court)
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: to act or work as a clerk
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law clerk
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legal Definition of law clerk
: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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