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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On Tuesday, however, the court will hear a broad attack on the FDA from attorney Erin M. Hawley, the wife of Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and a former law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts.
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The site, open only to current and former clerks, is a crowdsourced effort started by a former law clerk who says her career was derailed by an abusive judge.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
Trump owes another $110,000 for refusing to comply with a subpoena in the civil fraud case and $15,000 for repeatedly disparaging the judge’s law clerk in violation of a gag order.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2024
From 2001 to 2003, Maldonado served as a law clerk for Judge Rubén Castillo on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
The judge also hired his son as a law clerk without a contract and without his son undergoing the hiring process of other court employees through the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, officials say.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Judge Sheindlin is joined in the courtroom by law clerk Sarah Rose, court stenographer Whitney Kumar and bailiff Kevin Rasco.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
In 1992, Linda was hired as a law clerk at the firm where Craig was a junior associate.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
Redden is accused of punching a corrections officer, and a law clerk involved in the melee sustained cuts on a hand, the arrest report said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The site, open only to current and former clerks, is a crowdsourced effort started by a former law clerk who says her career was derailed by an abusive judge.
—Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
Trump owes another $110,000 for refusing to comply with a subpoena in the civil fraud case and $15,000 for repeatedly disparaging the judge’s law clerk in violation of a gag order.
—Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2024
From 2001 to 2003, Maldonado served as a law clerk for Judge Rubén Castillo on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
The judge also hired his son as a law clerk without a contract and without his son undergoing the hiring process of other court employees through the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, officials say.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Judge Sheindlin is joined in the courtroom by law clerk Sarah Rose, court stenographer Whitney Kumar and bailiff Kevin Rasco.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
In 1992, Linda was hired as a law clerk at the firm where Craig was a junior associate.
—Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
Redden is accused of punching a corrections officer, and a law clerk involved in the melee sustained cuts on a hand, the arrest report said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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