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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Miers, a friend of the president who had worked as a law clerk but had no prior experience as a judge, eventually withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
Williams served as a law clerk to now-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland when Garland served as an appellate judge and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Allison Greenfield, a law clerk who was previously criticized by Donald Trump during his New York civil fraud trial, has been elected as a judge in New York City's civil court.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Keisha Russell, a constitutional lawyer with First Liberty Institute who has worked as a federal law clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, told Fox News Digital that there is legal precedence for why Sanders has the right to bring a chaplain into the team's locker room.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Carrie Johnson, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
Williams served as a law clerk to now-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland when Garland served as an appellate judge and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Allison Greenfield, a law clerk who was previously criticized by Donald Trump during his New York civil fraud trial, has been elected as a judge in New York City's civil court.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
Keisha Russell, a constitutional lawyer with First Liberty Institute who has worked as a federal law clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, told Fox News Digital that there is legal precedence for why Sanders has the right to bring a chaplain into the team's locker room.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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