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The World Of Law Clerks: Tasks, Utilization, Reliance, And Influence, Stephen L. Wasby
The World Of Law Clerks: Tasks, Utilization, Reliance, And Influence, Stephen L. Wasby
Marquette Law Review
This Article is an examination of the work of judges’ law clerks, based on a variety of materials. It begins with consideration of who is a law clerk and of the role of staff attorneys and judges’ secretaries. Clerks’ tasks are examined next, with attention to the preparation of bench memoranda and judges’ delegation of work to their clerks. Aspects of clerks’ influence and the related matter of judges’ reliance on them is then presented, including attention to law clerks’ recommendations to their judges.
Bonus Babies Escape Golden Handcuffs: How Money And Politics Has Transformed The Career Paths Of Supreme Court Law Clerks, Artemus Ward, Christina Dwyer, Kiranjit Gill
Bonus Babies Escape Golden Handcuffs: How Money And Politics Has Transformed The Career Paths Of Supreme Court Law Clerks, Artemus Ward, Christina Dwyer, Kiranjit Gill
Marquette Law Review
Job prospects for former Supreme Court law clerks have radically changed in recent years. Beginning in 1986, skyrocketing law firm signing bonuses caused a transformation from the natural sorting system, where clerks chose among private practice, government, academic, and public interest positions, to a Bonus Baby Regime where former clerks almost always choose to work in private firms after they leave the Court. This development is a result of both financial and ideological factors. While the more conservative clerking corps of recent years has been increasingly drawn to private practice, the firms themselves hire along ideological lines. Still, while former …
Diversity And Supreme Court Law Clerks, Tony Mauro