Supreme Court Clerks
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clerkships, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: All of October Term 2010Plus several hires for October Term 2011.
Earlier this week, the New York Daily News reported that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has no plans of stepping down from the Supreme Court anytime soon. This wasn’t terribly exciting, since there haven’t been any rumblings of an AMK departure. In addition, Justice Kennedy has already hired at least two law clerks for October Term […] -
Movies, Politics, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
ATL Movie Night: Advise & Dissent
Last night I headed across town to NYU Law School for a screening of Advise & Dissent, a new documentary about the Supreme Court confirmation process. Here’s a brief description of the film: ADVISE & DISSENT is the first documentary to go behind the lines and into the trenches of the judicial confirmation wars. SCOTUSblog […] - Sponsored
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American Constitution Society (ACS), David Souter, Department of Justice, Gay, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Best of Spring
Yes, we’ve been gone. Where we’ve been — poetry workshop, rehab, hiking the Appalachian Trail? — doesn’t matter. What matters is that we’re back, and our team of interns has diligently kept track of the nuptial triumphs and travesties that have occurred in our absence. We’ve identified the very best of the best couples from […]
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Cert Pool, Elena Kagan, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Kagan and the Cert Pool: Should She Jump In?
The confirmation hearings for Solicitor General Elena Kagan, nominated to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, are currently scheduled to start on Monday, June 28. We will, of course, offer extensive coverage, including some liveblogging. But most observers expect little confirmation drama — which makes sense. Elena Kagan is an eminently qualified […] -
Alex Kozinski, Clarence Thomas, Email Scandals, Racism, Rudeness, Supreme Court Clerks
The Harvard Email Controversy: How It All Began
We’re hoping the Harvard Law School email controversy has run its course — and we suspect that it has. (But we still invite you to take our reader poll on whether Crimson DNA’s email was racist or offensive.) Before we close the door on this story, we’d like to give you the background on how […] -
Clarence Thomas, Clerkships, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet Justice Thomas's Clerks
Justice Clarence Thomas — who tends to hire clerks from a wide range of law schools, including some schools far outside the so-called “T14” — has had to defend himself against (unfounded) allegations that his clerks are “TTT” (an epithet so ridiculous it always makes us laugh). At the same time, because he’s the justice […] -
Clarence Thomas, Minority Issues, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Clarence Thomas Throws Fellow Justices, Feeder Judges, and Law Schools Under the Diversity Bus
Today Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee, regarding the Court’s budget. It started out jovially, with Justice Thomas poking fun at Justice Breyer for agreeing with him for the very first time (at the 15 minute mark, regarding taking […] -
Associate Advice, Books, Fabulosity, Supreme Court Clerks
Happiness Tips for Lawyers
Ed. note: Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project. The book has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 15 weeks, ever since its publication (including hitting the #1 spot). Although she’s now a writer, with a total of five bestselling and/or critically acclaimed books to her name, Rubin started her […] - Sponsored
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Marsha Berzon, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: An Update
After yesterday’s report on the latest developments in Supreme Court clerk hiring, we received word of several new hires, both by email and in the comments. So we thought we’d do a quick follow-up to pass along what we’ve heard. Please keep in mind that we have not verified every hire to 100 percent accuracy; […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Dukies Do Well; Alito Is Done
Supreme Court clerk hiring is once again in the news. This subject, usually of interest just to hard-core legal nerds, migrated over to the mainstream media in Jeffrey Toobin’s recent New Yorker profile of Justice John Paul Stevens. Toobin cleverly used the topic of clerk hiring as a backdoor way of getting at JPS’s retirement […] -
Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS, Solicitor General's Office, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
An Amusing Oral Argument: Justice Thomas Opens His Mouth, and Justice Sotomayor Struggles With Math
Sorry, we didn’t mean to get your hopes up (or maybe we did). The famously sphinx-like Justice Thomas did not ask a question at oral argument yesterday — but he did open his mouth and emit hearty laughs. From CNN: Sometimes the most complicated of cases at the Supreme Court brings out the best arguments. […] -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: More OT 2010 HiresPlus a discussion of politics and law clerk hiring.
On Monday, Adam Liptak had an interesting article about Supreme Court clerk hiring and possible political polarization. From the New York Times: A new study has found that former clerks have started to take jobs that reflect the ideologies of the justices for whom they worked. “It’s cause for concern mainly because it’s a further […] -
Clerkships, Craigslist, Romance and Dating, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Clerks Are Fair Game, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places? A Craigslist 'Missed Connection' at the SCOTUS
Our obsession with Supreme Court clerks is longstanding, dating back to our blogging for Underneath Their Robes (where we used to profile SCOTUS clerks). And it seems we’re not alone in lusting after the Elect. Apparently oral argument makes people think of other oral activities. Check out this “Missed Connection” from Craigslist: Law clerk at […]
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Donald Trump, Fabulosity, Hotties, Law Professors, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 10.25: Trumped Up
There’s nothing scary about this Halloween edition of the Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. Our featured newlyweds include two Skadden associates, a SCOTUS clerk, and a famous heiress / model / entrepreneur. Here are our fabulous finalist couples: 1. Limor Robinson and Jordan Mann 2. Heather Elliott and Stuart Rachels 3. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner […] -
Jed Rakoff, New York Times, Robert Katzmann, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.13: Devine Inspiration
Supreme Court clerks continue to flood the NYT wedding pages this month, creating grim LEWW odds for mere-mortal Cornell grads and Skadden associates. Like Troy playing Florida or North Texas playing Alabama, these folks are welcome to suit up, but the only question is how bad their whuppin’ is going to hurt. Here are your […] -
Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Jon Newman, Merrick Garland, New York Times, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.6: The Point Is Probably Moot
LEWW’s memory isn’t what it once was, but we can’t recall a stronger week in legal nuptials than this one. All six of our featured newlyweds are truly impressive, and a few are even interesting! And not to give anything away, but if you love SCOTUS clerks (and oh, we do!) prepare to curl your […] -
Adam Liptak, Clerkships, John Paul Stevens, New York Times, Old People, SCOTUS, Shameless Plugs, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: More on Justice Stevens
Just a quick follow-up to yesterday’s discussion of whether Justice John Paul Stevens’s failure to hire a full complement of law clerks for October Term 2010 might shed light upon his retirement plans. In today’s New York Times, Adam Liptak has an excellent article on the subject. It begins: A Supreme Court clerkship is a […] -
Clerkships, John Paul Stevens, Old People, Orin Kerr, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Thomas Goldstein
Supreme Court Retirement Watch: Justice Stevens?
A few weeks ago, we were emailing with one of our sources about an interesting fact we noticed, based on Above the Law’s real-time coverage of Supreme Court clerk hiring. The fact: thus far, Justice John Paul Stevens has hired just one law clerk for October Term 2010 (Sam Erman (Michigan 2007 / Garland)). We […] -
David Souter, New York Times, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 8.17 and 8.24: Astrophysical
LEWW is fascinated by ATL’s Douchiest Law School contest. Official results haven’t been announced yet, but based on our preliminary read, Yale seems to have notched a decisive first-round victory over the University of Texas, and it looks like Harvard has trounced UCLA. Stanford Law School, however, appears to have been decisively out-douched by lowly […] -
Clerkships, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List
We’ve previously reported on the hiring of Supreme Court law clerks for October Term 2009. Their names appear here (everyone but Justice Sotomayor’s clerks) and here (Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s clerks). As we mentioned, we weren’t 100 percent certain on the Sotomayor clerks. Happily, as it turns out, our intelligence was correct. Thanks to everyone who […]