Clerks
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Courts
Supreme Court Clerks Hired More For Pedigree Than Merit In... Not-So Shocking News
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Courts
Why Does Anyone Care If Clarence Thomas Is Nice? He's Still Taking Away Your Basic Rights
His former clerk *insists* he's a sweet guy who just enjoys taking away fundamental human rights as a side hobby. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Courts, Politics, Supreme Court
Will Justice Breyer Retire? Reading The Clerk Hiring Tea Leaves
Law clerk hiring can offer hints into a justice's retirement plans; what does Justice Breyer's tell us?
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Courts, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Complete Clerk Roster For October Term 2020
With Justice Barrett's first set of clerks, plus the destinations of the late Justice Ginsburg's clerks. -
Courts, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Clerks
Following precedent, Justice Barrett has hired clerks with either prior SCOTUS clerkship experience or prior experience clerking for her. -
Courts, Supreme Court
What Will Happen To Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Law Clerks?
They'll find homes with other justices -- most likely, justices close to RBG on the ideological spectrum. -
Courts
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: A Closer Look At The Clerk Class Of October Term 2020
Here are some interesting trends worth noting in the world of SCOTUS clerk hiring. -
Courts, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: A Term Like No Other
Feast your eyes on the complete roster of Supreme Court law clerks for October Term 2020. - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Courts
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Complete Clerk Roster For October Term 2019
Which law schools and lower-court judges produced the most SCOTUS clerks for this Term? -
Courts
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Return Of The Tiger Cub
Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, daughter of Amy ‘Tiger Mother’ Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, will clerk at the Supreme Court this coming Term -- along with these other impressive young legal minds. -
Boutique Law Firms
Law Firm Wows With Mega Clerkship Bonuses That Beat The Market
This elite firm is coming over the top of the market on clerkship bonuses. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.21.18
* Orin Kerr offers his thoughts on the Allison Jones Rushing controversy (aka how young is too young to be a federal judge). [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy]
* If President Trump and Senate Republicans are packing the courts with conservatives, then it’s time for Democrats to pack back, according to Michael Klarman. [Take Care]
* Howard Wasserman offers some insights into the recent dismissal of Stormy Daniels’s defamation lawsuit against Trump. [PrawfsBlawg]
* And while we’re on the subject of media law, Gerard Magliocca has an interesting observation about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the right of publicity. [Concurring Opinions]
* Speaking of RBG, Jonathan Adler argues that she could learn a thing or two from her newest colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, when it comes to hiring law clerks. [Bench Memos / National Review]
* Joel Cohen raises an intriguing question about prosecutors: to what degree are they required to fight their own biases? [New York Law Journal]
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Courts, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Kavanaugh's History-Making Class Of Clerks
All four are women, a first at One First Street, and thanks to them, women constitute a majority of this Term's clerks -- the first time this has happened in SCOTUS history.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Courts
Outspoken Federal Judge Launches Amazingly Dumb Twitter Tirade
When it comes to maturity, these clerks are showing a lot more than this senior status judge. -
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Biglaw
Which Biglaw Firm Is Now Offering $105K Clerkship Bonuses?
Clerkship bonuses have remained stagnant through the recession, but it's time for the market to move. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.19.17
* The Kozinski retirement raises the important question — where does a clerk go to report misconduct (a question raised in this Lithwick column)? There’s now pressure on Chief Justice Roberts to work out a solution. [The Recorder]
* Speaking of sexual harassment, the wave of misconduct revelations has lawyers seriously questioning NDAs (something we’ve written about before here at ATL). [Reuters]
* Wondering who the next potential Trump SCOTUS nominee would be? Breaking down the numbers it would seem to be… [Empirical SCOTUS]
* Crain’s has a list of the 100 Leading Women Lawyers in New York City. [Crain’s]
* Law enforcement requests for Facebook data are up big time. This is why we can’t have nice things. [CNET]
* What do general counsel want for the holidays? The same thing they want every year: more service for less money. [American Lawyer]
* New suit goes after Blue Apron for its stock price drop. As if they’re responsible for Jeff Bezos gutting their market share in Brooklyn. [Law360]
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Supreme Court
Law Clerk Explains To Reporter That He Really Is Kind Of A Jerk
Gorsuch's clerk seems to hate working people as much as his boss. -
Clerkships, Old People, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
The 40-Year-Old SCOTUS Clerk
Who's the oldest person ever to serve as a Supreme Court clerk? -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: To Know A Judge, Know Her Clerks
At least three of the nine justices are done hiring clerks for October Term 2018 (2018-2019).