SCOTUS Clerks
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Clarence Thomas's New Clerk Is Famous For Saying 'I HATE BLACK PEOPLE'
Too racist for Turning Point USA, just right for Clarence Thomas. -
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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
How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.09.22
* It’s coming from inside the house! SCOTUS clerks lawyer up as tensions rise post-Alito leak. [Yahoo!]
* Tongue-in-cheek protection: SCOTUS makes it harder to hold our protectors accountable. Thanks for that. [Bloomberg Law]
* Though vague, over 200 CEOs are pressing lawmakers to do something about gun violence. Maybe children will be safer now that businessmen care. [Axios]
* If Correlation =/= Causation was a person: Missouri congressman thinks mass shootings are on the rise because of abortion access. [Newsweek]
* SCOTUS may step the US closer to relinquishing colonial authority. [Boston Globe]
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Stephen Breyer Really Has A Long History At The Supreme Court
Clerkships really are a golden ticket to the top of the profession. -
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Feeder Judges, Courts, And Law Schools, 2017-2021
If you aspire to clerk for SCOTUS, or even if you're just curious, there's lots of interesting info here. -
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? -
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. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
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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. -
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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. -
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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?
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Having A Supreme Court Clerkship On Your Résumé Might Be Overrated
Clerkships are nice, but they aren't everything. -
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This Supreme Court Clerk Was Drafted By 2 Major League Baseball Teams
Hopefully he'll enjoy his time playing with his new team. -
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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. -
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. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 09.23.18
* In case you missed it amidst all the craziness of last week, Monday was Constitution Day — and as Judge Don Willett reminds us, it’s up to us to keep our constitutional republic strong. [Wall Street Journal]
* The Supreme Court clerk class of October Term 2008: where are they now? Derek Muller has tracked them down. [Excess of Democracy]
* Senator Dianne Feinstein is under fire, and not just for her handling of the Kavanaugh nomination — but she’s still likely to emerge victorious in November, as Kashmir Hill reports. [Splinter]
* The past 12 months haven’t been easy for superlawyer David Boies — but he’s still very busy (and also a bit wiser), as he tells Jim Stewart. [New York Times]
* It’s only a matter of time before the Supreme Court has to address the rights of transgender students under Title IX, according to Justin Driver — who’s the author of a buzz-generating new book, The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind (affiliate link). [Reason / Volokh Conspiracy]
* If you’re looking for advice about discipline, focus, happiness, and relationships — and who isn’t? — here’s a podcast you might want to check out. [University of Good / SoundCloud]
* Law firm mergers are notoriously hit or miss — so this new M&A intelligence tool from ALM could come in very handy. [Dewey B Strategic]
* Congratulations to the six new participants in LexisNexis’s third Silicon Valley Legal Tech Accelerator program! [Artificial Lawyer]
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Two Firsts At One First Street
Congratulations to all of these amazing young lawyers! -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.29.17
* Justice Neil Gorsuch delivers a speech on civility in public life at a lunch held at the Trump International Hotel — and meets with protests. [How Appealing]
* Congratulations to Makan Delrahim, just confirmed as head of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. [Bloomberg via Big Law Business]
* MoloLamken adds another star federal prosecutor to its roster, bringing aboard Megan Cunniff Church in Chicago. [Law360]
* Speaking of stars, the Supreme Court clerks from October Term 2007: where are they now? [Excess of Democracy]
* Don’t say we didn’t warn you: the list of law schools with the highest loan default rates is dominated by staples of Above the Law’s pages. [ABA Journal]
* Harvard Law School graduate Tamara Wyche, who failed the bar exam twice and lost her job at Ropes & Gray, can proceed with parts of her federal lawsuit against the New York State Board of Law Examiners. [Law.com]
* Shocker: lobbyists go into high gear to try and save some cherished tax breaks from the scourge of tax reform. [New York Times]