SCOTUS Clerks
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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 08.22.17
* Law firms have a great quarter! Assuming you let gangbuster Am Law 50 revenue drag up the rest of the industry. [Am Law Daily]
* A Minnesota firm has fired an attorney who ran a Neo-Nazi record label. There’s some hand-wringing over free speech in the workplace, but the real question is: How did a lawyer even have time to run a whole business on the side? [Huffington Post]
* What company boasts the highest paid GC? [Corporate Counsel]
* California tries to make it illegal to bone your clients. Don’t worry, you can still screw them with your billable rate. [The Recorder]
* Bill Cosby hires new lawyers. [Law.com]
* Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz offering $350K for SCOTUS clerks. This isn’t getting out of hand at all. [National Law Journal]
* Law firms enlist schools to help figure out just how bad they are at diversity. [Law360]
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Clerkships, Old People, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court ClerksThe 40-Year-Old SCOTUS Clerk
Who's the oldest person ever to serve as a Supreme Court clerk? 
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Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court ClerksSupreme 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).
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Anthony Kennedy, SCOTUS, Supreme CourtNo, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Is Not Retiring Tomorrow
Based on this weekend's reunion of his law clerks, reports of AMK's retirement are greatly exaggerated. -
Clerkships, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court ClerksA Closer Look At Justice Neil Gorsuch's Current Clerks
Let's learn more about this formidable foursome. -
Clerkships, Supreme Court, Supreme Court ClerksThe Upside Of Being A Supreme Court Clerk
Being a Supreme Court clerk puts you in contact with high-profile individuals. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, Neil Gorsuch, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court ClerksSupreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Meet Justice Neil Gorsuch's Clerks
These clerks are like their boss: brilliant, well-credentialed, and (seemingly) conservative. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Next Generation (Of Feeder Judges)
These emerging feeder judges are a high-powered and diverse group. 
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BiglawYou Are Not Alone In Your Hatred Of The Biglaw Life
'It feels like my eight-year legal joyride earned me a top position as a corporate chauffeur.' -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: October Term 2017 Is Done; Let's Turn To 2018
Don't count on any justice retiring before the end of next Term. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: October Term 2017 Is Filling Up Fast
All the justices are done hiring for next Term, except for one -- can you guess who? -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Send Us Your Tips (Plus An Updated Official Clerk List)
We're about to do a new update, so please share hiring news for October Term 2017 (and beyond). -
Non-SequitursNon-Sequiturs: 11.29.16
* The New York City Council is considering a measure that would weigh a defendant’s ability to pay in setting bail. One small step away from de facto debtor prisons. [Politico]
* One potential Homeland Security Secretary, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., isn’t a big fan of habeas corpus. [Slate]
* Trump’s Attorney General pick, Jeff Sessions, isn’t a big fan of laws that protect schoolchildren with disabilities. [Huffington Post]
* West Virginia assistant attorney general Gilbert C. Dickey is heading to D.C. to clerk for Justice Thomas. [West Virginia Record]
* Private prisons, another beneficiary of a Trump administration. [The New Yorker]
* The divorce between between real estate moguls Harry and Linda Macklowe has now dragged their son in to the fray. Harry has filed a lawsuit against his son, William “Billy” Macklowe — just in time for the holidays. [Commercial Observer]
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Anthony Kennedy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Anatomy Of A Rumor: On Justice Kennedy's 'Retirement' Next Year
Wherein we dispel the latest rumors about a justice leaving the Supreme Court. -
Biglaw, PoliticsMeet A Former Supreme Court Clerk And Wife Of A Biglaw Partner Who Vocally Supports Donald Trump
Why on earth would a woman lawyer with these credentials back Donald Trump? -
Non-SequitursNon-Sequiturs: 08.11.16
* More cases are working their way up to the Supreme Court to define a religiously affiliated employer’s obligations to its employees. [Rewire]
* Is there a particular formula for getting yourself a coveted Supreme Court clerkship? [Empirical SCOTUS]
* The conservative interpretation of the Second Amendment has been prelude to Donald Trump’s veiled assassination “joke.” [Slate]
* Is criminal sentencing about to go all precog in this country? [FiveThirtyEight]
* Yes, even liberals can commit sexual assault. [The Slot]
* Remember — these pages and pages of redactions were probably done by some poor contract attorney trying to make a living. [Gawker]
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Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: An Analysis Of The October Term 2016 Clerk Class
Which law schools and feeder judges produced the most SCOTUS clerks for the upcoming Term? -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: A Look At October Term 2017
Some justices are done with their OT 2017 hiring, and some are not. -
Clerkships, Feeder Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: The Official List
Congratulations to these 34 outstanding young lawyers! -
SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court ClerksWhy Is Judge Garland A Top Supreme Court Feeder Judge?
Does Judge Garland feed more clerks to the left or the right side of the Supreme Court?
