Clerks

Also... mostly white and men.

His former clerk *insists* he's a sweet guy who just enjoys taking away fundamental human rights as a side hobby.

Law clerk hiring can offer hints into a justice's retirement plans; what does Justice Breyer's tell us?

With Justice Barrett's first set of clerks, plus the destinations of the late Justice Ginsburg's clerks.

Following precedent, Justice Barrett has hired clerks with either prior SCOTUS clerkship experience or prior experience clerking for her.

They'll find homes with other justices -- most likely, justices close to RBG on the ideological spectrum.

Here are some interesting trends worth noting in the world of SCOTUS clerk hiring.

Feast your eyes on the complete roster of Supreme Court law clerks for October Term 2020.

Which law schools and lower-court judges produced the most SCOTUS clerks for this Term?

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.

This elite firm is coming over the top of the market on clerkship bonuses.

* 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]

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.

When it comes to maturity, these clerks are showing a lot more than this senior status judge.

Which firm is making it rain?

Clerkship bonuses have remained stagnant through the recession, but it's time for the market to move.

* 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]

Gorsuch's clerk seems to hate working people as much as his boss.

Who's the oldest person ever to serve as a Supreme Court clerk?

At least three of the nine justices are done hiring clerks for October Term 2018 (2018-2019).