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Judicial economy or procedural economy [1] [2] [3] is the principle that the limited resources of the legal system or a given court should be conserved by the refusal ...
A law clerk, judicial clerk, or judicial assistant is a person, often a lawyer, who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Judicial clerks often play significant roles in the formation of case law through their influence upon judges' decisions.
Note that, due to the several changes in the size of the Court since it was established in 1789, two seats have been abolished, both as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 (and before the Court established the practice of hiring law clerks). Consequently, neither "seat 5" nor "seat 7" has a list article.
Clerk Started Finished School (year) Previous clerkship Thomas H. Fitnam: 1888 1889 Georgetown (1884) James S. Harlan: 1888 1889 admitted to bar, 1886 none Clarence M. York: 1890 1896 National University Law School (1889) none Clarence M. York: 1897 1905 National University Law School (1889) S. Field / M. W. Fuller: Stephen Albion Day: 1905 1907
Judicial Clerkship Handbook, USC Gould Law School, 2013-2014, p. 33, Appendix B. "List of law clerks," The Papers of Justice Tom C. Clark, Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas Law School. Retrieved August 11, 2016. Newland, Charles A. (June 1961). "Personal Assistants to the Supreme Court Justices: The Law Clerks," Oregon L. Rev. 40: 306–07.
The Judicial Code (28 U.S.C. § 671) provides that the clerk is appointed, and may be removed, by order of the Supreme Court. The clerk's duties are prescribed by the statute and by Supreme Court Rule 1, and by the court's customs and practices. The clerk of the Supreme Court is a court clerk.
Judicial clerkships tend to be a valuable experience to an attorney's career because of the work involved in both substantive and procedural issues. In many cases, a clerkship is a critical stepping stone into real practice. Most, if not all, major law firms pay "clerkship" bonuses to new associates who have completed a full one year clerkship ...
William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States, clerked for Justice Robert Jackson during the 1952 term. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each justice is permitted to have between three and four law clerks per Court term. Most persons serving in this capacity ...