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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 ...
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.
A recent analysis found judicial clerkships were made up of 77 percent white graduates and 23 percent graduates of color. An effort is underway to diversify the prestigious positions.
Judicial Clerkship Handbook, USC Gould Law School, 2013-2014, p. 33, Appendix B. "Law Clerks of Chief Justice Earl Warren," Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (2015). Retrieved August 15, 2016. Newland, Charles A. (June 1961).
The following is a table of law clerks serving the associate justice holding Supreme Court seat 10 (the Court's tenth associate justice seat by order of creation), which was established on April 10, 1869 by the 41st Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1869 (16 Stat. 44).
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.
The following is a table of law clerks serving the associate justice holding Supreme Court seat 3 (the Court's third associate justice seat by the order of precedence of the inaugural associate justices [a]) which was established on September 24, 1789 by the 1st Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789 (1 Stat. 73). [4]
Clerkship may refer to: . Law. Law clerk - a law student or recent law graduate who practices law under the guidance of a judge or licensed attorney.; A court clerk is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court and administering oaths to witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors as well as performing some quasi-secretarial duties.