law clerk


noun
  1. an attorney, usually a recent law school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.

Origin of law clerk

1
First recorded in 1760–65

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How to use law clerk in a sentence

  • In 1909, a 27-year-old law clerk named Franklin Delano Roosevelt landed on the island.

  • Now the 7-foot-tall law clerk is sitting in the psychiatric ward of an Anchorage hospital.

  • As he spoke he approached the door, and as I followed him the law clerk stopped me by a touch on the shoulder.

    The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon
  • “Yes, Miss Hatherton, it seems that I was on the right track,” the law clerk replied.

    The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon
  • The law clerk pointed with trembling hand, and the veins stood out on his forehead like whipcords.

    The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon
  • At all events he quickly recovered the letter from the law clerk and restored it to the packet.

    The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon
  • The law clerk fairly trembled with excitement as he bent over him; Flora and I watched the operation calmly.

    The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon