law clerk
an attorney, usually a recent law school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.
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How to use law clerk in a sentence
As a judicial law clerk for the city, Alicia was worried that she’d be paired with a strait-laced lawyer.
Date Lab: They had ‘fun hair,’ fondue and a shared love of archaeology | Damona Hoffman | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostBy necessity, Tatel’s law clerks read drafts of opinions out loud and make edits as they go before he does light edits on his own computer.
This legal suspense novel follows a young law clerk who, much to her surprise, becomes the legal guardian of a Supreme Court justice after he falls into a coma.
In 2019, Ginsburg visited the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, where she was interviewed by her former law clerk Amanda Tyler, who teaches there.
For a final collection, RBG picked her favorite arguments and opinions | Jeffrey Rosen | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostI’m a legal scholar who studies social reform movements and I served as a law clerk to Ginsburg when she was an appeals court judge.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Helped Shape The Modern Era Of Women’s Rights – Even Before She Went On The Supreme Court | LGBTQ-Editor | September 21, 2020 | No Straight News
In 1909, a 27-year-old law clerk named Franklin Delano Roosevelt landed on the island.
Treasure Hunt to Discover Oak Island’s Mysterious Booty | Nina Strochlic | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow 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 GraydonThe law clerk pointed with trembling hand, and the veins stood out on his forehead like whipcords.
The Cryptogram | William Murray GraydonAt all events he quickly recovered the letter from the law clerk and restored it to the packet.
The Cryptogram | William Murray GraydonThe law clerk fairly trembled with excitement as he bent over him; Flora and I watched the operation calmly.
The Cryptogram | William Murray Graydon
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