law clerk
noun
: a person (such as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research, writing, and analysis
landed a job as a law clerk at the Supreme Court straight out of law school
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Hina lost a physically demanding immunity challenge and voted off law clerk Jason Treul, 32.
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Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Beau moved to Westfield in 2024 to study for the bar exam, and that fall moved to Bloomington to work as a judicial law clerk in the federal Seventh Circuit appeals court.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Jason Treul, 32, Santa Ana, California, law clerk.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Beau moved to Westfield in 2024 to study for the bar exam, and that fall moved to Bloomington to work as a judicial law clerk in the federal Seventh Circuit appeals court.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
Jason Treul, 32, Santa Ana, California, law clerk.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
Instead, Barrett stressed the importance of collegiality among the justices on the nation’s highest court and how her law clerks weed through the bevy of amicus briefs the court receives, only passing along to her those that lay out legal arguments rather than policy ones.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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