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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For advocating genocide, he should be expelled, the judge and law clerk should withdraw from teaching, and UF should apologize to its students and faculty.
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Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2025
Federal judges have a lot of power over the people who work for them, including law clerks, who report a real culture of fear.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 June 2025
Outside Trump ally Mike Davis, a former law clerk for Gorsuch and one-time Senate Judiciary Committee chief counsel for nominations, declined to discuss his conversations with Trump to the Washington Examiner but has publicly criticized Coney Barrett.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
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Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2025
Federal judges have a lot of power over the people who work for them, including law clerks, who report a real culture of fear.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 June 2025
Outside Trump ally Mike Davis, a former law clerk for Gorsuch and one-time Senate Judiciary Committee chief counsel for nominations, declined to discuss his conversations with Trump to the Washington Examiner but has publicly criticized Coney Barrett.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 5 June 2025
Born in Boston, Walter had spent years bouncing around the country and into different jobs — salesman, chef, butler, lumberjack, law clerk, and restaurant manager.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for law clerk
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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