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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The president-elect’s post follows a report in The New York Times that Trump spoke with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito earlier this month after one of Alito’s former law clerks was recommended for an administration job. —

Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025 Justice Alito said the call was a routine job reference for a former law clerk whom Mr. Trump was considering for a government position. —

Adam Liptak, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Kaplan, who joined Meta in 2011 when it was still known as Facebook, has longstanding ties to the Republican Party and once worked as a law clerk for the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. —

Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025 The phone call centered on William Levi, a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s who seemingly has impeccable conservative legal credentials. —

Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for law clerk