law clerk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of law clerk
First recorded in 1760–65
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The hapless lawyer said a law clerk had caught other fabricated quotes in a first draft.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
It all stems from Gorsuch’s third book and his first for children, which was co-written with a former law clerk and released in early May ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
Justice Elena Kagan, who first came to the court as a law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall, denounced the “demolition” of a historic civil rights law.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
A former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, he had worked at Sullivan & Cromwell as the co-leader of its appellate litigation practice before joining the Trump administration in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
She became a law clerk, a teacher, and the superintendent of schools in Mason City, Iowa, before devoting her career to suffrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
