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law clerk

American  

noun

  1. an attorney, usually a recent law school graduate, working as an assistant to a judge or being trained by another attorney.


Etymology

Origin of law clerk

First recorded in 1760–65

Example Sentences

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Davis subsequently spent a year as a law clerk for the new Justice, and then served as chief nominations counsel for the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

While Conor has been in prison, he's volunteered as a law clerk, facilitated classes about accountability and restorative justice, and spoken in a video about teen dating violence.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

She's a law professor at the University of Michigan and once worked as a law clerk for former Justice Anthony Kennedy.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Democratic Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank, 64, has worked for the government since graduating from Harvard Law School, working as a law clerk for a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

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

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