law clerk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of law clerk
First recorded in 1760–65
Example Sentences
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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
He served as a law clerk on the Second U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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
On The Late Show, when Jackson recalled learning as a law clerk to set aside her preferred outcomes when writing opinions, a deadpan Colbert asked, “Are you confident that all the justices share that idea?”
From Slate • Oct. 4, 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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