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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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 Alito said the call was to discuss the qualifications of a former law clerk being considered for an administration job. —

Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for law clerk