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Article: Inside judicial chambers: how federal district court judges select and use their law clerks.
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- Albany Law Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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I. INTRODUCTION
In recent decades, United States Supreme Court law clerks have not suffered from a lack of attention. From allegations that the Justices' law clerk hiring practices are riddled with gender and racial bias (1) to debates over the level of influence wielded by clerks, (2) legal scholars and journalists have remained intrigued with these "junior justices." Law clerks on the lower federal and state courts, however, have escaped similar scrutiny. This disinterest is particularly evident when we consider federal district court law clerks. With the exception of a recent flurry of articles debating when federal district court judges should begin the ...