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Law clerk
Law clerk

A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in Legal research issues before the court and in writing Legal opinion....
s have assisted Supreme Court Justices in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray
Horace Gray

Horace Gray was an United States of America jurist who ultimately served on the United States Supreme Court. He was an active in public service and a great philanthropist to the City of Boston....
 in the 1880s. By the traditions and rules that have developed around this procedure today Associate Justices
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States....
 on the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 have the opportunity to select four law clerks each term of the court. The Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal courts and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 is allowed five clerks, though late Chief Justice Rehnquist
William Rehnquist

William Hubbs Rehnquist was an Law of the United States, United States federal courts, and a Politics of the United States who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States....
 usually only hired three.

The following is a still-incomplete table of Supreme Court law clerks, listed by Justice and term.






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Law clerk
Law clerk

A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in Legal research issues before the court and in writing Legal opinion....
s have assisted Supreme Court Justices in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray
Horace Gray

Horace Gray was an United States of America jurist who ultimately served on the United States Supreme Court. He was an active in public service and a great philanthropist to the City of Boston....
 in the 1880s. By the traditions and rules that have developed around this procedure today Associate Justices
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States....
 on the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 have the opportunity to select four law clerks each term of the court. The Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal courts and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 is allowed five clerks, though late Chief Justice Rehnquist
William Rehnquist

William Hubbs Rehnquist was an Law of the United States, United States federal courts, and a Politics of the United States who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States....
 usually only hired three.

The following is a still-incomplete table of Supreme Court law clerks, listed by Justice and term. The names of Justices who are active ( Justice Samuel Alito's appointment on January 31, 2006) are in bold.

Chief Justice


Associate Justice (Seat 1)


Associate Justice (Seat 2)


Associate Justice (Seat 3)


Associate Justice (Seat 4)


Associate Justice (Seat 5)

This seat was established on September 24, 1789 by the Judiciary Act of 1789
Judiciary Act of 1789

The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the United States federal courts....
 [see 1 Stat. 73]. The seat was abolished upon the death of James Moore Wayne
James Moore Wayne

James Moore Wayne was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and was a United States Representative from Georgia .Born in Savannah, Georgia, Wayne was the son of Richard Wayne, who came to the US in 1760 and married, on Sept....
 on July 5, 1867 per the Judicial Circuits Act
Judicial Circuits Act

The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 reorganized the United States United States Circuit Court and provided for the gradual elimination of several seats on the Supreme Court of the United States....
 [see 14 Stat. 209]. This was before the first law clerk for a Supreme Court Justice was hired.


Associate Justice (Seat 6)


Associate Justice (Seat 7)

This seat was established on March 3, 1837 by the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act [see 5 Stat. 176]. The seat was abolished over a year after the death of John Catron
John Catron

John Catron was an United States of America jurist who served as a United States Supreme Court justice from 1837 to 1865.Little is known of Catron's early life, but he served in the War of 1812 under Andrew Jackson....
, the only Justice to occupy it, on July 23, 1866 by the Judicial Circuits Act
Judicial Circuits Act

The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 reorganized the United States United States Circuit Court and provided for the gradual elimination of several seats on the Supreme Court of the United States....
 [see 14 Stat. 209]. This was before the first law clerk for a Supreme Court Justice was hired.


Associate Justice (Seat 8)


Associate Justice (Seat 9)


Associate Justice (Seat 10)


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    Law clerk

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