![]() The new class is the least balanced class since OT 2017, which was also about two-thirds male, and it’s a throwback to the first twelve years of the Roberts Court (2005-2017), a period in which only a third of clerks were women.Īll nine of the active justices have at least one female clerk, as does retired Justice Breyer. In the past five Terms, we’ve seen more gender balance in clerk classes, with last year’s class almost evenly split, 51 percent male and 49 percent female. Of the 38 clerks, 25 are men and 13 are women, making for a class that’s 66 percent male and 34 percent female. The OT 2022 class contains 38 clerks-four for each active justice, plus one each for retired Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer (who will work in the chambers of an active justice in addition to assisting their retired bosses with various projects). ![]() This list has just their names, but I have the clerks’ law school and prior clerkship info courtesy of my own sources I just used the Court’s official list of OT 2022 clerks to confirm that my names are accurate (which they are).īefore providing you with the names, I’ll offer some big-picture analysis, with a focus on the demographics of the OT 2022 clerk class:ġ. The Court’s Public Information Office kindly provided me with the official list of Supreme Court clerks for October Term 2022, i.e., the Term officially starting on the first Monday of this October. Who will be the lucky women and men clerking for SCOTUS in the upcoming Term? If the Court is willing to ask clerks for cellphone records, it’s not crazy to imagine the Court, say, limiting the use of personal cellphones inside the building.ĭespite any added tension at 1 First Street, a Supreme Court clerkship is still a great experience, as well as a privilege and honor for a young (or not so young) lawyer. As a reader of mine who clerked for the Court suggested, even if justices “will always want to trust and protect their own clerks,” in the wake of the Dobbs leak “they will have far less faith in the clerks of nonaligned chambers.” I wouldn’t be surprised if the Court institutes new security measures for law clerks, such as limits on taking work product outside the building. I mentioned that things “could be a little weird” for Justice Jackson-and the same could be said for the new clerks. And there’s a new set of clerks at the Supreme Court, since July is the traditional month for the changing of the clerk guard. There’s a new sheriff in town at 1 First Street. ![]() For example, both featured cases on school prayer, abortion, and Miranda-but in OT 1999, conservatives went 0-3, and in OT 2021, conservatives went 3-0. ![]() There are striking similarities and differences between the two judicial years. In an excellent framing for his article, Liptak compared the Term just ended, October Term 2021, to the Term when KBJ clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer, October Term 1999. I’m sure her colleagues will be very welcoming to her, but there may just be a lot more circumspection around the building. She’s entering the court at a time of just crazy polarization after a very momentous term and after this huge leak from the spring. I spoke with him for the piece, opining as follows: Supreme Court? In a recent New York Times article, Adam Liptak set out to answer this question. What can Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson expect as she begins her tenure on the U.S.
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