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Modern practice

I believe the practice of having law clerks is fairly modern, dating from around the beginning of the Twentieth Century. bd2412 T 23:49, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Well hopefully someone who knows how far back it went can post some information about it and we can clean up the lists to not include justices from before the practice was instituted, I think this can be a useful page nonetheless, as many of these folks go on to become prominent jurists, lawyers, and legal sholars, not to mention those who go on to serve on the High Court. If I can get a date on the start of the practice I'll add it myself and clean things up to reflect it. Phil 00:39, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
    • That would be useful information for the Law clerk article as well. bd2412 T 17:15, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
      • The practice dates at least to 1882, when Horace Gray hired the first Supreme Court clerk (and had to pay out of his own pocket). See Artemus Ward & David L. Weiden, Sorcerers’ Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court (2006) at page 24.

Clerk's law school

I think it would be interesting to include the clerk's law school in the table; probably the most relevant pre-clerk information about them. Postdlf 16:14, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Great thought, it'll go on my to-do list. May be a few days before I can seriously input some data here, but I'll do my best once I get around to it, for now I'm just changing the per clerk template to include it. Phil 16:36, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh dear...

Just looking at John Paul Stevens entry, I can see that this page is going to be huuuuge. Must plan for that! bd2412 T 06:32, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Here's a webpage that Bobo should check out, to make sure all the info is incorporated: http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/careerservices/supreme-court-clerkships.htm 69.152.208.219 18:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Page organization

I love wikipedia, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.216.241.137 (talk) 21:51, 6 October 2008 (UTC) I am beginning to think that some reorganization of this might be helpful before we go much further. I think having the names of the current justices listed in the TOC would be useful. I am also trying to figure out a way to list all the justices underneath each seat in the TOC, but I'm running into problems because their names appear inside of a table. I think in line with that it may be desireable to reorder the listings to the chronological order is reversed. This would be a bit of grunt work, but easier sooner rather than later. Anyone have any brilliant ideas for breaking this up without making the information more difficult to access as the page continues to grow? Phil 22:42, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

There have been an average of four clerks per judge per year (or 36 clerks per year) for a fairly long time - 50 years maybe? Clerks have been a regular fixture for about a century, although some have served for more than one year, so I'd guess there have been around three thousand clerks. Too much for one page, divide it by seat and use this page as an index to nine individual pages by seat (there have only ever been clerks under the current arrangement of nine seats). bd2412 T 01:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I personally would prefer that the site format remain the same. It is easier to access the information if it is all in one location. In my humble opinon, jumping from entry to another entry makes the process more difficult for both the reader and the editor. Every year there are new clerks. It doesn't make sense to update nine articles every year.
BTW, the Chief Justice is entitled to five clerks per year. The Associate Justices are allowed four, and retired justices one. Rehnquist and Stevens chose to hire only three a year. If every position is filled, there would be 37 new clerks every year. That doesn't include clerks for retirees. BoBo 06:32, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Five clerks: -- I can't find a source or authority for this, including the authorizing statute. I believe the Chief gets four, just like the rest of the associate justices. Could you please provide a source for the five clerks? Thanks!
That must be a weird job, clerk for a retired Justice. Is O'Connor still drawing clerks, then? bd2412 T 02:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes, O'Connor still gets a new clerk each year. Of O'Connor's four clerks this year - Farhadian, Horwich, Kapczynski and Volokh - one quit midyear (Farhadian), two were hired by Alito (Horwich and Volokh), and one stayed with O'Connor (Kapczynski). BoBo 05:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Clerks for retired Justices normally do most or all of their real work for an active Justice. That's why you'll notice (from the edits that I added to the main article) that when Justice Burger retired, his clerks usually ended up working for Justices Scalia or Thomas. (Another common pairing was that retired Justice White's clerk usually worked for Justice Stevens, although Neil Gorsuch worked for Justice Kennedy when he clerked for retired Justice White.) Speaking of which, shouldn't there be some way of indicating that fact? This would distinguish those clerks who were hired by a retired Justice from those clerks who literally clerked for two active Justices in different years. (For example, in Justice Thomas's first year on the Court, he hired two clerks who had spent a year clerking with other Justices before.) When I originally added in the information about Scalia clerks who had been hired by Burger in retirement, I listed it as "Retired Justice Burger," but someone edited out that fact.69.152.208.219 18:23, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I think I have discovered a way to show that a clerk is being shared between an active justice and a retired justice. The name is entered twice - under the name of both justices. In each case, the name is followed by the phrase - "(shared with X)" - with X being the other judge. BoBo 02:16, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Cool, that works. 69.152.208.219 02:25, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

69.152.208.219 I noticed that you deleted Peter D. Keisler and Miguel A. Estrada from Kennedy for the 1987-1988 term. As I understand it, both served TWO terms as clerks. First, they were hired by Kennedy in February 1988 to finish out the 1987-1988 term with him. Then he rehired them for the full 1988-1989 term. In cases where a clerk has served two consecutive terms with the same justice, I have chosen to enter the person's name twice - one time for each term. See Tali Farhardian under O'Connor. First, she served the full 2004-2005 term. Then she served half of the next term (2005-2006). I have re-entered Keisler's and Estrada's name for this reason.

By the way, the clerk situation surrounding Kennedy's first two terms (1988-1990) is cloudy. I think Keisler did not finish the whole second term and was replaced, but I don't know for sure yet. BoBo 04:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, that makes sense. It's just that it looks like they're listed twice for 1988, which could be confusing. 65.70.231.231 15:32, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
65.70.231.231 After further thought, I agree that the transisitional clerkships between a retiring justice and his successor are difficult to show. What I have done now is list the term in which a clerk serves and not the actual dates. Look at the transition from Lewis Powell to Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy came in the middle of the term in February. I have listed his first clerk as serving during the 1987-1988 term even though neither Kennedy or the clerks actually served in 1988. BoBo 15:03, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I have determined the situation with Kennedy's first two years. Kennedy brought his three court of appeals clerks with him in February 1988 (Dan Chung, Miguel Estrada and Larry Vincent) and hired Keisler to make four. Chung and Vincent left in July 1988. Estrada and Keisler stayed for the next term to be joined by Elizabeth Collery and Thomas Hungar. Only Hungar stayed the full 1988-89 term. Collery was replaced midyear by former Marshall clerk Harry Litman. Estrada was replaced by former White clerk Richard Cordray. Keisler was replaced by former Scalia clerk Paul Cappuccio.

I still need help with the clerk transition from John Marshall Harlan II to Rehnquist. BoBo 05:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I have discovered the transition between Harlan and Rehnquist and put it in. For Justices who begin midterm, there will always be a change in law clerks that could be confusing. I have developed a protocol to document those changes. I put the end time for the clerks of the retiring justice as the last official day of that justice's tenure (which may be their death day if the justice dies in office). Then I put as a start time for the law clerks of the succeeding justice the date of that new justice's official swearing-in. I have adjusted the Harlan/Rehnquist, Powell/Kennedy, Rehnquist/Roberts and O'Connor/Alito transitions accordingly. The Burger/Rehnquist, Rehnquist/Scalia, Brennan/Souter, Marshall/Thomas, White/Ginsburg and Blackmun/Breyer transitions don't require such a dating method because they occurred during the summer break when the change of clerks normally happens. BoBo 18:42, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Added Justices to TOC

With some help from some more qualified Wikipedians, I figured out how to do this. I'm still pondering reversing the chronological order. Phil 18:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not change the chronology. I like it the way it is. You do not need to add any justices before 1882 when law clerks were first introduced. BoBo 20:51, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't anticipating adding more Justices uneccessarily. I was thinking people might be more interested in information on more recent justices and clerks, so listing the current Justice first and current clerks, then previous clerks and justices might make more sense. I will certainly hold off on it based on your opinion unless an overwhelming consensus develops otherwise. You have certainly done more for this article than I have. Phil 21:24, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Phil Graham

According to this person's article:

"[Phil] Graham graduated... from the Harvard Law School... in 1939. In 1939-40 he was law clerk to Justice Stanley F. Reed of the United States Supreme Court, and the following year he was clerk to Justice Felix Frankfurter, who had been one of his professors at Harvard."

Can someone confirm this and add it to the list here? Cheers! bd2412 T 01:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

HELP NEEDED

Something has happened to the editing fixture. I can no longer edit by section. Instead, I can only edit using the whole article. This is very inconvenient. Can someone please fix this editing problem? Thanks. BoBo 21:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

It's now March of 2007, and this editing problem still exists. Any answers, people? Corvus cornix 17:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

The problem came about because of this edit to a transcluded template back on June 17, 2006. Adding headers inside a template has side effects. Up to you how you want to fix it. Gimmetrow 19:27, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

2007 Clerks?

There are now about a half dozen clerks listed as starting in 2007. Even if the offer has been made and accepted, do we really want to list future clerks? bd2412 T 18:21, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Changed category to Category:American jurists (for now)

I changed the category of this article from Category:American lawyers to Category:American jurists for the moment. The reason is that under the category definition of Category:American lawyers, it includes only people who "have practiced law in the United States by representing and/or advising clients, whether private or government". Law clerks, though, do not necessarilly fall under that definition, since they have no client per se and, depending on the definition, may or may not be practicing attorneys. That's not to say that they aren't eligible to practice (they almost certainly are), just that they may or may not have practiced as a lawyer in addition to being a clerk. Some clerks, for example, go straight from being a law clerk into either politics or become judges, and never act as attorneys for clients.

Therefore I moved the category up a notch to "Jurists", which does clearly include anyone who makes use of knowledge of the law in a professional capacity. It seems a more appropriate category given the current category definitions. Now if the category definition for "American lawyers" is modified to also include clerks, then this list obviously can be moved back down to lawyers. Dugwiki 17:55, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

clerks that aren't listed

Gay Gellhorn, clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall (1983-84), needs to be added. I added her a number of months ago (with citations) but she has since been removed. Before clerking for Justice Marshall she clerked for Judge Oakes of the 2nd Circuit (1982-83). Gellhorn is the daughter of Walter Gellhorn who clerked for Harlan Fiske Stone (1931-32). She's a 1982 alumna of Seattle University School of Law and Professor Emeritus, University of District of Columbia School of Law. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179270996116 http://books.google.com/books?id=TGwpIvd3IzAC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=%22gay+gellhorn%22&source=bl&ots=XZfd_jYob_&sig=IgpLJ-P6f5Ye_MpL2kpA26lybAw&hl=en&ei=_HzmSY3sKI2SMoOrtNQF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.32 (talk) 01:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

I can think of one off the top of my head. Tom Colby--who is now a professor at GW--clerked for david souter at the supreme court, but i don't know what year.

I see one that isn't listed - my grandfather, William Joslin, who clerked for Hugo Black from 1947 to 1948. I tried to add that entry about an hour ago, but it's already been deleted. I am going to make the change again. Why did someone delete my entry?

It's been updated and has not been deleted. Check again. Zz414 20:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I see another that isn't listed: one of my favorite law profs: Philip Soper, who graduated from Harvard in 1969 (editor, Harvard law review) and clerked for Byron White the following year. See his biography at http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_FacultyBioPage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=242

Added. Four42two 16:09, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

It might be worth the effort to go through the online faculty bios of Yale, Harvard, and Columbia. It seems like many of their professors would be former clerks.

Clerks to be Added

I confirmed with Gey Gellhorn today that she clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall 1983-84 and before that for Judge James L. Oakes 1982-83. She graduated from Seattle University School of Law. Here's some supporting info. Can someone please add this? I don't know how to edit this page. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/05/16/all-in-the-family-father-daughter-supreme-court-clerks/ http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179270996116 http://www.gradprofiles.com/u-dist-colum-law.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/marshall.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.32 (talk) 21:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

If someone more experienced than I has a moment, and the ability, can you add the following. My Dad, Harry L. Shniderman, was a clerk to Justice Wiley Rutledge, 1944-45. He was Harvard Class of 1941. No prior clerk experience. Can someone add him to the list. Thanks.Kinetixtoo 02:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Added the clerkship, but couldn't find a source for school/year. If there's one easily accessible, please let me know. Thx. Four42two 15:57, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Richard N. Goodwin clerked for Frankfurter in 1958. He graduate from Harvard in 1958 (according to his wikipedia page). So if someone please could add him, that would be great.

Kenneth R. Reed clerked for William O. Douglas in O.T. 1971. He was a 1971 graduate of Arizona's law school, and had no previous clerkship. I know this as he was one of my co-clerks that year. If you need a more formal reference, I refer you to the list of clerks at the end of WOD's autobiography, The Court Years. I can't figure out how to add him to the table myself, so if someone else could please do this, I would be grateful. --Rjacobson (talk) 17:14, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

As a classmate of Joshua Waldman, Columbia '98, I think I recall that prior to SCOTUS he was one of Merrick Garland's first circuit clerks. I also believe that Dierdre von Dornum, Columbia '97, clerked for Anita Brody (EDPA) in 1997-98 and Stephen Reinhardt (9th Cir.) in 1998-99. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.235.131 (talk) 03:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Why this organization?

I strongly suggest that the order of the Justices in this entry be reorganized. To be sure, the Chief Justices needs to be treated separately, and as a group. But, after that, I think that organizing the list by "seat number" is not very helpful or informative in this context. I would simply list the Justices in either alphabetical order or (better yet!) in chronological order, either forward or reverse.

I know this issue has been raised before on the discussion page, but it's worth raising again. P.D. 01:48, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


O.W. Holmes Clerks Alger Hiss -1928- and Donald Hiss -1931-

I'm not clever enough to work with the chart codes, but would someone add to Oliver Wendell Holmes' chart two key clerks -- Alger Hiss, in 1929-30 (Harvard '29) and his brother Donald Hiss, in 1931 (Harvard 1931?). For cite, see http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/timeline.html The chart has a formatting issue that I can't overcome. Sclarkson 12:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Template foul-up

Someone who was I'm sure trying to fix what may seem like redundancy in the template, moved some style formatting around resulting in the odd coloration of the tables. I've fixed it and tried to reconstitute most of the other improvements made since. The template now is correct. If it gets mangled again, I suggest reverting to this revision (the current one). Phil 02:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Problems spanning decades

While this format may be particularly useful for a handful of contemporary clerks, it becomes particularly unwieldy as it grows. In particular:

  • Originally, clerks rarely clerked for someone else, rendering a superfluous column.
  • Some clerks never attended law school at all; for them, I have designated when they passed the bar.
  • Some clerks split time with the same justice, or moved from justice to justice, rendering the format rather awkward for them.
  • Many, many clerks do not have Wiki articles; should they all be linked, as if one day there will be an article for each?

Just a few concerns before there are nearly 2,000 names listed on the site. --Zz414 18:07, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I still wonder why this table is organized by "Seat." The Chief Justices should probably be listed as a group, but all the other Justices, it seems to me, should just be set out in order of their appointment. Grouping them by "seat" doesn't really serve any useful purpose.P.D. 18:49, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I do think it's helpful in one sense--often clerks will overlap with a new justice, and putting them together makes sense. Additionally, it makes it neatly chronological, rather than the overlapping system that would happen if we just did justices in order of appointment. Perhaps an alphabetical list of justices? --Zz414 18:59, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
It really should NOT be organized by "seat," but rather chronologically by appointment. No one thinks in terms of "seats" and it's irrelevant for these purposes. And law clerks never (or almost never) overlap between a retiring justice and a succeeding justice. I clerked for Justice Blackmun and was his "overlap" clerk, cleaning out his chambers for Justice Breyer. Justice Breyer certainly didn't keep on any of the Blackmun clerks, but hired a couple of his old clerks (including one who had gone on to clerk for Souter, so knew his way around). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.108.144.83 (talk) 13:44, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

Should being a clerk be notable? Not by itself.

I'm sorry, while I agree its an exceptional academic achievement, I don't believe simply being a clerk is enough to warrant an article as much as becoming a Rhodes Scholar would automatically warrant an article --especially when this was the height of notability. Therefore I lean against having all of these red links that imply an article should be created. --Bobak 20:58, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

That may be true, but it is a rare Supreme Court clerk who does not rise to success (and possibly notability) in other areas following the clerkship - as evidenced by the many blue links. Cheers! bd2412 T 22:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't think this page needs to exist. Those former clerks that become notable get a page to themselves. The rest... I don't think they are notable just because they were clerks. Psychocadet (talk) 06:03, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Not every name on the list needs to be notable for it to be worthwhile for us to put together a complete list. bd2412 T 06:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
  • I don't agree. This is, after all, an entry-level legal job. It is a VERY hard to get job and I won't pretend I would be hired, but it is still a job. Psychocadet (talk) 04:41, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
    • Not exactly entry-level - as a rule, Justices these days (and in most cases going back decades) will not hire someone who has not previously clerked, preferably on a Court of Appeals. bd2412 T 04:48, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

More Clerks to be Added

  • Carter Phillips -- Burger (late seventies or early eighties?)

Pennoyer (talk) 07:14, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

  • I have no idea how to add this Ronald J. Mann (U. Texas 1985), one year behind me in law school, clerked for Justice Powell from 1986 - 1987. He previously clerked for Judge Sneed of the 9th Circuit.

See: http://www.columbia.edu/~mr2651/mannrj1_cv.pdf


I don't know to edit this page anymore, but I'm fairly certain that Chuck Norris was not one of Justice Frankfurter's first set of clerks. Mr. Norris's legend grows by the day, but this isn't part of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.111.123.171 (talk) 06:18, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I also can't figure out how to edit this page anymore, but Prof. Gay Gellhorn was erroneously removed from this list (despite valid citation). She's the daughter of Walter Gellhorn who clerked for Justice Harlan Fiske Stone (1931-32) and was featured in a Legal Times article about father-daughter clerkship legacies. Gay Gellhorn is a 1982 alumna of Seattle University School of Law who clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall, before which she clerked for Judge James Oakes, US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit. Here is a link to the Legal Times article: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179270996116 and here is a link to a "Making Constitutional Law" by Mark Tushnet excerpt listing Marshall clerks who went on to become law professors (including Prof. Gellhorn, Professor Emeritus, University of District of Columbia School of Law): http://books.google.com/books?id=TGwpIvd3IzAC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=%22gay+gellhorn%22&source=bl&ots=XZfd_jYob_&sig=IgpLJ-P6f5Ye_MpL2kpA26lybAw&hl=en&ei=_HzmSY3sKI2SMoOrtNQF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10 Someone please add her or provide instructions on how to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.32 (talk) 01:12, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Phillip Elman

Elman, a Harvard Law graduate, was one of Felix Frankfurter's clerks from '41 until '43. I am new to Wikipedia and do not want to mess with a table just yet. Can someone help? MattDredd (talk) 04:08, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

  • Previous clerkship (if any)? Year of graduation? bd2412 T 07:36, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Future clerks

I think we should prohibit the listing of clerks until they actually take office. I realize that some people turn to this list to glean the availability of positions, but really until the office is assumed, it's sort of crystal ball gazing to say what will happen. bd2412 T 00:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I somewhat disagree. Just because someone has not started a job yet, doesn't mean that they haven't been interviewed and hired already. As this article can be constantly updated, it would be easy to correct the lists if a clerk decides to decline a position in advance of filling it or is fired before starting. BoBo (talk) 01:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Well, if we want to include 2013, they're included here. Some with references linked. [1]72.231.12.112 (talk) 20:08, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

William O. Douglas missing clerks

Wikipedia,

I would like to make changes to one of the articles in Wikipedia. Specifically, I would like to add one name to the list of United States Supreme Court law clerks.

It appears that I can edit the list of law clerks as long as I have an account and I am logged in. I feel uncomfortable doing this until my supporting documents have been reviewed. These documents may also help fill other gaps in the list.

Is there any way to identify an individual who sponsors or maintains a page or article? In my case, it would be the article about the law clerks.

Thank you,

George Simpson Simpsongb (talk) 06:42, 25 October 2015 (UTC) georges@pacifier.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simpsongb (talk • contribs) 06:31, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

New clerks to add for McReynolds, Pitney, Butler, and CJ Hughes

(All of the below names are now entered on the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 15:00, 20 August 2016 (UTC)) Found additional 17 missing clerks for Minton, Moody, Murphy and Miller, need to add to main page.Bjhillis (talk) 04:16, 26 August 2016 (UTC) Completed adding to main page clerks for Minton, Moody, Murphy and Miller.Bjhillis (talk) 19:13, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

I've been adding law schools, graduation dates and prior clerkships where missing. I've focused on the main page, and still need to conform the individual "seat" pages to those edits.

Here's a list of 20 new clerks to add for McReynolds, CJ Hughes, Pitney and Butler; may take me some time to do the coding on the main and seat pages:

I. McReynolds clerks

Leroy E. Reed (clerked 1914-1915)(Georgetown 1913)

S. Milton Simpson (Georgetown, 1913)(clerked 1915-16, 1919-20)

John T. McHale (Georgetown, 1914, did not graduate)(already listed)

Newman Blaine Mallan, Univ of Virginia Law School (1916)(clerked 1917)

T. Ellis Allison, Georgetown Law School (1918)(?), prior clerk, Constantine Joseph Smyth, chief judge, D.C. Cir. (clerked 1917-1918)

Harold ("Hal") Lee George (later General and Mayor of Beverly Hills)(clerked 1919), George Washington University Law School, 1920

Carlyle Solomon Baer (clerked 1921)(did not attend law school)

Tench T. Mayre (Georgetown, 1911)(clerked 1921-22)

Andrew P. Federline (clerked 1922)

Norman Burke Frost (Georgetown 1920) (clerked 1921)

John (James) T. Fowler (5 terms)(Georgetown 1921)(clerked 1926)

Chester H. Gray (1926--clerked 1 month)

Milton S. Musser 1938-1940, Georgetown Law School, prior clerk Nathan Cayton, muni court, District of Columbia (1934-38)

John Wiley Cragun, George Washington Law School (1934) clerked for Sutherland prior, 1934-37

Maurice J. Mahoney Georgetown Law School (1925)(clerked 1927)(already listed)

Ward Elgin Lattin (georgetown llb 1932, JD 1937)(clerked 1934-35)

J. Allan Sherier, George Washington University Law School, clerked 1935

Raymond W. Radcliffe (clerked 1940)

Added above McReynolds clerks to main page.Bjhillis (talk) 12:59, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

II. Chief Justice Hughes clerk

Richard W. Hogue, Jr., Penn, 1930, clerked 1938

III. Justice Pitney clerk

William A.D. Dyke, clerked 1922 Pitney; clerked 1923 for Butler Previous: Assistant clerk, U.S. Senate, 1918-1921. L.L.B., Georgetown University Law School (1921).

IV. Justice Butler clerks

Richard L. Sullivan (stenographic clerk, worked alongside Cotter), 1927. University of Minnesota Law School, 1926

William Devereaux Donnelly (stenographic clerk, worked alongside Cotter), 1928-1936. University of Minnesota Law School, 1928.

Bjhillis (talk) 03:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Added the missing clerks above for Hughes, Pitney, and Butler. Bjhillis (talk) 03:09, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

IV. Sherman Minton clerks:

11 missing clerks

Lawrence Russell Taylor, Jr., Indiana University, 1949, first clerk for Minton, 1949

J. Keith Mann, Indiana Univ Law School, 1949, clerked 1949-50 for Justice Wiley B. Rutledge and his successor, Sherman Minton

Raymond W. Gray, Jr., Indiana Univ Law School, 1951, clerked 1951-1952

Gerald Levenberg, Indiana Univ Law School, 1953, clerked 1953(?)

James R. Wimmer, Yale University, LL.B., 1953, clerked 1953-54

Thomas Milton Lofton, Indiana Univ Law School, 1954, clerked 1954-1955.

Samuel C. Butler, Harvard Law School, 1954, clerked 1954-55

Laurence Sherman Fordham, Harvard, 1954, clerked 1954-1955 (3 clerks in 1954-55? Or one of them clerked 1955-56?)

Robert H. Cole, Harvard Law School, 1955, clerked 1955-56?

Richard Conway, Indiana Univ Law School, grad yr?, year clerked?

Richard S. Rhodes, Indiana Univ Law School, 1953, clerked 1956 (When Justice Minton retired, Rhodes was one of the first law clerks for newly appointed Justice William J. Brennan.)

V. William Moody clerks:

Sheldon Eaton Wardwell, Harvard 1907, clerked 1907-08

John A. Kratz, Jr., law school(?), clerked 1909-?

Charles Wilson, law school, year clerked?

VI. Frank Murphy clerks:

William J. Schrenk, Jr., University of Michigan, 1949, clerked 1949?

J.R. Swenson, Univ of Michigan 1948, clerked 1948

VII. Samuel F. Miller clerks:

Noble E. Dawson

E.D. York

New clerks to add for Frankfurter, Brandeis, Brennan, William O. Douglas, Tom Clark, Marshall and Warren

(All of the below names are now entered on the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 14:50, 20 August 2016 (UTC)) Found 13 missing clerks of Thurgood Marshall, listed below.Bjhillis (talk) 03:18, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Clerks missing from the main page:

I. Frankfurter's clerks

John H. Mansfield, Harvard '51

Donald T. Trautman, Harvard '46

II. Brandeis's clerks

Henry M. Hart Jr., Harvard '26

David Riesman, Harvard '31

Source: Felix Frankfurter Dies; Retired Judge Was 82, Harvard Crimson, February 23, 1965 (http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1965/2/23/felix-frankfurter-dies-retired-judge-was/)

8 Missing Brandeis clerks:

1. William A. Sutherland, Harvard 1917, clerked 1921-23, two years.

2. Louis Levanthal Jaffe, Harvard LLB 1928, clerked 1928-1931 (or clerked 1933-1934, not clear) S.J.D. degree at Harvard Law School in 1932

3. W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Harvard 1936, clerked 1937-38. Previously clerked for Learned Hand, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

4. Robert Page, Harvard 1926, clerked 1926-1927

5. Irving B. Goldsmith, Harvard (LLB 1926)(SJD 1927) clerked 1928,

6. William G. Rice, Jr. Harvard 1920, clerked 1921-22

7. William McCurdy, Harvard 1922, clerked 1922-23,

8. Warren Stilson Ege, Harvard 1924, clerked 1924-1925

Brandeis had 21 clerks, 13 listed already on main page, so missing 8. This should be all of them. Added these to main page Bjhillis (talk) 01:53, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Sources: For a list of Brandeis’s clerks and information about their careers as of the mid-1940s, see ALPHEUS T. MASON, BRANDEIS: A FREE MAN’S LIFE 690 (1946).

Roy M. Mersky, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, 1856-1941: a bibliography - List of law clerks, page 11 (Published for the Yale Law Library by the Yale Law School, 1958)(44 pp)

III. Brennan clerk:

Michael Edward Tigar, Berkeley, 1966 (clerked 1966--Brennan let him go after only 1 week because J. Edgar Hoover wrote to say Tigar was involved in anti-war activities at UC Berkeley)

Another Wiki editor pointed out Tigar's offer was rescinded, so he didn't officially clerk. Tigar deleted from the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 15:30, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

IV. William O. Douglas clerks

Douglas had 54 law clerks; 41 currently listed, so missing 13 names. (http://supremecourthistory.org/pub_journal_samples_05.html)

Bjhillis (talk) 03:02, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

These are the missing Douglas clerks I could find:

1. Michael Clutter, USC Law School, 1973 (1973 Term)

2. James F. Crafts, Jr., Stanford Law School, 1953 (1953 Term)

3. Donald E. Kelley, Stanford Law School, 1973 (1974 Term). Prior clerkship: Judge Robert F. Peckham of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1973-74)

4. Charles A. Miller, Berkeley, 1958 (1958 Term)

5. Evan L. Schwab, University of Washington, 1963 (1963 Term)

6. Gary Torre, Berkeley, 1948 (1948 Term)

7. Walter B. Chaffee, Berkeley, 1940 (1941 Term)

8. Richard W. Benka, Harvard Law, 1973 (1973 Term)

This brings the total to 49, so still missing 5--not done yet but chipping away.

Bjhillis (talk) 16:28, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Added the Brennan and Douglas clerks to the main page. Also added missing law schools and graduation years to other clerks. Bjhillis (talk) 02:25, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

Added the missing Frankfurter and Brandeis clerks to main page. David Riesman was already listed.Bjhillis (talk) 03:10, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

V. Frankfurter (More)

Found another 11 missing Frankfurter clerks. Do we need to somehow note that David Filvaroff and Peter Edelman were picked by Frankfurter, but when he retired in Summer 1962 they both moved over to Goldberg?

Frankfurter: 11 missing clerks

1. Harry K. Mansfield, Harvard 1943, clerked 1944. He was a clerk first for Judge Henry Edgerton of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. (As an aside, Is he related to John Mansfield, the Frankfurter clerk from 1951?)

2. Fred Norman Fishman, Harvard, LL.B. '48, clerked 1949

3. Weaver White Dunnan, Harvard Law School in 1949, clerked 1950. Prior clerkship: Augustus Hand, USCOA 2nd Cir., 1949-50

4. Abram J. Chayes, Harvard 1949, clerked 1951

5. Matthew Gering Herold, Harvard Law School (1952?), clerked 1954

6. Richard E. Sherwood, Harvard Law School 1952, clerked 1954

7. Andrew L. Kaufman, Harvard Law School 1954, clerked 1955-57 (2 years clerked)

8. J. William Doolittle, Harvard Law School 1954, clerked 1957

9. Morton M. Winston, Harvard Law School 1958, clerked 1959

10. Daniel Mayers, Harvard Law School 1960, clerked 1960

11. Roland ("Robin") Stevens Homet, Jr., Harvard Law School 1961, 1961 (also clerked for John Marshall Harlen)

Will add these to main page later. Will conform seat pages after I add to main page: these 11; the McReynolds clerks above; fill in more missing law schools and grad dates; and the new 2016 Term clerks noted below.Bjhillis (talk) 02:34, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Added these 11 Frankfurter clerks to main page. Have not yet noted Roland Homet as clerk for John Marshall Harlan.Bjhillis (talk) 02:56, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

VI. Tom Clark clerks

New detail on law school and graduation dates for the below names already listed on the main page:

Percy D. Williams, Jr., Harvard, 1946

C. Richard Walker, University of Chicago, 1950

Bernard Weisberg, University of Chicago, 1952

Ellis H. McKay, University of Pennsylvania, 1953

John J. Crown, Northwestern University, 1956

Harry L. Hobson, New York University School of Law, 1956

Robert Gorman, Notre Dame Law School, 1957

Charles H. Phillips, (Irell & Manella)

Max O. Truitt, Jr., Yale, 1958

Carl Estes II, Texas, 1960

James E. Knox, University of Houston, J.D., 1964 [admitted Texas Bar 1962]

Burk Mathes, Jr., lived in Los Angeles USC/UCLA?

Martin J. Flynn, Indiana University, 1962

James H. Pipkin, Jr., Harvard, 1963

Michael Maupin, University of Virginia, 1964.

Charles D. Reed, South Texas College of Law, Texas A&M Univ, 1965

MISSING TOM CLARK CLERKS: (many on the seat 10 page)

The below 19 names are missing from the main page, but most of them are listed on the "seat" 10 page.

Yr Clerked - Name - Law School and Grad Yr.

1950-51 Donald F. Turner

1951-52 Stuart W. Thayer; Yale 1951

1952 Vester T. Hughes, Jr., Harvard 1952

1952-53 Frederick M. Rowe; Yale 1953

1953-54 Ernest Rubenstein, yale 1953

1954-55 John Kaplan, Harvard 1954; William Kenneth Jones, Columbia, 1954

1955-56 John E. Nolan, Georgetown 1955; Robert W. Hamilton, Chicago, 1955

1957-58 William D. Powell, SMU 1957

1959-60 Cecil Wray, Jr., yale 1959; Larry Temple, Texas 1959

1960-61 Carl Estes, II [ADD "II"]; Malachy Mahon, Fordham, 1960

1962-63 Raymond L. Brown, Mississippi 1962

1963-64 James L. McHugh, Jr.; Villanova 1963

1964-65 Shannon H. Ratliff , Texas 1964

1965-66 Lee A. Freeman, Jr.; Harvard 1965

1966-67 Stuart Philip Ross, GW 1966;

Marshall Groce

All of the above names are added to the main page. Still missing law school info for Burk Mathes, Jr. (USC/UCLA), and Donald F. Turner (clerked 1952-53).Bjhillis (talk) 14:50, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

VII. Thurgood Marshall clerk

Gary Wilson, Stanford Law 1968, clerked Thurgood Marshall, 1969

Added Gary Wilson to main page list.Bjhillis (talk) 11:28, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

13 missing Thurgood Marshall clerks:

Bernard J. Carl, U VA 1972, clerked Thurgood Marshall 1973-74 http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/alumni/uvalawyer/f04/marshall.htm

Daniel Segal, Harvard 1973 From 1974 to 1975, Dan served as law clerk to the Honorable David Bazelon, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. From 1975 to 1976, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall http://www.hangley.com/team-member/daniel-segal

David M. Silberman, Harvard Law School, 1975 began his career as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall (1975-76?) http://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/david-silberman-named-acting-deputy-director-of-the-cfpb/

David A. Barrett, Columbia Law School, J.D., 1974 Justice Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court, 1976-1977 Judge Wilfred Feinberg, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1974-1975 http://www.bsfllp.com/lawyers/data/0152

Vicki C. Jackson, Yale Law in 1975 She also served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1977-78?); to Judge Murray Gurfein, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (1976-77); and to Judge Morris Lasker, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1975-76). http://today.law.harvard.edu/vicki-c-jackson-appointed-professor-of-law-at-harvard/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_C._Jackson

Miles N. Ruthberg, Harvard Law School, 1976 Mr. Ruthberg served as law clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall (1977-78) of the US Supreme Court and for Judge Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1976-77). https://www.lw.com/people/miles-ruthberg

Phillip L. Spector, Harvard 1976 law clerk to Judge James Oakes of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1976-77) and to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the US Supreme Court (1977-78) https://www.milbank.com/professionals/phillip-spector.html

Allan B. Taylor, Harvard 1975 Judge J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1975-1976. law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1976-77 http://legalbistro.net/attorneys/hartford-ct-06103-day-pitney-llp-allan-b-taylor-17000.html?isAuthenticated=false&socialFacebookKey=304835802900609 http://www.24livepress.com/usa-lawyers/allan-b-taylor/

David G. Norrell, University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1977 Clerked Thurgood Marshall, year uncertain 1978-79? Or 77-78? http://www.martindale.com/David-G-Norrell/364578-lawyer.htm

Paul Mogin, Harvard 1980 Law Clerk, Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court, 1982-1983; Law Clerk, Judge Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1980-1981 https://www.wc.com/Profiles/Paul-Mogin

Rosemary Herbert, Yale University, 1985 Law Clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court (1986-1987); Law Clerk, Hon. Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1985-1986). http://oadnyc.org/team/

Debra L. W. Cohn, NYU 1987 Clerked for United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge James L. Oakes and then for United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. 1988-89 http://www.baldwinschool.org/page.cfm?p=1104

Rao, Radhika D., (clerked 1992-93, shared with Blackmun)

Lawrence P. Tu, Harvard 1982 law clerk for Judge Walter Mansfield on the U.S. Court of Appeals (1981-82), and later for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1982-83) http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-cbs-lawrence-tu-20131113-story.html

Source: “Finding Aid to Thurgood Marshall Papers,” Library of Congress, list of clerks

Added these to the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 03:18, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

VIII. Earl Warren clerks

10 missing clerks of CJ Earl Warren

1 Robert J. Hoerner, clerked 1958, University of Michigan, J.D., 1958

2 Arthur I. Rosett, clerked 1959, L.L.B., 1959, Columbia University

3 Joseph W. Bartlett, clerked 1960, Stanford Law School, 1960,

4 James N. Adler, clerked 1961, University of Michigan, J.D., 1961 (Law Clerk to Justice Charles E. Whittaker and Chief Justice Earl Warren, U.S. Supreme Court, 1961-1962)

5 Stuart R. Pollak, clerked 1962, Harvard Law School (LL.B. 1962)

6 Dennis M. Flannery, clerked 1964, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1964

7 Harold B. Finn, III, clerked 1966, Columbia Law School, L.L.B., 1966 (Following law school, he served as a law clerk on the United States Supreme Court to the late Chief Justice Earl Warren and the late Associate Justice Stanley F. Reed.)

8 Charles H. Wilson, clerked 1967, University of California, Berkeley, 1967

9 Robert T. Lasky, clerked 1968, University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1967

10 G. Edward White, clerked 1971, J.D., Harvard Law School, 1970

Source: Law Clerks of Chief Justice Earl Warren, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (2015). Retrieved August 15, 2016. Out of fifty-one individuals who clerked for the Chief Justice, http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/lawclerks/transcripts.html

Found missing clerk for Thurgood Marshall and 10 missing clerks for Earl Warren. These are in queue for placement on main page, along with the Tom Clark and McReynolds clerks.Bjhillis (talk) 01:36, 16 August 2016 (UTC) The 10 Earl Warren clerks are added to the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 19:45, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

I added detail on main page of law school graduation year and prior clerkships for roughly 20 names (e.g., Louis Feldman, etc.). Added missing clerks (e.g., Michael Doss, Harvey Jacob, Richard E. Repath). I have not yet updated the main page with the Tom Clark clerks, listed above. (As an aside, it was interesting the Seat 10 page had a lot more clerk names than the main page. Once we conform all the pages it will take care of the data imbalances.) Also, have not yet updated the main page with the 18 new McReynolds clerks, or 11 new Frankfurter clerks. Bjhillis (talk) 03:05, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Cleaned up missing law schools and grad years for several entries, and fixed transposed name. For roughly 25 O.W. Holmes clerks added law school and grad yrs. Also added grad yrs for Reed clerks. Finally, added clerks for Charles Evans Hughes.Bjhillis (talk) 02:33, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Corrected name nits (added "Jr" to Kadel and Giuffra), corrected grad yr and added 2nd prior clerkship for Stras, added grad yr for Donald Hiss and Larry Simon, lengthened time Ken Starr clerked for Burger from one year to two, 1975–77, per his Wiki bio page.Bjhillis (talk) 02:07, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Added the missing McReynolds clerks, and Tom Clark clerks to the main page. Added 10 Earl Warren clerks to main page. Added law school and clerkship details to Ray Brown Wiki page. All of the names called out above have been added to the main page. Two tasks remaining: (1) adding the 2016 clerks (34 names), per below; and (2) conforming the many new names and details (law school, grad yr, prior clerkships) on the main page to the seat pages, with the expectation that the seat pages may contain names and details not yet on the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 14:50, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Bold text== 2016 Term Clerks--34 names ==

On July 25, 2016, the 34 names of the upcoming Term clerks were released. Need to add these, and cap out the terms of the current clerks. http://abovethelaw.com/2016/07/supreme-court-clerk-hiring-watch-the-official-list-for-ot-2016/

http://abovethelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SCOTUS-Law-Clerk-List-OT-2016.pdf

Bjhillis (talk) 10:56, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Added the 2016 clerks to the main page. Made a few style edits in opening paragraphs, e.g., over "1900" to "2100" clerks listed; "at least six" clerks became Justices to "six"; and removed "to be" under Alger Hiss (not needed). Removed the Wiki call out for "single source" since we now list several sources. Bjhillis (talk) 04:49, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Three points: (1) I am still adding the roughly 45 missing clerks noted above for McReynolds, Clark and Frankfurter. Plus, there's the 34 new names from 2016 Term. There are currently 2075 entries on the main page. The new 80 names added to the 2075 currently pushes the number to over 2,150. The text currently reads: this lists "more than 1,900 law clerks." After completing these updates, we will need to change that to read: "more than 2,100 law clerks." (2) I've also been adding to the "Sources" list, and at some point we can delete the "single source" Wiki call out on the top of the main page. (3) There's a Wiki call out for cites ("This article needs additional citations for verification.") But an issue with this page is we don't footnote each clerk. Instead, it's coded to link to those clerks with their own Wiki page. Roughly 400 of the 2150 clerks have their own Wiki page, or 20 percent. So this page relies on "trust" of the authors that the info stated is accurate for the other 80 percent. In that case, not sure what to do about the Wiki call out on "needs citations."Bjhillis (talk) 02:49, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

@Bjhillis: Many thanks for your hard work to improve this article. I don't think there is anything wrong with adding footnotes for individual clerks -- some entries in this list already have inline citations. In fact, I would recommend doing so, whenever possible, per WP:CITE. All the best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 19:49, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Having completed adding the 2016 clerks, and the missing clerks, I will next turn to conforming the main page to the seat pages. A summary of the numbers: The main page has 2,146 clerk entries. 17 have dupe entries (that is, 2 rows for 2 consecutive years with the same justice), and should be collapsed to single entries, as follows:

William H. Block (Blackmun, 1975-77)

Murray H. Bring (Earl Warren, 1959-61)

Abner S. Greene (Stevens, 1987-89)

Tali F. Farhadian (O’Connor, 2004-Jan 2006)

Larry A. Hammond (Powell, Jan 1972-1973)

Andrew L. Kaufman (Frankfurter, 1954-57)

Michel A. LaFond (Blackmun, 1970-72)

Stephen R. McAllister (White, 1989-91)

James C.N. Paul (Vinson, 1951-53)

Jeffrey F. Pryce (White, 1991-93)

Kenneth F. Ripple (Burger, 1973-75)

Peter J. Rubin (Souter, 1991-93)

Margo Schlanger (Ginsburg, 1993-95)

Arthur R. Seder, Jr. (Vinson, 1947-49)

Stuart H. Singer (White, 1981-83)

Howard J. Trienens (Vinson, 1950-52)

J. Harvie Wilkinson III (Powell, Jan 1972-1973)

In sum, 2,146 less 17 dupes to remove yields 2,129 clerk entries. Of these, 47 are duplicate entries which should remain. These are entries of a clerk serving two different justices in consecutive terms (e.g., John J. Byrne), a shared clerkship with two justices, or a break in service to a single justice (e.g., Clarence York). So 2,129 less 47 yields 2,082 unique clerk names, more or less, on the main page. The process of conforming the main page to the seat pages will likely add 20-30 new clerks to the main page, stabilizing around 2,100 unique clerk names. The main page also requires attention to the “shared with” clerks, half of whom have two entries (one with each justice), but the other half have single entries, and require a second. This will add rows to the list, but not new clerk names [see below, list of 35 "shared with" clerks who need second entry]. QC and error rate: In an array this size, expect an error rate of 2-3%. Errors can include name spelling, transposed names, incorrect law school or grad yr, missing prior clerkship, incorrect clerk years, and missing justice-to-clerk attributions (esp. "shared with" clerks). Users are encouraged to audit the data presented. Having said that, some of the data is deeply buried and very hard to find.Bjhillis (talk) 14:24, 21 August 2016 (UTC) Added the 2017 clerks names to the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 18:10, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Added graduation years to 12 Horace Gray clerks using the 1895 version of the Harvard Law School alumni directory. Fixed Wiki link to Ezra Ripley Thayer, and added category of "Law clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court" to his page.Bjhillis (talk) 03:33, 24 August 2016 (UTC) Added prior clerkships for five clerks: Kevin T. Baine, Mollie McUsic, Scott McIntosh, Frederika Paff, and Cammie Robinson (Hauptfuhrer). Fixed several name format nits. Fixed out of date sequence entry for Philip Soper and William E. Nelson. Added grad yr for Jeremiah Smith (Harvard 1895), and added "Jr", per Harvard Crimson, and grad yr for Langdon Parker Marvin (Harvard 1901), later law partner with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Added missing Reed clerk 1943, Luther Birdzell, Jr., (Harvard Law Review photo 1942) who may have clerked prior for A. Hand, 2d Cir. Bjhillis (talk) 01:42, 25 August 2016 (UTC) Added 3 new clerks for William R. Day and Joseph P. Bradley (1890s); added law schools, grad yrs and name nit fixes to 10 clerks, e.g., Eugene E. Beyer, Jr. (not middle initial "A"), Carolyn Shapiro (U Chicago 1995), Trisha B. Anderson (Harvard 2003), and Alfred McCormack (Columbia 1925). Bjhillis (talk) 03:47, 27 August 2016 (UTC).

Added 11 missing clerks for Sherman Minton (e.g., Thomas M. Lofton, Raymond W. Gray, Jr., Samuel Butler, etc). There are 3 clerks listed for 1954-55, probably one of those clerked 1955. Still need grad yr for Richard Conway, and year clerked (1956?). Bjhillis (talk) 19:15, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Added 6 missing clerks for Lewis Powell: Charles Ames, clerked 1977; Eugene Corney, clerked 1977; Mary Ellen Richey and Gregory May, both clerked 1979; Ronald G. Carr, clerked 1974; J. Phillip Jordan, 1975 (law school and grad yr uncertain).

Added missing clerk for Potter Stewart: Jack L. Evans, clerked, 1958.

Added missing Burton clerks: Bruce Griswold, clerked 1947-49, Preble Stoltz, clerked 1957; prior clerkship for Burton clerk W. Howard Mann (Rutledge, DC Cir). Harold Hitz Burton: "From 1945 through 1958 twenty-three law clerks served with Justice Burton." 19 clerks are listed, so 4 still missing.Bjhillis (talk) 21:45, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Added 5 missing clerks for Vinson: Daniel Walker, clerked 1950, and fixed link to Wiki page (governor of Illinois, 1973-1977); Murray Schwartz (1949-51); Karl R. Price (prior clerk Charles Edward Clark 2nd Cir)(1947-48, dates uncertain); David E. Feller (1947-49), and another source says clerked 1948-1948; Isaac N. ("Ike") Groner (1948-49). Push back 1 year clerkship of Arthur R. Seder, Jr. to 1948-50, from 1947-49. James E. St. Clair, Linda C. Gugin, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography, p 176, photo of law clerks June 1951.Bjhillis (talk) 04:27, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Added missing Blackmun clerk: Charlotte Crane, Michigan 1976, clerked 1977, prior clerk to McCree 6th Cir. Added missing Earl Warren clerk: Donald M. Cahen, Univ of Calf Berkeley 1957, clerked 1957. Fixed link to Wiki pages for: Paul Brest; Stuart Banner; Leondra R. Kruger; and A. Lee Bentley, III (and added to his page the category, "Law Clerks of the U.S. Supreme Court"). Made several name format nits, added: "Jr." to "Robert Allen Long, Jr."; middle initials; nicknames; and married names. Adjusted clerkship years for Kathleen Morality (Mueller) to 1991-92 from 1992-93; and added 2nd prior clerkship to Amy J. Wildermuth (Calabresi 2d Cir and H. Edwards DC Cir.)Bjhillis (talk) 04:36, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Blackmun missing clerks: "Over the course of his tenure on the court from 1970 to 1994, and his five years as a retired justice before his death in 1999 Justice Blackmun had ninety-four law clerks. During his first full term and the next five terms he had three clerks; thereafter, beginning with October term 1976, he had four clerks; in the five years after his retirement he had one clerk each year." Wiki lists 84 clerks, plus five in retirement, so 10 still missing. Years with missing Blackmun clerks: 1974; 1980 (2 missing); 1983; 1984; 1986; 1987; and 1989.

Brennan missing clerks: “Accounts vary of the number of law clerks who worked for Justice Brennan. During his active tenure on the Court, Justice Brennan directly employed 102 law clerks and at times had the services of at least four more who were clerking for retired Justices. After he retired, he had seven additional law clerks. See, e.g., TODD C. PEPPERS, COURTIERS OF THE MARBLE PALACE: THE RISE AND INFLUENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT LAW CLERK 220–21(2006)(listing 108 law clerks for Justice Brennan); Justice Brennan Memorials, BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUST., N.Y.U. SCH. L. (noting that Justice Brennan worked with 112 law clerks). Wiki lists 98 clerks (5 while retired), plus 4 more "share with" clerks. So still missing 4 clerks, plus 2 more while retired.Bjhillis (talk) 04:36, 31 August 2016 (UTC) With the recent additions of missing clerks from the Library of Congress list, the Wiki list of Brennan clerks is complete, or close to it.Bjhillis (talk) 03:10, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Added missing clerk for Hugo Black: Robert A. Girard, Harvard, 1956, clerked 1956-57. Added law school and grad yr for: Stanley Sparrowe (Berkeley 1946); Joseph M. Paley (Fordham, 1921); Luther E. Birdzell, Jr. (Harvard 1942); and Robert Romans (Harvard 1894). Several name nit format fixes, middle initials, hyphens, nicknames and married names (no attempt is made to differentiate between those who use or omit a so called "married name"--it is simply the name of a spouse). Fixed link to Wiki pages for: Risa L. Goluboff; Brian G. Cartwright; Dallin H. ("Darrell") Oaks; and removed search brackets for William Cohen to avoid disambiguation. Added as Source "Stanford Law School, Photo Directory, 1991-1992," with faculty bios describing clerkships.Bjhillis (talk) 04:15, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Focused on adding detail to more recent clerks: added full first names, middle names and initials, married names and nicknames to roughly 200 clerks. Corrected grad yrs and added prior clerkships.Bjhillis (talk) 10:18, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Added 17 missing clerks (mostly Brennan clerks found in the Library of Congress list): Theodore ("Ted") Eisenberg, Penn 1972), clerked Earl Warren 1973, prior clerk for unknown judge DC Cir ( (Note Eisenberg, clerked 1973-74, "shared with" Earl Warren and Warren Burger, per Penn Alumni Bulletin); Robert A. Green, Georgetown 1983, clerked Blackmun 1984, prior clerk Harry Edwards DC Cir.; Frederic D. Woocher, Stanford 1978, clerked Brennan 1979, prior clerk Bazelon, D.C. Cir; Paul F. Washington, Fordham 1995, clerked Brennan 1996-97 (shared with Souter), prior clerk Tatel D.C. Cir.; add Regina G. Maloney, Georgetown 1988 dates uncertain, clerked Brennan 1989-90, dates uncertain; Eric P. Rakowski, Harvard 1987, clerked Brennan 1988-89, prior clerk Harry Edwards DC Cir.; Robert B. Stack, Georgetown 1984, clerked Potter Stewart (retired) 1985-86, prior clerk Flannery, D.C. Cir; Roy Arnold Schotland, Harvard 1960, clerked Brennan 1961-62; Douglas A. Poe, Duke 1967, and G. Marshall Moriarty (shared with Stewart, Black, Burger), both clerked Brennan 1969-70; Jordan A. Luke (Clerkships, p. 10), Penn 1972, clerked Brennan 1973-74; Rory Knox Little, Yale 1982, clerked 1984-85 (p 1598, fn 37) (shared with Stewart, Powell, Stevens), prior clerk Obendorfer, D.C. Cir.; Daniel Michael Harris, Harvard 1977, clerked Brennan 1978-79 (same year as Merrick Garland), prior clerk Browning, 9th Cir.; Francis M. Gregory, Jr. (p. 839, fn *), Notre Dame 1966, clerked Brennan 1967-68, prior clerk McGowan, D.C. Cir.; David M. Geronemus, NYU 1982, clerked Potter Stewart 1983-84 (retired), prior clerk Seitz, 3rd Cir.; William T. Finley, Jr., Harvard 1964 (grad yr uncertain), clerked Brennan 1964-65; Peter Jonathon Busch, Virginia 1977, clerked Brennan 1978-79 (same yr as Garland), prior clerk Coffin, 1st Cir.; James Russel Bird, Chicago 1977, clerked Brennan 1978-79 (too many clerks in this Term now), prior clerk Skelly Wright, D.C. Cir. Bjhillis (talk) 06:57, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Added 4 missing Blackmun clerks (found in the Library of Congress list): Bruce C. Swartz, Yale 1979, clerked Blackmun 1980-81, prior clerk Feinberg, 2d Cir.; Malcolm L. Stewart, Yale 1988, clerked Blackmun 1989-90, prior clerkship unknown; David Allan Gates III, Vanderbilt 1972, clerked Blackmun 1974-75, prior clerkship unknown; and John P. Dean, Columbia 1979, clerked Blackmun 1980-81, prior clerkship unknown.Bjhillis (talk) 03:04, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Add missing prior clerkship to Johsua P. Waldman (clerked Stevens 1999) for Garland DC Cir, per Columbia Law clerkship handbook, p B-1; added full first names, middle names and initials (e.g., added middle initial to Lee B. McTurnan, clerked Goldberg 1963), married names and nicknames to roughly 50 clerks. Fix links to Wiki pages (e.g., Wiki page of Helane L. Morrison), and remove search brackets to avoid disambiguation. On various clerks' Wiki pages, add photos (e.g., Elizabeth Garrett, Martha Minow, Alex Azar, Scott Bales) and add category to 9 pages "Law clerks of the U.S. Supreme Court" (e.g., Howard Shelanski, Emmet T. Flood, Paul Brest, etc.).Bjhillis (talk) 15:38, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Added missing prior clerkships to four: Ronald Carr, clerked Powell 1974, prior clerked Bazelon, D.C. Cir; Robert D. Comfort, clerked Blackmun 1977, prior clerk James Hunter, 3d Cir; Joseph Barbash, clerked Reed 1949, prior clerked Learned Hand, 2d Cir; Julian Burke, clerked Reed 1955, prior clerked E. Barrett Prettyman, D.C. Cir.Bjhillis (talk) 03:55, 21 September 2016 (UTC).

Clarified the Earl Warren "retired" clerks, 1969-72: added missing Edward L. Strohbehn, Jr., Yale 1969, clerked Warren 1969-70; John Keker, 1970-71, and moved G. Edward White, Harvard 1970 (who was incorrectly with Burger) to Warren 1971-72. Was there a 1973-74 clerk? Extend clerkship yrs of Martin F. Richman, clerked Warren 1955-57, not 1956-57, per K+L Gates bio; add prior clerkship for John M. Coleman, clerked Burger 1980, prior clerked Butzner, 4th Cir.Bjhillis (talk) 02:11, 22 September 2016 (UTC) Added missing Burger clerk: Daniel H. Foote, Harvard 1981, clerked Burger 1982-83, prior clerked Gignoux, D. Maine (this clerk originally found April 20, 2016, by another editor, added to Chief Justice page).Bjhillis (talk) 02:33, 19 October 2016 (UTC) Added two missing Burger clerks: Peter Rossiter, Yale 1973, clerked Burger 1975-76, prior clerk Alvin B. Rubin, E.D. La. (later 5th Cir.); and Christopher G. Walsh, NYU 1976, clerked Burger 1978-79, prior clerk William J. Bauer, 7th Cir.Bjhillis (talk) 02:20, 20 October 2016 (UTC) Add missing Burger clerk: John M. Harmon, Duke 1969, clerked Burger 1971, prior clerk Hugo Black, 1970-71.Bjhillis (talk) 02:34, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Added: Norman Dorsen, clerked Harlan 1957, land clerk to Chief Judge Calvert Magruder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Added 13 missing Thurgood Marshall clerks, noted above.Bjhillis (talk) 04:54, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Added 11 Missing Stanley Reed Clerks

Yr clerked / Name / Law School, Grad Yr

1941: John H. Maclay, Jr. Harvard 1940

1944: Byron Edward Kabot, Chicago 1941

1945: Emanuel G. Weiss, Harvard 1944

1947: John Brumback Spitzer, Yale 1947 (referred to Reed by Judge Charles Clark, 2d Cir, but no time for clerkship to have occurred)

1948: Mac Asbill, Jr., Harvard 1948

1948: William W. Koontz, Virginia 1947

Yarmolinsky clerked 1950, not 1949

1951: Lewis C. Green, 1950 graduate of Harvard Law School. He was Law Clerk to Judge William E. Orr, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1950-51, Justice Stanley F. Reed, Supreme Court of the United States, 1951-52, and US District Judge George H. Moore, 1955-56. http://www.greatriverslaw.org/lewis_green_bio.php

1951: John D. Calhoun, Yale 1949

1952-54: Robert L. Randall, Chicago 1951 (bio says clerked 1953-55?)

1954: Joel A. Kozol, Harvard 1954

1956: Manley O. Hudson, Jr., Harvard 1956 Bjhillis (talk) 15:09, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

18 Hugo Black Missing Clerks

Black had a total of 53 clerks: 52 men, plus Margaret Corcoran. Listed below are 18 missing clerks, taken from: Hugo LaFayette Black: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress (complete list of law clerks).

Robert T. Basseches, Yale 1958 Clerked 1958 to 1959 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, David L. Bazelon; Clerked 1959 to 1960 Hugo L. Black http://www.goodwinlaw.com/professionals/b/basseches-robert

Carroll Samuel ("C. Sam") Daniels, Columbia 1951, clerked 1951-52 (undergrad Univ of North Carolina), Prof of Law, Miami Univ http://www.stjohns.edu/sites/default/files/documents/law/john-q-barrett/supreme-court-law-clerks-reflections-of-october-term.pdf

Sidney M. Davis, Chicago, 1943?, clerked Judge Jerome M. Frank, 1943-44?, clerked Black 1944-45, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/18/obituaries/sidney-m-davis-69-aide-to-senate-panels.html

Chris J. Dixie, Univ of Texas 1936, clerked year?

Floyd Fulton Feeney=New York University School of Law (J.D., 1960). Clerked Black 1961-62 https://law.ucdavis.edu/faculty/feeney/

John Paul Frank (already listed), University of Wisconsin, 1940, Yale J.S.D. 1947, clerked 1942-1943 Black http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/us/j-p-frank-84-a-lawyer-in-landmark-cases-dies.html http://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1479&context=caselrev http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2738&context=law_lawreview

David Haber, Yale 1944, After that he clerked, first for Judge Charles Clark on the Second Circuit and then for Justice Hugo Black on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-46 http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nwk-law_0406/pg5486.html

Huey Blair Howerton, Jr., Mississippi 1946, clerked 1951-52 mississippilawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/6-Ritchie_FINAL-Rev.pdf

Clay C. Long, Harvard 1962. Clerked Black 1962-1963. http://www.mediation.com/memberprofile/clay-c-long-30308-83.aspx

Robert B. McKaw, Virginia 1970, clerked Black 1970-71 http://www.koakanehawaiianmysteries.com/about-the-author/

James Little North, Virginia 1964, clerked 1964-65 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyhome/obituary.aspx?pid=172409734

J. Vernon Patrick, Harvard 1955, clerked 1955-56 http://weldbham.com/blog/2013/06/19/before-there-were-preachers/

George Lawton Saunders, Jr., Chicago 1959 Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard T. Rives, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1959-1960), and as Law Clerk to Justice Hugo L. Black of the United States Supreme Court (1960-1962) http://saunders-lawfirm.com/#attorneys

Stephen J. Schulhofer, J.D. at Harvard 1967, clerked Hugo Black 1967-69, https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.biography&personid=20270

Robert W. (“Bob”) Spearman, Yale 1970, clerked 1970-1971 http://www.parkerpoe.com/attorneys/robert-w-spearman

James Gustave Speth, Yale 1969, clerked 1969-70 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gustave_Speth

Lawrence Wallace, Columbia 1959, clerked 1960-61 (no prior clerk) https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2002/November/02_osg_635.htm

Harold Anson Ward, III, Chicago 1955, clerked 1955-56 http://www.whww.com/attorneys/harold-ward

Stone Clerk

Allison Dunham=listed as a clerk to Harlan F. Stone, 1939-41 (later Black?), Columbia Law School in 1939. For two years he was the law clerk to Justice Harlan F. Stone of the United States Supreme Court shortly before he became Chief Justice. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/28/us/allison-dunham-78-a-professor-who-helped-make-laws-uniform.html Bjhillis (talk) 02:23, 29 September 2016 (UTC) Added these missing Black clerks to the main page. Also added two missing John Paul Stevens clerks.Bjhillis (talk) 03:42, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Harlan F. Stone-7 missing clerks:

Adrian Coulter Leiby, Columbia 1929, Law clerk to Justice Harlan F. Stone, 1929-1930 http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1067257

Francis X. Downey, Columbia 1927, clerked Justice Stone, 1927-1928 http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1066836

Edward L. Friedman, Jr., Columbia 1940, clerked Stone 1940-41? http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19381006-01.2.31

Thomas Everett Harris, Columbia University Law School in 1935, clerked 1935-36 http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/us/thomas-harris-83-elections-official-and-labor-lawyer.html

Oliver Boutwell Merrill, Jr., Columbia 1928, clerked 1928-29 http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=60037

James Lord Morrison, Columbia 1941, clerked Stone 1942-43 (dates uncertain) http://supremecourthistory.org/assets/pub_journal_1996_vol_1.pdf

Carl Roger Nelson, Columbia 1941, Law clerk to Chief Justice Stone, 1941-1942 http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=60227

The above Stone clerks are added to the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 02:50, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Potter Stewart--14 Missing clerks:

Leonard H. ("Len") Becker, Yale 1968, clerked 1969 https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/june-2012-books-in-the-law.cfm

Elliot Francis Gerson, Yale 1979, clerked 1980-81, prior clerked judge?, DC Cir, 1979-79 https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotgerson

Saul B. Goodman, Virginia 1978, Hon. Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1978-1979, Hon. Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court, 1979 - 1980 https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/g/saul-goodman

Howard William Gutman, Harvard 1980, Law clerk to Honorary Irving Goldberg United States Court Appeals (5th Circuit), Dallas, 1980-1981. Law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart, 1981-1982. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Gutman Add category: Law clerks of the Supreme Court

Barbara R. Hauser, Penn 1976, clerked 1977-78 http://www.hastingsconlawquarterly.org/archives/V13/I2/borgersen.pdf http://www.brhauser.com/

Curtis Stephen Howard, Yale 1966 or '67?, clerked 1967-68? Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, Cal, admitted Jan 1969

Robert S. Litt, Yale 1976, clerked 1977-78, prior Clerk 1976-77 for Judge Edward Weinfeld, SDNY http://www.hastingsconlawquarterly.org/archives/V13/I2/borgersen.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Litt Add category: Law clerks of the Supreme Court

Alan K. Palmer, Harvard 1967, clerked 1968-69, prior Hon. Stanley Barnes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1967-1968 http://www.lawyersdb.com/attorneys/16148-alan-k-palmer

William Carey Parker 2d, Harvard 1965, clerked Potter Stewart 1965-66? http://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/26/elizabeth-a-libby-is-engaged-to-wed.html?_r=0 https://www.emkinstitute.org/resources/carey-parker-10-27-2008

Michael Ellmore Patterson, Columbia 1967, clerked 1968-69, prior clerk Carl McGowan of the U.S. of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1967–68). http://www.law.columbia.edu/alumni/highlights/alumni_news/2007/spring2007/winterlunch07/2007winterlunch?&call=publishmgr.delete&top.layout=print

Jay M. Spears, Stanford 1976, clerked 1977-78, prior clerked Bazelon http://www.hastingsconlawquarterly.org/archives/V13/I2/borgersen.pdf http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/stflr40&div=33&g_sent=1&collection=journals

Ronald A. Stern, Harvard 1974, prior Judge Harold Leventhal (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) from 1974 to 1975, and then for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart from 1975 to 1976. https://www.justice.gov/atr/ronald-stern-biography

Richard Burleson Stewart, Harvard 1966, clerked 1966-67 https://www.justice.gov/enrd/richard-b-stewart

Steven Michael Umin, Yale 1964, clerked 1965-66, prior Law Clerk to Chief Justice Roger Traynor, California Supreme Court (1964-1965), http://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/24/opinion/another-stewart-please.html http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?pid=156038534#sthash.tFXBXVca.dpuf

Will add the above Potter Stewart clerks to the main page shortly.Bjhillis (talk) 02:50, 1 October 2016 (UTC) Completed adding Stewart clerks to main page. Some of the clerk years uncertain, a few Terms need fine tuning.Bjhillis (talk) 14:04, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Add prior clerkship to Eugene J. Comey, clerked Powell 1976, prior clerked McGowan, DC Cir.Bjhillis (talk) 13:13, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Reviewed "shared with" clerk entries, noted "retired" for Justices, found 35 entries missing the second entry with the corresponding justice. Will add the entries shortly.

“Shared with” clerks—35 need a 2nd entry for the "missing" justice:

R. Markham Ball—missing Reed 1960-61

Timothy B. Dyk—missing Reed 1961-62

Stephen R. McAllister—missing Thomas 1991-92

Neil M. Gorsuch—missing Kennedy 1993-94

Sam Erman—missing Kennedy 2010-2011

Dina Mishra-- missing Kennedy 2011-2012

Eduardo Bruera—missing Sotomayer 2012-2013

Aaron Zelinsky—missing Kennedy 2013-2014

Thomas G. Pulham—missing Breyer 2009-2010

Brook Hopkins—missing Breyer 2010-2011

Matthew Tokson—missing Ginsburg 2011-2012

Anthony Vitarelli—missing Breyer 2012-2013

Ryan Park—missing Ginsburg 2013-2014

Ashby D. Boyle—missing O’Connor, 1990-91

John E. Barry—missing Kennedy 1991-92

Karl M. Tilleman—missing Thomas 1992-93

James E. Gauch—missing Thomas 1993-94

Eric A. Grant—missing Thomas 1994-95

Paul H. Schwartz—missing Breyer 1994-95

Michael J. Wishnie—missing Breyer 1995-96

Cecillia D. Wang—missing Breyer 1996-97

Laura A. Dickinson—missing Breyer 1997-98

Clare Huntington—missing Breyer 1998-99

Radhika Rao—missing Marshall 1992-93

Rebecca A. Womeldorf—missing Kennedy 1992-93

James J. Benjamin—missing Stevens 1994-95

Justin Driver—missing Breyer 2006-07

Heidi Bond—missing Kennedy 2007-08

Isaac J. Lidsky—missing Ginsberg 2008-09

Joshua A. Deahl—missing Kennedy 2009-10

Kristen E. Eichensehr—missing Sotomayor 2010-11

Candice Chiu—missing Sotomayor 2011-12

Eric F. Citron—missing Kagan 2012-13

Julia Malkina—missing Breyer 2013

Eli Savit—missing Ginsburg 2014

Bjhillis (talk) 18:13, 28 August 2016 (UTC) Added the "shared with" clerks above to all assigned justices on the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 18:04, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

On main page intro paragraphs, increased number of clerks listed from more than "2,100" to more than "2,200." Increase in number due to the missing clerks added over the past month. With the "shared with" clerks project completed, only need to collapse the 20 or so "double entry: clerks to single entry-two year term format. I will then turn to conforming the Seat pages to the main page.Bjhillis (talk) 01:37, 4 October 2016 (UTC) Completed collapsing 20 double entries into a single, two year clerkship term for the names listed above, at the top of this section. Add new Wiki page for Vern Countryman, clerked Douglas 1942. I've stopped looking for missing clerks, and next week will turn to the last phase: conforming the Seat pages to the main page, and adding the photos below. I'd like to bulk paste the new clerk data onto the Seat pages, but the code format is different.Bjhillis (talk) 09:56, 7 October 2016 (UTC) Per below, have completed updating each Seat page with the new detail from the Main Page.Bjhillis (talk) 18:29, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

Added Missing Tom C. Clark (retired) Clerks

  • Jerry W. Snider, Univ of Houston 1969, clerked Tom Clark 1969-70 (shared with Warren Burger)
  • William M. Hannay, Georgetown 1973; Honorable Tom C. Clark, U.S. Supreme Court (1974-1975); Honorable Myron H. Bright, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (1973-1974)

Add Missing Thurgood Marshall Clerk:

Bjhillis (talk) 05:02, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

Add several missing clerks, and "shared with" details:

David M. Becker, Columbia University (1973). He then clerked for Judge Harold Leventhal of the D.C. Circuit and Justice Stanley Reed (retired) of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1974-1975 https://www.nycourts.gov/ip/jipl/pdf/JIPL-Spring2003.pdf https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-20.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Becker

Robert L. Deitz. Professor Deitz began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Justices Douglas, Stewart, and White of the United States Supreme Court. http://schar.gmu.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/robert-l-deitz/

Christopher R. Lipsett, Penn 1974, clerked Stanley Reed, 1975-76 http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104&context=plj

Carl E. Schneider, Michigan, 1979. Clerked Judge Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Justice Potter Stewart of the United States Supreme Court, 1980-81

Jerry Lawrence Siegel, Yale, 1972. Law Clerk: Honorary Charles B. Renfrew, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, 1972-1973. Potter Stewart, United States. Supreme Court, 1973-1974. http://securities.stanford.edu/filings-documents/1042/OPCAX_01/2009529_f02d_0900567.pdf

Richard J. Urowsky, Yale Law school, 1970. Law clerk for Justice Stanley Reed of the US Supreme Court. During his tenure at the Court, Richard also spent time working in the chambers of Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Potter Stewart and Byron White. Listed under White 1972-73: add "shared with" Reed, Burger, Stewart. Bjhillis (talk) 01:12, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Add missing William O. Douglas clerk: Donald R. Colvin, Washington 1945, clerked Douglas 1945-46 (found in Library of Congress list); add Finding Aid to the Papers of William O. Douglas, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (2014, rev. Dec. 2014), p. 138, list of law clerks, to "Additional Sources".Bjhillis (talk) 19:41, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Add missing "shared with" clerk: George C. Cochran, Univ of North Carolina 1964, clerked 1964-65, for Earl Warren and Stanley Reed (retired); Note Earl C. Dudley, Jr., clerked 1968-69, "shared with" Earl Warren and Stanley Reed (retired), per Virginia Law Review (2008); Correct middle initial for Jennifer K. Hardy (Not "L."), clerked Thomas 2004-2005, per law firm bio; Change grad yr for Thomas J. Klitgaard to Berkeley 1961, not 1962, per his law firm bio. Bjhillis (talk) 18:05, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Update the seven clerks of Van Devanter from Barry Cushman's The Clerks of the Four Horsemen, Part I, 39 J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 386 (2014): Richard E. Repath; Frederick H. Barclay; Mahlon D. Kiefer; George Howland Chase III; James W. Yokum; J. Arthur Mattson; and John T. McHale.Bjhillis (talk) 20:46, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

Add missing "shared with" clerk: Stuart F. Delery, Yale 1993, clerked Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron White (retired), 1994-95, prior clerked Gerald Tjoflat, 11th Cir.; add missing "shared with" clerk: John Flynn, Georgetown 1995, clerked JP Stevens and Byron White (retired), 1996-97, prior clerked Becker, 3d Cir.; and add missing Byron White clerk: Ellen P. Aprill, Georgetown 1980, clerked White 1981-82, prior clerked Butzner, 4th Cir.Bjhillis (talk) 23:43, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Add law school and grad yr to William R. Harr, Georgetown 1895, clerked JM Harlan, 1896-1898, 1898-1902.Bjhillis (talk) 02:45, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Add "shared with" detail to Christopher R. Lipsett, clerked 1975-76 for Stanley Reed (retired), Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall and Stewart), and add prior clerkship Irving Goldberg, 5th Cir., from Princeton Alumni Bulletin, class of 1971. Bjhillis (talk) 15:00, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

Add missing Breyer clerk: Caitlin Halligan, Georgetown 1995, clerked Breyer 1997-98, prior clerk P. Wald, DC Cir, and link to her Wiki page.

Add new 2017 clerks for Justices Thomas, Sotomayor, and Breyer. Bjhillis (talk) 21:29, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

Add prior clerkship for David Allan Gates III, clerked Blackmun 1974-75, prior clerked Chief Judge Pat Mehaffy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1972-1974. Add prior clerkship for Daniel P. Levitt, clerked Fortas 1964-65, prior clerked Edward Weinfeld, S.D.N.Y. Bjhillis (talk) 00:40, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Add missing Frankfurter clerk: David P. Currie, Harvard 1960, clerked Frankfurter 1961-62, prior clerk Friendly 2d Cir. and link to his Wiki page. Bjhillis (talk) 15:53, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Add prior clerkship to Robert T. Lasky, Penn 1967, clerked Warren 1968-69, prior clerked Samuel J. Roberts, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1967-68, per transcript of interview at Berkeley Libraries. Bjhillis (talk) 06:34, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Added three more 2017 Term clerks for Anthony Kennedy to the main page and Seat 4 page: Geoffrey C. Shaw, Matthew Gregory, and Krista Perry. Only Souter's 2017 clerk is missing. Have not added the two 2018 clerks announced.Bjhillis (talk) 18:26, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Add missing Whittaker clerk: James Malone Edwards, Yale 1960, clerked Whittaker 1960-61 (retired).Bjhillis (talk) 03:53, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Good news--someone set up a Wiki page for former Deputy Solicitor General Paul Bender, former law clerk to Learned Hand and Felix Frankfurter.Bjhillis (talk) 04:20, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Someone added Allen M. Katz (Stanford 1972), clerked Thurgood Marshall 1973-1974. Goes to show the list is still missing names. Added four new Gorsuch clerks: Michael R. Davis (Iowa 2004); Jamil N. Jaffer (Chicago 2003); Jane E. Kucera (Nitze) (former Sotomayor clerk); and Matthew S. Owen (former Scalia clerk). The three new names--Katz, Davis, Jaffer--brings the number of clerks listed to 2,251.Bjhillis (talk) 22:12, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Added missing Burger clerk: David G. Boutte, USC 1972, clerked Burger 1973-74, prior clerked Richard H. Chambers, 9th Cir., from USC Judicial Clerkship Handbook, p 33, App B.Bjhillis (talk) 20:58, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Someone posted a new Byron White clerk: Richard A. Westfall, Univ of Denver 1985, prior clerk McWilliams 10th Cir., clerked White 1986-87. Add name to Seat 6 page.Bjhillis (talk) 21:09, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Updated term dates for Eldwin Raphael Hayden, clerked Justice Bradley May 1890-1893, per Washington Critic, May 12, 1890, p. 2, col. 2, Personal (LOC Historic Newspapers).Bjhillis (talk) 01:57, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

To the Main and Seat pages, added the Gorsuch clerks for 2017, and the 2018 and 2019 announced clerks for Ginsburg, Breyer, others.Bjhillis (talk) 11:20, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Add Ashton F. Embry law school, Georgetown 1905, clerked McKenna 1911-1919. Washington Times, June 12, 1905, Evening, Page 12. LOC Historic Newspapers.Bjhillis (talk) 23:40, 19 September 2017 (UTC) Posted a Wiki page for Frederick Emmons Chapin.Bjhillis (talk) 10:18, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Adding pictures? In memoriam links?

Any interest in having links to obits for recently deceased law clerks, a sort of "in memoriam" section? e.g.:

Would be a burden to maintain, but nobody else is doing it. Might be newsworthy.

Also, any interest in adding a photo or two to the Main or Seat pages?

Suggested pics for each seat:

Pic posted Main Page: Judge Merrick Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2016). Garland is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Barack Obama. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Garland clerked for Justice William Brennan in the 1978 Term.

I envisioned the pics rotating over a period of time, perhaps most frequently on the front page. Next month I was planning on swapping out Judge Garland's pic on the front page and replacing it with Judge Diane Wood, clerked Blackmun 1976-77, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. No fixed time schedule, and open to other suggestions.Bjhillis (talk) 03:34, 8 December 2016 (UTC) Planning on placing the Diane Wood pic on the front page in a couple weeks, subject to a better idea.Bjhillis (talk) 00:43, 2 January 2017 (UTC) Edited the phrasing of the Garland pic caption to reflect status of nomination, given new Senate session.Bjhillis (talk) 03:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC) Will swap out the Garland pic on the main page with Diane Wood this weekend.Bjhillis (talk) 02:12, 12 January 2017 (UTC) Changed the pic on the main page from Merrick Garland to Diane Wood. In a few months, will rotate the pic again.Bjhillis (talk) 11:59, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Perhaps the two best clerk pics are Dan Walker greeting citizens at a parade, and Joseph Rauh in the March on Washington:

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR DAN WALKER GREETS CHICAGO CONSTITUENTS DURING THE BUD BILLIKEN DAY PARADE, ONE OF THE LARGEST... - NARA - 556272
March on Washington August 28, 1963, showing Joseph L. Rauh Jr. (center), with Martin Luther King, Jr. (left), Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, and Sam Weinblatt.

Pic posted Seat 1: Paul Brest and Molly Van Houweling. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she clerked for Justice David Souter in the 2000 Term. Brest also graduated from Harvard, and clerked for Justice John Marshall Harlan in the 1968 Term.

Pic posted Seat 2: White House Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Danielle Gray speaks during the White House Rural Council chaired by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 2012. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Gray clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer in the 2005 Term.

Pic posted Seat 3: Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court (Photo: Lonnie Tague, US Department of Justice, 2014). A graduate of Yale Law School, she clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004.

Pic posted Seat 4: Professor Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School (2004). A graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, he clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy in the 1997 Term.

Pic posted Seat 6: Judge Paul J. Watford, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012). A graduate of the UCLA Law School, he clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 1995 to 1996.

Pic posted Seat 8: Crystal Nix-Hines, United States Ambassador to UNESCO (2014). A graduate of Harvard Law School, she clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from 1991 to 1992.

Pic posted Seat 9: William Rehnquist, 16th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. A graduate of Stanford Law School, he clerked for Justice Robert Jackson in the 1952 Term.

Pic posted Seat 10: Professor John Yoo, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall (2012). A graduate of Yale Law School, he clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas in the 1994 Term.

Pic posted Chief Justice: Deputy Attorney General Byron White (later Supreme Court justice) with Robert Kennedy in 1961. A graduate of Yale Law School, White clerked for Chief Justice Fred Vinson in the 1946 Term. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.101.157.199 (talk) 19:16, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Some great pics are outside of Wiki:

  • Comment: I don't think we should put pictures along the side of the table; I think it will make for awkward formatting on most computers. However, I do like the idea of including pictures somewhere. Perhaps we can include a gallery section after the list? Best, -- Notecardforfree (talk) 20:39, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

Taking this comment into account, placed Garland's pic on the main page above table, not along the side. Will add a pic to each seat page as I conform them to the main page over next few weeks.Bjhillis (talk) 10:25, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Updating the "Seat" pages. Updated the "Chief Justice" and "Seat 1" pages with the new clerk detail from Main Page (I am bulk copy-pasting to save time), added pics at the top. Also edited the "Supreme Court Template" at bottom of page to add a link to the Main Page list of law clerks, titled, "All."Bjhillis (talk) 17:39, 14 October 2016 (UTC) Updated pages for Seats 6, 8, 9, and 10.Bjhillis (talk) 18:09, 17 October 2016 (UTC) Updated page for Seats 3 and 4.Bjhillis (talk) 01:09, 19 October 2016 (UTC) Updated page for Seat 2. This completes conforming each of the Seat pages to the new detail in the Main Page.Bjhillis (talk) 18:25, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

The Diane Wood pic has been up on the main page for a couple of months. Any suggestions on whose pic to post next? Historical? Elliot Richardson? One of the two pics above?Bjhillis (talk) 11:48, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Possible pics for main page, perhaps quickly cycle through four HLS grads:

Diane Wood, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. A graduate of the University of Texas Law School, she clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1976 to 1977.
William Coleman clerked for Justice Felix Frankfurter in 1948-1949, at the same time as Elliot Richardson, later U.S. Attorney General. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Coleman served as United States Secretary of Transportation in 1975-1976.
Elliot Richardson clerked for Justice Felix Frankfurter in 1948-1949. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Richardson served as United States Attorney General in 1973, among other government roles.
Viet D. Dinh clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in the 1994 Term

(talk) 01:21, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

On main page, propose replacing the Diane Wood pic with William Coleman next week.Bjhillis (talk) 13:33, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

Replaced Diane Wood pic with William Coleman. Will cycle through the other HLS grads quickly.Bjhillis (talk) 20:23, 20 May 2017 (UTC)

Plan to swap out the William Coleman pic with Elliott Richardson in the next few days. Will keep cycling through these pics in quick order.Bjhillis (talk) 01:51, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Replaced Coleman pic on main page with Richardson.Bjhillis (talk) 14:55, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Plan to swap out the Elliott Richardson with Viet Dinh in the next few days. Will continue to go through these pics.Bjhillis (talk) 11:23, 4 August 2017 (UTC) Swapped the Richardson pic for Viet Dinh. In a few weeks, will next swap in the Ketanji Brown Jackson pic above.Bjhillis (talk) 12:00, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Plan to swap out the Viet Dinh pic in the next week or two, will replace with Ketanji Brown Jackson.Bjhillis (talk) 11:44, 6 September 2017 (UTC) Will replace this weekend the main page pic of Viet Dinh with Ketanji Brown Jackson pic.Bjhillis (talk) 11:25, 23 September 2017 (UTC) Swapped the pics. Kentaji Brown Jackson now on main page.Bjhillis (talk) 18:50, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Removal of Benjamin Beaton

@Evaus: On 14:38, 18 April 2017‎ I saw you removed as unsourced Benjamin J. Beaton, clerked Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2011-2012, Columbia Law School, 2009; prior clerk Arthur Raymond Randolph, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. What about his law firm bio as a source? http://www.sidley.com/people/benjamin-j-beaton Also American Inns of Court byline states: "He served as a judicial clerk for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States." https://inns.innsofcourt.org/for-members/member-programs/temple-bar-scholarships/temple-bar-scholar-reports/benjamin-j-beaton.aspx Please consider reverting and reinserting Beaton, based on these sources.Bjhillis (talk) 15:19, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

@Evaus: Haven't heard back so I am reinstating Benjamin Beaton. Here are more links in support of his clerkship:

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