Reflections of a Former Law Clerk

Foote, Daniel H.

Reflections of a Former Law Clerk

Matsuo Kôya Sensei Koki Shukuga Ronbunshû, Gekan [Essays in Honor of Professor Kôya Matsuo on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, Vol. 2] (Kuniji Shibahara, Noriyuki Nishida & Masahito Inouye eds.) (Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 1998), pp. 796(1)-751(46), 1998

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Daniel H. Foote

University of Washington - School of Law; University of Tokyo - Faculty of Law

Date Written: 1998

Abstract

This essay discusses the American judicial clerkship system, drawing on my experiences as a clerk for a federal district judge (Chief Judge Edward T. Gignoux, D. Maine) and a Supreme Court justice (Chief Justice Warren E. Burger), as well as published sources and conversations with friends and colleagues. Because it was written for a Japanese audience, it draws some parallels with Japanese institutions.

Keywords: courts, judges, judicial clerks, trial courts, U.S. Supreme Court

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Foote, Daniel H., Reflections of a Former Law Clerk (1998). Matsuo Kôya Sensei Koki Shukuga Ronbunshû, Gekan [Essays in Honor of Professor Kôya Matsuo on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, Vol. 2] (Kuniji Shibahara, Noriyuki Nishida & Masahito Inouye eds.) (Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 1998), pp. 796(1)-751(46), 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2570384