The luster of Supreme Court clerk jobs seems brighter than ever, and not just because a former high court clerk has succeeded another as chief justice. But, even as law firms offer former clerks hiring bonuses of $200,000, pushing clerkships ever upward into the stratosphere of rewards to which young lawyers can aspire, one stark reality persists: Recipients are overwhelmingly white and male. It appears that only three of the 37 clerks currently serving at the Court are minorities.
The luster of Supreme Court clerk jobs seems brighter than ever, and not just because a former high court clerk has succeeded another as chief justice. But, even as law firms offer former clerks hiring bonuses of $200,000, pushing clerkships ever upward into the stratosphere of rewards to which young lawyers can aspire, one stark reality persists: Recipients are overwhelmingly white and male. It appears that only three of the 37 clerks currently serving at the Court are minorities.
The luster of Supreme Court clerk jobs seems brighter than ever, and not just because a former high court clerk has succeeded another as chief justice. But, even as law firms offer former clerks hiring bonuses of $200,000, pushing clerkships ever upward into the stratosphere of rewards to which young lawyers can aspire, one stark reality persists: Recipients are overwhelmingly white and male. It appears that only three of the 37 clerks currently serving at the Court are minorities.
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