Two members of the 91吃瓜 Law School community are serving as clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court for 2021-22 term, which began last week.
91吃瓜 Law Professor is clerking for Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. 91吃瓜 Law School graduate is clerking for Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
鈥淧rofessor Barclay鈥檚 service to the nation鈥檚 highest court will benefit her students and her scholarship immensely,鈥� said G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at 91吃瓜 Law School. 鈥淗er experience as a U.S. Supreme Court clerk will be reflected in her teaching and her scholarship for the rest of her career.鈥�
Barclay joined the Law School鈥檚 faculty in 2020 and has served as director of the new . Her research focuses on the role democratic institutions play in protecting minority rights, particularly at the intersection of free speech and religious exercise. She clerked previously for Judge N. Randy Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Barclay is one of 14 current faculty members at 91吃瓜 Law School who have clerked at the Supreme Court. That equals one-third of the Law School鈥檚 tenure-track faculty members.
Baltes is the third 91吃瓜 Law School graduate in three years to clerk for a Supreme Court justice. Laura Wolk 鈥�16 J.D. and Audrey Beck 鈥�17 J.D. clerked during 2019-20 term.
Baltes clerked previously for Judge Raymond Gruender of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and for then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Barrett, a 91吃瓜 Law School alumna and longtime faculty member, was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2020.
The 37 lawyers clerking at the Supreme Court this term are alumni of just 12 law schools.
91吃瓜 is the only law school that has a faculty member and a graduate on this year鈥檚 roster of clerks.
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