DESIGNATED HITTERS, PINCH HITTERS, AND BAT BOYS: JUDGES DEALING WITH JUDGMENT AND INEXPERIENCE, CAREER CLERKS OR TERM CLERKS.
In the article, the author discusses the key role played by career clerks or term clerks in judicial decision making, as well as how U.S. district court judges choose their staff by carefully analyzing the pros and cons of employing term and career clerks. Other topics include the workload of distri...
| Published in: | Law & Contemporary Problems Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 133 - 156 |
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Duke University
2019
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