The Order of the Coif is an American honor society for law school graduates. The Order was founded in 1902 at the University of Illinois College of Law. The name is a reference to the ancient English order of trial lawyers,the serjeants-at-law,whose courtroom attire included a coif—a white lawn or silk skullcap,which came to be represented by a round piece of white lace worn on top of the advocate's wig. A student who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top ten percent of their class is eligible for membership if the student's law school has a chapter of the Order.
A law clerk,judicial clerk,or judicial assistant is a person,often a lawyer,who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Judicial clerks often play significant roles in the formation of case law through their influence upon judges' decisions. Judicial clerks should not be confused with legal clerks,court clerks,or courtroom deputies who only provide secretarial and administrative support to attorneys and/or judges.
Notre Dame Law School is the law school of the University of Notre Dame. Established in 1869,it is the oldest continuously operating Catholic law school in the United States.
The lists of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States cover the law clerks who have assisted the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. The list is divided into separate lists for each position in the Supreme Court.
James Oren Browning is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Brian Timothy Fitzpatrick is an American academic and lawyer. Fitzpatrick is known for his unorthodox advocacy of class action lawsuits from a conservative point of view,and is the author of a book on the subject,The Conservative Case for Class Actions.
Adalberto Jose Jordan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law,his alma mater,and at Florida International University's College of Law. In February 2016,The New York Times identified Jordan as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. In early March,Jordan removed himself from consideration.
John Thomas Noonan Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Jane Louise Kelly is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
In the United States,feeder judges are prominent judges in the American federal judiciary whose law clerks are frequently selected to become law clerks for the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Feeder judges are able to place comparatively many of their clerks on the Supreme Court for a variety of reasons,including personal or ideological relationships with particular justices,prestigious and respected positions in the judiciary,and reputations for attracting and training high-quality clerks. Supreme Court clerkships are highly prized and the most difficult to secure in the American clerking landscape—they have been called the "brass ring of law clerk fame" and the "ultimate achievement." Feeder clerkships are,consequently,similarly prized as stepping stones to a potential clerkship with the Supreme Court.
Patrick J. McNulty (1922–1997) was a judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota from 1968-1975 and a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota from 1978 until his death in 1997. McNulty received his B.S.L. (1947) and J.D. (1948) from the University of Minnesota Law School. He was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1949. McNulty clerked for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Frank Gallagher from 1949-1950 before entering practice. Interrupting his undergraduate education,McNulty had served as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and until shortly thereafter (1943-1946). Patrick J. McNulty and his wife from 1952 Gladys Bird LaFave were of the Roman Catholic faith. After retiring as a magistrate,he continued to work as a special master in the District of Minnesota,but his behavior became erratic,including an arrest for shoplifting cigarettes and accusations of other shoplifting incidents.
Amy Vivian Coney Barrett is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to serve on the court,she was nominated by President Donald Trump. Barrett was a U.S. circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 2017 to 2020.
Damon Ray Leichty is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Allison Blair Jones Rushing is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit since March 2019.
Walter Floyd "Jack" Pratt Jr. was the Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law,where he served as dean from 2006 to 2011. Pratt's research focus is legal history,contracts and commercial law.
Daniel Aaron Bress is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Audrey J. Anderson is an American attorney specializing in education and health law who was the Vice Chancellor,General Counsel and University Secretary for Vanderbilt University from 2013 to 2018. She currently serves as an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.
Kristin Hickman is an American legal scholar known for her work in the fields of administrative law,tax administration,statutory interpretation,and tax law. She is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and the Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Her work is regularly cited by United States Courts,including the United States Supreme Court. She is known for her scholarship on regulatory practice and judicial deference,particularly Chevron deference.
Liam Patrick Hardy is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Evan Andrew Young is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas since 2021.
