Sorcerers' apprentices
Subtitle: 100 years of law clerks at the United States Supreme Court
By: Artemus Ward and David L. Weiden.
Contributors: Weiden, David L.
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780814794043
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; Law clerks -- United States.; Law clerks -- United States -- History.; Judicial process -- United States.
Description: "Based on Supreme Court archives, the personal papers of justices and other figures at the Supreme Court, and interviews and written surveys with 150 former clerks, Sorcerers' Apprentices is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the life of a law clerk, and how it has evolved since its nineteenth-century beginnings."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The institutionalization of the Supreme Court law clerk; title: A great ordeal : selecting Supreme Court law clerks; title: The junior court : deciding to decide; title: Decision making : mission-inspired crusaders?; title: Opinion writing : from research assistants to junior justices; title: Conclusion : sorcerers' apprentices.