Christopher Michel of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, left, and Michael McGinley of Dechert, right. Courtesy photos With Amicus Appointments, Ex-Clerks Get Coveted Chance to Argue at SCOTUS
They won't get paid. It's going to be extremely time-consuming. There is no prior counsel to review their work. And they'll spend months drafting briefs and preparing for an argument where the best case scenario is achieving a victory on behalf of a client that does not exist.
August 27, 2024 at 04:21 PM
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United States Supreme Court
The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Once or twice a term, a Supreme Court justice will pick up the phone and dial one of their former clerks with an unusual request: are they available to come in and argue a case that they know nothing about?
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