From left, Virginia graduates Katherine Twomey, Jamie McDonald, Winn Allen, and Pamela Bookman clerked for the Supreme Court during the 2009-10 term.
News About Supreme Court Clerks
Virginia, Harvard, Stanford and Yale contributed the most clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court from 2005-12.
Virginia tied for second among law schools nationwide in the number of alumni clerking for sitting U.S. Supreme Court justices in the 2011-12 term. This was the third time since the 2006-07 term that Virginia has had four clerks at the Supreme Court. John Moran ’10 and Donald Burke '08 clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia, Mark Hiller '09 clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Matt Nicholson '09 clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas. All four were members of the Law School’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. Two alumni, Rebecca Gantt and Lauren Willard, are clerking for the Supreme Court (Justices Breyer and Kennedy) in the 2012-13 term.
Related:
- A Well-Traveled Path from Ivy League to Supreme Court (The New York Times)
- UVA Law Faculty Who Have Argued Before the Supreme Court
- Professor Doug Laycock on Arguing the "Ministerial Exception" Before the Supreme Court
2013-14 Court Term
2012-13 Court Term
- 1.25.12 Willard '11 to Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Kennedy
- 10.25.11 Gantt '11 to Clerk for Justice Breyer
2011-12 Court Term
- 6.2.11 Nicholson '09 to Clerk for Justice Thomas
- 5.19.11 Hiller '09 to Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor
- 7.21.10 Burke ’08 and Moran ’10 to Clerk for Justice Scalia
2010-11 Court Term
- 4.13.10 Fitzgerald '08 to Clerk for Justice Thomas
- 1.25.10 Stern '09 and Crane '07 to Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court
2009-10 Court Term
- 2.17.09 McDonald '07 to Clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts
- 1.27.09 Allen '08 to Clerk for Justice Alito
- 7.14.08 Twomey '08 to Clerk for Justice Scalia
- 1.22.08 Bookman ’06 to Clerk for Justice Ginsburg
2008-09 Court Term
2007-08 Court Term
2006-07 Court Term
- 9.8.06 Todd ’00 Earns Clerkship with Justice Alito; Virginia Third Among Law Schools in Number of Clerks This Term
- 12.12.05 Bress ’05 to Clerk for Justice Scalia
- 10.17.05 Bragdon '02 to Clerk for Justice Thomas
- 9.20.05 Adams '03 to Clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas
2005-06 Court Term
- 10.19.05 Stojilkovic ’04 Clerking for Chief Justice Roberts
- 3.24.05 Orr to Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Souter
- 9.27.04 Passaportis to Clerk for Chief Justice Rehnquist
2004-05 Court Term
