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author. RobertR. Slaughter Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Law Clerk for Justice Sandra
Day O’Connor, 2006-07.
In June
2007—as my year with Justice O’Connor began drawing to a close—she stopped by
my office for a friendly chat late one afternoon. Rather than physically
knocking, she playfully intoned the words “knock, knock,” and then sat down to
inquire whether my time clerking at the Supreme Court had met my expectations.
I expressed deep gratitude for her willingness to take a chance on me, as it
provided not only the greatest honor that a young lawyer can receive, but also
an invaluable, intimate vantagepoint for glimpsing the Supreme Court’s actual
workings. Succumbing to the unmistakable tug of pre-nostalgia, I told her that
the opportunity to serve as a law clerk in this building means all the more to
me because I grew up in Washington, D.C.—east of the Anacostia River, far
removed from even the faintest whiff of governmen…
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