Gorsuch Looking for More Experienced Clerks

Supreme Court “justices definitely have ‘types’ when it comes to clerk hiring,” David Lat, the founder of the legal blog Above The Law who regularly reports on clerkship hiring, said in a recent tweet.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. often hires veterans, including his most recent hire, a “former Marine who served in Afghanistan,” Lat said.

And Justice Neil M. Gorsuch prefers to hire older clerks, Lat told Bloomberg Law.

So far, Gorsuch’s high court clerks have come to the court with more professional experience than their colleagues in other chambers.

And the justice’s latest hire of “a 2003 ...