Harvard-Yale Duopoly on Clerks Doesn’t Fit Barrett’s Background

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who graduated from Notre Dame’s law school and returned there to teach for more than a decade, could help break elite law school graduates’ lock on Supreme Court clerkships.

That’s the hope, anyway, for those who would like to see the justices draw on a broader pool of talent when picking the often young lawyers who help select what cases to hear and assist in drafting opinions.

Since the 2017 term—the first full one with a Trump nominee—more than half of all the 175 clerks came from two schools: Harvard or Yale, according to Bloomberg Law ...