List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

Law clerks have assisted Supreme Court Justices in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882.^[1]:1 By the traditions and rules that have developed around this procedure today the eight Associate Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States have the opportunity to select four law clerks each term of the court. The Chief Justice is allowed five clerks, but often hires fewer.^[1]:195 After retiring from the Court, a justice may continue to hire a law clerk, who may be assigned to provide additional assistance to an active justice, or assist the retired justice when sitting by designation with a lower court.

List of Supreme Court law clerks

The following sortable table^[1] lists more than 1,900 law clerks who have served for Supreme Court justices, the years their service began and ended, the law school they attended (with the year they graduated), and any previous clerkships they held.

• Seat = Supreme Court Justice Seat^[2]

• Num = Order that Supreme Court Justice was appointed