This story originally published on March 1, 2025. It includes descriptions of sexual abuse. In 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began its rampage, a recent law school graduate started a new job in ...

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An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. Law clerks and other judicial employees are... In the federal court system, law clerks find little ...

The power imbalance between judges with lifetime tenure and the young law clerks who work alongside them is both vast and unique to the judiciary. People in the federal court system don't have the ...