In Chambers: Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices (Constitutionalism and Democracy) by Peppers, Todd C. [Editor]; Ward, Artemus [Editor];

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2012. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 445. Pictorial wraps. Includes index.

Paperback / softback. New. Written by former law clerks, legal scholars, biographers, historians, and political scientists, the essays in In Chambers tell the fascinating story of clerking at the Supreme Court. In addition to reflecting the personal experiences of the law clerks with their justices, the essays reveal how clerks are chosen, what tasks are assigned to them, and how the institution of clerking has evolved over time, from the first clerks in the late 1800s to the clerks of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chief Justice William Rehnquist. In Chambers offers a variety of perspectives on the unique experience of Supreme Court clerks. Former law clerks-including Alan M. Dershowitz, Charles A. Reich, and J. Harvie Wilkinson III-write about their own clerkships, painting vivid and detailed pictures of their relationships with the justices, while other authors write about the various clerkships for a single justice, putting a justice's practice into a broader context. The book also includes… Read More

Univ of Virginia Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 445 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.