Law Clerks by Another Name

This week’s Legal Week contains an interesting account by a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Thorpe on what it’s like to clerk in the English courts – not surprisingly a fair amount of the work involves legal research.

Lots to contrast with the Canadian systemThere is a great wiki on this at the UWO website. and the work of law clerks elsewhere.

For more on the larger issues of law clerks and their role in the development of the law see my earlier post.