clerkship
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- noun
- /ˈklɜrkˌʃɪp/
- Formal
- Getting a clerkship is not a guarantee of lifetime employment in a fulfilling job.
- year clerkship
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Watch on YouTubeI would prefer not to take a clerkship.
- I would prefer not to take a clerkship.
- He was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment.
- But your first year grades will define whether you're able to get a clerkship or a summer internship or whether you're possibly able to transfer to a better school.
Examples
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In the summer of 1953, Earl E. Pollock was awarded a clerkship in the chambers of the Chief Justice of the United States, Fred M. Vinson.
Academic text (2004) -
After his clerkship, he took the Arizona Bar and spent sixteen years in private practice as a civil litigator in Phoenix.
Academic text (2007) -
I think I might be in line for a clerkship.
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I was only three years away from a clerkship, so I thought he would show a little kindness to me as his clerk.
Academic text (1993) -
l just finished a clerkship with Justice Frankfurter.
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During my clerkship, the Court considered whether resident aliens could be probation officers.
Academic text (1994) -
After the war, White picked up his law studies at Yale, graduating with honors and winning a clerkship with Chief Justice Fred Vinson.
Academic text (1993) -
After a judicial clerkship, he went into private practice in New Jersey for four years, leaving in 1997 to become an assistant public defender in Tampa.
Academic text (2011) -
At our institution of King Faisal University Medical College, medical students are required to complete 5-10 hours of dermatology didactic lectures and 2 weeks of dermatology clerkship offered in the fifth year of medical school.
Academic text (2007) -
I just finished a clerkship with Justice Frankfurter, where I gained valuable legal experience.
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Etymology
Clerkship comes from clerk + -ship, and clerk originally meant a member of the clergy, a 'church worker' who could read and write. Because those church workers kept records, clerk came to mean 'someone who does office work', and -ship means 'state or position', so clerkship is the 'period or position of working as a clerk'.