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California Supreme Court

Sep. 24, 2013

State high court justice hails short-term clerk experiment

Justice Goodwin Liu's annual clerks have finished up their term and moved on, concluding the first year of a notable experiment at the state Supreme Court. How did it go?


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Justice Goodwin Liu's annual clerks have finished up their term and moved on, concluding the first year of a notable experiment at the state Supreme Court, where justices have primarily relied on permanent staff attorneys for 30 years. Liu employs two permanent court attorneys and three annual, or term, clerks in his chambers - a departure from the practice of his colleagues, who staff their departments enti...

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