Jamil Jaffer, '03: New Law Clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

When Jamil Jaffer testified in favor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch last month, he recalled the day in 2006 when he and Michael Davis started working for Gorsuch as law clerks at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver.

“Judge Gorsuch took us alpine sledding,” Jaffer told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Seriously. He beat us down the mountain twice and never let us forget that even with nearly a decade on us, he could beat two young whippersnappers like us.”

Eleven years later, those whippersnappers are clerking for Gorsuch again—this time in the warmer clime of Washington, D.C. Gorsuch hired them along with Janie Nitze and Matthew Owen for his short transitional period at the high court until the current term winds down this summer. Then another set of clerks—including Owen—will take over for the full 2017-2018 term.

Here are thumbnail sketches of each of the current clerks:

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