[Editrix note: Please welcome Clerquette, one of the writers who responded to A3G's request for new voices on UTR.]
By Clerquette
Well, dear readers, we have a lot to catch up on.
When last you stopped by for a peek underneath the robes of our nation's most fabulous jurists, the world was a different place. Justices Roberts and Alito were newly minted members of the highest court in the land, the markets were awash in ill-fated cash, and Project Runway was on the verge of a fourth, magical season.
Needless to say, times have changed. Venerable firms have been reduced to piles of smoldering dust, would-be first-years are counting deferral dollars instead of billable hours, and this blogress can barely swing last year's handbag without hitting an underemployed lawyer. Lucky are those who need nothing more than the air that they breathe, and to bask in their love for our new President. The rest of us need some frolic and detour.
Fear not! Things may be darkest before the dawn, but, in this dimmest of moments, a light beckons on the horizon. That’s right, friends: lucky for us, the perpetually fabulous Article III Groupie is here – in spirit, at least - to banish our collective blues. But, since A3G is a pretty busy gal these days, she has decided to enlist the help of yours truly, Clerquette. Needless to say, Clerquette is inordinately pleased to join UTR.
Like her illustrious predecessor, Clerquette graduated from an esteemed law school and went on to clerk for a federal judge. Alas, her proximity to judicial finery ended there, and she has toiled in the formerly lush, still well-heeled (but tragically dull) vineyards known as “Big Law” ever since. Clerquette is happy to report that her appetite for tantalizing gossip and spicy dispatches remains undiminished - by national economic malaise, the demands of Big Law, or the constant distraction of deeply discounted consumer goods. And that, dear readers, is where you come in.
Clerquette, like her predecessor, depends on you, her loyal readers and correspondents, for scrumptious tidbits of news and gossip about federal judges.” So please: e-mail her (at clerquette at gmail dot com) with the inside scoop! But first, allow her to refresh your collective recollections as to our e-mail policy, which is as follows:
Pursuant to our standard e-mail policy, anything that you email Clerquette may be published in "Underneath Their Robes" ("UTR"), but on an anonymous basis. If Clerquette would like to attribute anything to you by name, she will obtain your consent prior to doing so. Clerquette is grateful for (almost) all reader correspondence, and she apologizes in advance for not being able to respond to every email message that she receives.
Welcome back to UTR, fellow Article III groupies! Let the gazing begin.
- Clerquette
Email: [email protected]
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