Clarence Melville York (November 24, 1867 – June 20, 1906) was an American attorney who, in the 1890s, was one of the first
law clerk
A law clerk or a judicial clerk is a person, generally someone who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court. Judicial clerks often play significant ...
s to the justices of the
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
.
York was born in
Vineland, New Jersey
Vineland is a city in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city had a total population of 60,780. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 61,156 ...
, on November 24, 1867, and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1887.
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In June 1889, York graduated with a Bachelor of Law, LL.B. from National University School of Law (now the George Washington University Law School) in Washington, D.C. In 1890, he was a clerk at the United States General Land Office. From 1890 to 1896, York was a Law clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court law clerk to Chief Justice Melville Fuller. He then clerked for Associate Justice Stephen Johnson Field from 1896 to 1897, before returning to clerk to Fuller from 1897 to 1905.]
See also
*List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Chief Justice)
*List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9)
References
1867 births
1906 deaths
19th-century American lawyers
20th-century American lawyers
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
People from Vineland, New Jersey
Suicides in Washington, D.C.
National University School of Law alumni
1906 suicides
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