Show I Justices Justices' Law Clerks L i Usually Js ally Are Successes By HERBERT PLUMMER w WASHINGTON N 30 Baek in I 1926 3 ayoung man n d Goldsmith was was graduated gr ct 3 d with ho honors from the Harvard Har t l law Iw w s scho school hO t l' l Pr Pr Proudly he told old h s classmates ete that h tho the 1 ques ques- tion lon of or where he ho should hang o out t his shingle i ghe was not w worrying him For within a 3 short while beo he be would o ld bo be off ott to Washington to be become be- be como come tho the law clerk or of Mr Justice Brandeis the fifth firth ranking member of f th the United d Stales Stat s Prem court Ho no eatn came cUno to the tile capital and for lor lormore more than thana a 1 year ear w worked in tho the office of Ut J Justice stleo Brandeis Two ago ngo ho bado bo master cars his goodbye to become ap apr aH associate of 01 one of ot the biggest firms of c cOrpo- cOrpo atlon lawyers lawyer's in Chicago ChicO tg The other day he returned t to Washington on qa business s to for hI his law Irm and to old aid ld Q r renew acquaint ances lie He Is b recognized aa ag f ono one of ot ho tho most brilliant toung young la lawyers Inthe in inthe the he country The Tlc example example of young Goldsmith Goldsmiths Is s not an unusual one It has long been the tho custom m o ot justices s of tho the s supreme prem court ourt to choose as as' as asU U their tr law cl clerks young ung m men n who graduate tc with dIs- dIs Unction at nt th the jU justices justice's alma a mater The dean of ot th the ourt court Justice Oliver OU Wendell Holmes himself a Harvard vard man man B selects front from th the ranks anks of or la law p graduates t s at that Institution In- In his clerk clerIc Justice Brand Drand ls is received re his 1118 law raining ra at Harvard and nd to Cambridge Cam- Cam ridge bridge ho heso goes s for his law clerk J Justice Uco Stone Ston a Columbia Columbis man t favors vors graduates of that law school C for Or r the position of ot clerk Former Fonner Chief Justice Taft turned to his hrs bel beloved ved Yale to to choose hl Ills his I law clerk although a y year ar b toro his death he abandoned th the tice Taft wearied of ot breaking ina in ina a anew new man oan every year or dr r so so eo and nd having him leave just as Os he ho became familiar with the work So ho no picked d l a n. young nina man man who w worked fn In tho the office of ot th tho cJ clerk rk of ot tho the court 8 aa na his assistant with the tho understanding that ho remain remaina as a long as s he be m held his hi position on I tho the bench J S. S S The Tho position of or law cle clerk k to a I supreme court ju Justice nC IB is coveted by budding attorneys Jt lt offers offers' opportunity opportunity opportunity for tor study inspiration Uon and prestige impossible to obtain else- else w where here Tho The privilege of or a j ears ear's contact with wit witha wita a a iti man n like Justice Holmes for tor example one one of ot the l leading figures of ot tho bar tho the world over Is over Is priceless price price- less les I to the beginner in l law w And n d Justice Holmes Holmes' law clerk gets liets' Ju Just t th that t. t Not ot only does he lie havo opportunity nib to I R se e th the tho venerable Justice at work and help him In lib ith work but Justice likes to be with his hla clerk after hours For Por that reason he ch chooses ose his man care- care full fUlly 11 v. v He I must hare o more than a brilliant mind Personality and appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap count also At Harvard Columbia and formerly torme for tor- me merly h Yale competition Is ke keen n nam am among E the tho law For they all feel that selection by a ju Justice to tobo bo 00 his law Jav clerk Is ono one assurance lot of 6 i |