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May 2016: UVA Law Graduate Hired by Justice Scalia Will Now Clerk for Justice Samuel Alito
Hat tip, Above The Law: How Appealing Friday, May 13, 2016
"UVA Law Graduate Hired by Justice Scalia Will Now Clerk for Justice Alito": The University of Virginia School of Law issued this news release today. The subject of the item is currently clerking for Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton.
Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman
UVA Law Graduate Hired by Justice Scalia Will Now Clerk for Justice Samuel Alito
May 13, 2016
Kimberly Reich
University of Virginia School of Law graduate Nicole Frazer ’15 will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for the 2016 term.
Frazer was originally slated to clerk for the late Justice Antonin Scalia starting in the fall. An offer for an interview was later extended by Alito.
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Frazer is currently clerking with Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Columbus, Ohio. Frazer, a former member of UVA Law's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, earned her undergraduate degree in government with an international relations emphasis from Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia.
More About Nicole Frazer
May 13, 2016
Kimberly Reich
University of Virginia School of Law graduate Nicole Frazer ’15 will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for the 2016 term.
Frazer was originally slated to clerk for the late Justice Antonin Scalia starting in the fall. An offer for an interview was later extended by Alito.
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Frazer is currently clerking with Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Columbus, Ohio. Frazer, a former member of UVA Law's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, earned her undergraduate degree in government with an international relations emphasis from Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia.
More About Nicole Frazer
Nicole Frazer '15 to Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
July 22, 2015
Kimberly Reich
Nicole Frazer, a 2015 University of Virginia School of Law graduate, will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2016-17 term. ... Virginia is fourth in contributing the most clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court from 2005-15, after Harvard, Stanford and Yale. (More) The nine justices hire 36 clerks each year, and four UVA Law graduates will be joining the court in the 2015-16 term.
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Frazer has served as an articles development editor for the Virginia Law Review. She credits engaging with legal scholarship and going through roughly 3,000 annual submissions with helping her gain confidence in her own legal writing and analysis. As part of her role with the student organization Virginia Law Women, she mentored first-year law students. Frazer was also a member of the Law School's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic , the Federalist Society and Law Christian Fellowship.
Frazer earned her undergraduate degree in government with an international relations emphasis from Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. She is also a professional disc golfer, having won the amateur women's world championship in 2006 and having finished third in the professional women's world championship in 2009.
After her clerkship, Frazer said she plans to go into private practice in the Washington, D.C., area. One day, she hopes to work in the Office of Legal Counsel or the U.S. Solicitor General's Office at the Justice Department.
July 22, 2015
Kimberly Reich
Nicole Frazer, a 2015 University of Virginia School of Law graduate, will clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2016-17 term. ... Virginia is fourth in contributing the most clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court from 2005-15, after Harvard, Stanford and Yale. (More) The nine justices hire 36 clerks each year, and four UVA Law graduates will be joining the court in the 2015-16 term.
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Frazer has served as an articles development editor for the Virginia Law Review. She credits engaging with legal scholarship and going through roughly 3,000 annual submissions with helping her gain confidence in her own legal writing and analysis. As part of her role with the student organization Virginia Law Women, she mentored first-year law students. Frazer was also a member of the Law School's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic , the Federalist Society and Law Christian Fellowship.
Frazer earned her undergraduate degree in government with an international relations emphasis from Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. She is also a professional disc golfer, having won the amateur women's world championship in 2006 and having finished third in the professional women's world championship in 2009.
After her clerkship, Frazer said she plans to go into private practice in the Washington, D.C., area. One day, she hopes to work in the Office of Legal Counsel or the U.S. Solicitor General's Office at the Justice Department.
