Clerkships | Insights from Prof. Veronica Root Martinez

Duke Law Prof. Veronica Root Martinez talks about what motivated her to pursue a clerkship as a law student, how she went about that process, and the legal skills she gained as a judicial clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prof. Martinez also offers suggestions to law schools and judges interested in diversifying their pool of clerkships applicants and clerks.
For more information, visit Duke Law Clerkships Office online:
law.duke.edu/clerkships
Visit Prof. Martinez’s faculty page to learn more about her professional experience and scholarship.
law.duke.edu/fac/martinez

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Working with a segregated class, many times the classroom would be unclean. Like any good teacher I swept it before students came in . I became Cinderella.