Clerkship is an English word with synonyms like position or post. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Clerkship meaning
- The state or business of a clerk.
- A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
- Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
Using Clerkship
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or business of a clerk. | A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years. | Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
- Useful related words include: position, post, berth, office.
- In the example corpus, clerkship often appears in combinations such as: federal clerkship, judicial clerkship, for clerkship.
Context around Clerkship
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clerkship
- In this selection, "clerkship" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, federal, appellate, legal, bonus, new and applicants stand out and add context to how "clerkship" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 000 federal clerkship bonus to and a federal clerkship or a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clerkship" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clerkship
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The firm seeks a candidate with excellent credentials: federal judicial clerkship preferred. (12 words)
There is nothing shameful about sharing that you did not enjoy your clerkship. (13 words)
King worked with a music attorney in Atlanta during his legal clerkship at Howard Law School. (16 words)
Law schools intend for students to reach out to current or former clerks — ideally alumni of their alma maters — who may or may not share candid information about their clerkship experiences. (31 words)
Today, litigation firm Robins Kaplan announced a $100,000 federal clerkship bonus to those who have done at least a one-year district court or appellate federal clerkship. (28 words)
In a letter dated 9 February 1912, Ramanujan wrote: Sir, I understand there is a clerkship vacant in your office, and I beg to apply for the same. (28 words)
Example sentences (14)
Today, litigation firm Robins Kaplan announced a $100,000 federal clerkship bonus to those who have done at least a one-year district court or appellate federal clerkship.
Candidates must have a federal clerkship or a New York appellate clerkship (New York Appellate Division or New York Court of Appeals).
Given federal clerks’ lack of rights, protections, and resources, it’s particularly important for clerkship applicants to identify positive working relationships with judges.
King worked with a music attorney in Atlanta during his legal clerkship at Howard Law School.
Law schools intend for students to reach out to current or former clerks — ideally alumni of their alma maters — who may or may not share candid information about their clerkship experiences.
Try to make the clerkship work even if a clerk is a less-than-perfect fit.
In the meantime, Clarence Thomas set in motion the chess moves for a Supreme Court clerkship.
There is nothing shameful about sharing that you did not enjoy your clerkship.
There’s California plaintiffs firm Dovel & Luner, which offers an impressive $140,000 as a clerkship bonus.
When Justice Scalia called to give her the clerkship, she was “stunned,” she told a local paper.
The firm seeks a candidate with excellent credentials: federal judicial clerkship preferred.
Just a few months into his clerkship, Arnold’s father passed away, leaving a void at the family-owned law firm in Ithaca.
By May 1, Whitman received a promotion to a slightly higher clerkship and published Drum-Taps.
In a letter dated 9 February 1912, Ramanujan wrote: Sir, I understand there is a clerkship vacant in your office, and I beg to apply for the same.
Common combinations with clerkship
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: