UVa Law School graduate to clerk on Supreme Court

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Law School graduate to clerk on Supreme Court

Professors praise former pupil Brinton Lucas

by Alia Sharif | Jan 29 2014

University Law graduate Brinton Lucas was recently selected to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2014-15 term. ... Lucas, who graduated from the Law School in 2011 near the top of his class, made a strong impression on several nationally esteemed constitutional law professors teaching at the University, including A. E. Dick Howard and Lillian BeVier.

“I knew him very well when he was a student,” Howard said. “He … helped me on research I was doing on comparative constitutionalism. His work was superb.” ... Howard, who himself clerked for Justice Hugo Black after graduating from law school, said he sees Lucas as not only a former colleague, but also a lifelong friend.

Howard said he estimates he has one or two former students a year who eventually become Supreme Court clerks. Currently, Katherine Mims Crocker and Brian Schmalzbach, both of whom graduated from the Law School in 2010, are currently clerking for Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas, respectively.
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After graduating, Lucas went on to clerk for justice J. Harvie Wilkinson in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and later received a fellowship in Office of the Solicitor General, which argues on behalf of the U.S. government in Supreme Court cases. Lucas is currently a lawyer for the Washington firm Gibson Dunn.

G. Brinton Lucas