Judge O'Connor Reportedly Selects ASU Grad As Clerk

September 12, 1981

Judge O'Connor Reportedly Selects ASU Grad As Clerk
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Type: Newspaper article
Author: Mark McCloy
Source: The Phoenix Gazette
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Ruth V. McGregorLaw Clerk

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WASHINGTON - With Senate confirmation virtually certain but still a few days away, Sandra Day O'Connor already has begun to assume the role of the first woman U.S. Supreme Court justice. The Arizona Appeals Court Judge has reportedly picked one of her four law clerks. The Senate is expected to confirm Judge O'Connor Tuesday, and the swearing in will be held Sept. 25. Despite a constant ordeal of judicial preparation and hearings since President Reagan announced her nomination ,July 7, ,Judge O'Connor has apparently taken time to chose a woman Arizona State University law school graduate to work as her law clerk. "It (the law clerk) is a woman," assistant U.S. attorney general Bob McConnell told The Phoenix Gazette Friday. "She's an Arizona State University law school graduate from a few years back who has been practicing law." JUDGE O'CONNOR, secluded in a Washington apartment arranged by departing Justice Potter Stewart, was not available Friday to identify her choice of a law clerk. Barrett McGurn , press officer for the Supreme Court, also could not name the woman. But , he said, the job is one of the most prestigious for a young lawyer, and many are contending. "It puts them on the fast track," he said. "They go on to become Cabinet members and some return as justices." In Phoenix, a spokeswoman at the law firm of Fennemore, Craig, von Ammon & Udall, said Ruth V. McGregor left those offices last week to take the law clerk position with Judge O'Connor. A call to the McGregor

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