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Working Effectively with Your Judge: An Outline for Remarks

D. Brock Hornby
January 1, 2008

Judge D. Brock Hornby (D. Me.) prepared this as an outline of introductory remarks he gives to new law clerks when they start work in his chambers. He based this outline on one prepared by Justice Eileen E. Gillese of the Ontario Court of Appeals. He offered the outline to the Federal Judicial Center for its use in education programs for federal judges and law clerks.