Law professor and alumna start as clerks at US Supreme Court | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Law professor and alumna start as clerks at US Supreme Court Law professor and alumna start as clerks at US Supreme Court Published: October 21, 2021 Author: Kevin Allen Supreme Court Two members of the Notre Dame Law School community are serving as clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court for 2021-22 term, which began last week. Notre Dame Law Professor Stephanie Barclay is clerking for Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. Notre Dame Law School graduate Alexa Baltes ’17 J.D. is clerking for Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Professor Stephanie Barclay “Professor Barclay’s service to the nation’s highest court will benefit her students and her scholarship immensely,” said G. Marcus Cole, the Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. “Her experience as a U.S. Supreme Court clerk will be reflected in her teaching and her scholarship for the rest of her career.” Barclay joined the Law School’s faculty in 2020 and has served as director of the new Religious Liberty Initiative. Her research focuses on the role democratic institutions play in protecting minority rights, particularly at the intersection of free speech and religious exercise. She clerked previously for Judge N. Randy Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Barclay is one of 14 current faculty members at Notre Dame Law School who have clerked at the Supreme Court. That equals one-third of the Law School’s tenure-track faculty members. Baltes is the third Notre Dame Law School graduate in three years to clerk for a Supreme Court justice. Laura Wolk ’16 J.D. and Audrey Beck ’17 J.D. clerked during 2019-20 term. Alexa Baltes ’17 J.D. Baltes clerked previously for Judge Raymond Gruender of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and for then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Barrett, a Notre Dame Law School alumna and longtime faculty member, was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2020. The 37 lawyers clerking at the Supreme Court this term are alumni of just 12 law schools. Notre Dame is the only law school that has a faculty member and a graduate on this year’s roster of clerks. Originally published by Kevin Allen at law.nd.edu on Oct. 12. Posted In: Faculty and Staff Colleges & Schools Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention July 28, 2022 In memoriam: Robert L. Amico, former School of Architecture chairman and professor May 25, 2022 Of faith and reason: Reflecting on Sister Kathleen Cannon’s 32 years at Notre Dame January 26, 2022 Faculty in chemistry, biological sciences, psychology named AAAS fellows January 13, 2022 NEH awards four fellowships, digital scholarship grant to Arts and Letters, Keough School faculty For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn