Definition of "clerkship" [clerk•ship]

• The state or business of a clerk (noun)
• : A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years. (noun)

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• "A Supreme Court clerkship is now an “internship” ... because Kagan had one, I guess."
• "I guess he simply doesn’t care if that clerkship is occupied by a racist."
• "“I guess he simply doesn’t care if that clerkship is occupied by a racist.”"