Judge Pauline Newman, 96, allegedly had a clerk do errands like grocery shopping. It may be unethical, but it's not uncommon.

LAP President and Founder Aliza Shatzman spoke with Insider about the controversy surrounding 96-year-old Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, including her conduct and treatment of clerks. Aliza underscored the importance of treating a clerkship as a job like any other, subject to the same expectations of professionalism, and the urgency of adding younger, more diverse judges to the bench.

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