Texas Tech University

Two School of Law Students Earn Top Clerkships

The Texas Tech School of Law is celebrating prestigious clerkships offered to two of its rising stars.

Paula Moore was recently notified that she had been selected as a clerk by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Carolyn King in Houston.

“While the school has had several graduates selected to serve as clerks for Federal Circuit Court judges, Moore is the first in the School of Law’s history to be selected as a clerk by the chief judge of a circuit,” says Walter Huffman, dean of the School of Law.

Moore is excited about the opportunity.

“I'm looking forward to this opportunity to participate first-hand in the judicial system and learn from such an accomplished judge,” she says.

George Hoyt, editor-in-chief of the School of Law’s Texas Administrative Law Journal, was selected by Texas Supreme Court Justice Phil Johnson to serve as his law clerk for next year.

“We’re very pleased when one of our students is selected to clerk on our state’s highest court,” Huffman says. “George is very deserving of this honor.”

Hoyt credits the School of Law and its faculty for their efforts in preparing students for careers in law.

“The recent explosion of Tech Law judicial clerks is a sign that the Texas Tech School of Law is coming to be seen as the go-to school for motivated, practically trained students,” Hoyt says. “This trend is a reflection of the great legal faculty that Tech has been able to recruit and retain.”

- Michael Castellon

 

Jan 15, 2020