How Memphis Law became a top-20 school for federal clerkships
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Clayton P. Jackson
Clayton P. Jackson is a 2019 graduate of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. He currently clerks for U.S. Magistrate Judge Jon A. York and this year will clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr., of the Eastern District of Arkansas.
The ranking in the clerkship category places Memphis Law ahead of law schools such as Washington and Lee, Ole Miss, Georgetown, Emory, Tennessee and Columbia.
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