Law Clerk Addict

A very interesting discussion has emerged on the Prettier Than Napoleon blog regarding passing drug tests and obtaining security clearances as prerequisites to obtaining certain clerkships, particularly on the D.C. Circuit and the 4th Circuit. Here is one particularly interesting morsel of information:

To work on the Guantanimo cases, you have to get a security clearance. It is not a super-secret security clearance that requires a polygraph. There is NO drug test although as part of the clearance process you must describe your history with illegal drugs. Some judges require all their clerks to get a clearance, others have a designated Guantanimo clerk.

For more, read the original post and its comments!