That’s the teaser title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which bears the subtitle, “How my escape from private practice led to a clerkship with Justice Scalia.” Among other things, I recount my job interview from hell.
An excerpt from a much happier portion of the post:
In early December 1990, I was all set to accept an offer to begin work as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. I hadn’t heard back from OSG or OLC, but I wasn’t particularly expecting to.
My phone at work rang. “Hello, Ed, this is Ken Starr.”
Why was the SG himself calling me?!? Would he be making me an offer after all?
“I’m sorry to say that we’re unable to make you an offer at this time,” Starr continued, “but would you be interested in clerking for Justice Scalia?”
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