Katie Rubcich (JD '22) to Clerk for Honorable J. Clifford Wallace of Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Pepperdine Caruso Law alumna Katie Rubcich (JD '22) will clerk for the Honorable J. Clifford Wallace of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit beginning in fall 2024.  After graduating from Caruso Law in May 2022, Rubcich served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ronald S. W. Lew of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from fall 2022 to fall 2023.  Rubcich will join Kirkland & Ellis’s Century City office as a litigation associate this fall before beginning her next clerkship.  

Rubcich is honored to serve as Judge Wallace’s law clerk next fall and is grateful to the Caruso Law community for their support throughout the application process.  In particular, she would like to thank Career Development Office associate director Ann Chang,  and professors Mark Kubisch, Barry McDonald, Babette Boliek, and Jimmy Azadian.