Pepperdine Caruso Law Represented at Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing Conference in Washington, D.C.

Pepperdine Caruso Law third-year students Joseph Castro and Matthew Dillon, and alumnus Zachary Carstens (JD '21) participated in the second annual Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing Conference hosted by the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law. Held in Washington, D.C. on February 24 to 26, the event featured federal judges and future judicial law clerks slated to serve in both state and federal courts across the United States. Three of the twenty-five conference participants were from Pepperdine Caruso Law:

• Zachary Carstens (JD ’21) is currently clerking for Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey S. Boyd (JD ’91) and will clerk for U.S. District Judge Brantley D. Starr in 2022–2023. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Pepperdine Law Review Volume XLVIII.
• 3L Joseph Castro will clerk for U.S. District Judge Thomas Lee Parker in the Western District of Tennessee in 2022–2023. He is a Note and Comment Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review Volume XLIX.
• 3L Matthew Dillon will clerk for Judge Edward H. Meyers of the United States Court of Federal Claims in 2022–2023. He is an Associate Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review Volume XLIX.

Additional information on the conference may be found at Judicial Clerkship Opinion Writing Conference