Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    For Further Information
Contact: Kathleen L. Arberg
202-479-3211

Carolyn A. Dubay, an attorney in the Article III Judges Division of the Office of Judges Programs at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, has been selected as the 2007-2008 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Supreme Court Fellows Program was created in 1973 by the late Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to provide promising individuals with a first-hand understanding of the federal government, in particular the judicial branch.  In the words of Chief Justice Roberts, the program offers “a unique opportunity to learn about and contribute to the administration of justice at the national level.”

Each year fellows work with top officials in the judicial branch of government.  With assignments at the Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, fellows have been involved in various projects examining the federal judicial process and seeking, proposing, and implementing solutions to problems in the administration of justice.

As the fellow at the Supreme Court, Dubay’s duties will include researching and providing background information for speeches and reports, briefing visiting dignitaries, preparing analytical reports, and overseeing the Judicial Internship Program.  Her fellowship begins in the fall.

Dubay was an associate at Jones Day in New York from 1995-1996.  In 1996, Dubay left private practice to serve as a law clerk to the Honorable Joanna Seybert of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for two years.  Following her clerkship, Dubay worked at Hunton & Williams law firm in their Raleigh, North Carolina office from 1998-2002.  She worked in the law firm’s McLean, Virginia office from 2004-2005.  As an attorney at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Dubay provides counsel for administrative concerns of Article III judges and program support to the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on International Judicial Relations and the Judicial Statistics Subcommittee of the Committee on Judicial Resources. 

Dubay earned a B.A. in history from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1991 and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1995. 

The Supreme Court Fellows are selected by a commission comprised of 9 members selected by the Chief Justice of the United States.

 

 

"For a con law professor, it was like being at the center of the universe."

Thomas E. Baker
Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law