Ari Shapiro

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This episode was produced by Matthew Cloutier, Noah Caldwell, and Connor Donovan, with audio engineering by Tiffany Veracastro. It was edited by Courtney Dorning, Sarah Handel, and Nadia Lansi. Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Ari Shapiro.

This episode was produced by Matthew Cloutier, Noah Caldwell, and Connor Donovan, with audio engineering by Tiffany Veracastro. It was edited by Courtney Dorning, Sarah Handel, and Nadia Lansi. Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Ari Shapiro.

This episode was produced by Matthew Cloutier, Noah Caldwell, and Connor Donovan, with audio engineering by Tiffany Veracastro. It was edited by Courtney Dorning, Sarah Handel, and Nadia Lansi. Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Ari Shapiro.

In 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began to shut things down, a recent law school graduate started a new job all the way across the country in Alaska. She accepted a coveted post as law clerk for a federal judge.

In 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began to shut things down, a recent law school graduate started a new job all the way across the country in Alaska. She accepted a coveted post as law clerk for a federal judge.

In 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began to shut things down, a recent law school graduate started a new job all the way across the country in Alaska. She accepted a coveted post as law clerk for a federal judge.

The clerk hoped this job would jumpstart her career. She didn't know anyone else there, only the judge.

The clerk hoped this job would jumpstart her career. She didn't know anyone else there, only the judge.

The clerk hoped this job would jumpstart her career. She didn't know anyone else there, only the judge.

He started testing her boundaries early on.

He started testing her boundaries early on.

He started testing her boundaries early on.

She says she thought it was part of her job to listen to the judge and help him with anything. He was going through a divorce and he began to text her constantly to the point where her phone felt like an electric leash.

She says she thought it was part of her job to listen to the judge and help him with anything. He was going through a divorce and he began to text her constantly to the point where her phone felt like an electric leash.

She says she thought it was part of her job to listen to the judge and help him with anything. He was going through a divorce and he began to text her constantly to the point where her phone felt like an electric leash.

That pressure built. In the summer of 2022, things got worse.

That pressure built. In the summer of 2022, things got worse.

That pressure built. In the summer of 2022, things got worse.

She stayed in Alaska, but she got a new job as a federal prosecutor. And this, she hoped, would put an end to the ordeal. As it turned out, that was wrong. Consider this. People who work for the federal court system don't have the same kinds of job protections that most other Americans do.