PENN LAW — Daniella Cass C’19, L’22 has been interested in the judiciary for a long time. She first began researching topics pertaining to judicial decision making as a high school student, and, as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, she won an award for her honors thesis entitled “The Politicization of the Supreme Court.” Now, as a third-year student at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Cass has accepted the prestigious position of clerking for Supreme Court of the United States Justice Samuel A. Alito during the 2024-2025 term. Before assuming her position with Justice Alito, Cass will first clerk for the Honorable Gerald Tjoflat, Senior Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and then for the Honorable Paul B. Matey, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. “I’m really excited to see the issues in these cases as they’re coming up and to think, not about how to argue one side or the other, but about how to analyze the issue at hand and how to consider what the precedent will be from this point forward,” Cass said. “It will be interesting to engage in the process in all of the different clerkships – especially at the SCOTUS level, but in the Eleventh and Third Circuits, as well.”