In his two-plus years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch has earned a reputation as someone who did not always follow court traditions or norms when it came to his oddly written opinions or his snippy questions at oral argument.

The law clerks he has chosen also display his outside-the-box approach, most notably Tobi Young, the first-ever enrolled citizen of an American Indian tribe to clerk at the high court. She is clerking with him this term. Among the 12 clerks Gorsuch has hired since joining the court in April 2017, two are Asian-American, two are women, and one has Hispanic roots.