Dwight Carswell, a 25-year-old 2004 Iola High School graduate, has accepted a position as a law clerk for Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Denver, Colo.
The one-year, and very competitive, position began in late August.
Carswell completed both his undergraduate and law school at the University of Chicago. He graduated from law school in June and spent the summer studying for the bar exam, which he passed.