He worked in law offices during his teens, while learning shorthand. He then used it to become a court and political reporter.
But by 24, he was already a successful author and would never work for an employer again.
When he left school at about 15, he worked as a law clerk, then became a court reporter, which took him all over England with the assizes. This was an excellent grounding for his future writing.
An articling clerk is an alternative name for an articled clerk, an apprentice in law.
law clerk = פקיד החוק (pah-KEED ha-CHOHK)
He had his law office in Springfield, Illinois. Before he became a lawyer, he was a store clerk and postmaster at New Salem, Illinois.
Charles Dickens worked as a law office clerk at Ellis and Blackmore in Holborn, London, in 1827. This was his first job after leaving school at the age of 15.
Dickens worked in a shoe polish factory, as a law office clerk, a court journalist, and a writer, but he was never a teacher.
A starting salary for a a law clerk is $40,000 - $50,000 annually.
Law clerk
Charles Dickens job at Doctor Commons was as a political and court reporter.
When he was about 12, he worked for less than a year in a blacking factory. At about 15, he went to work as a clerk in a law office (which he hated), then became a circuit court reporter. This is what he was doing when he began submitting short stories and sketches to literary magazines. As soon as Pickwick Papers was printed, in 1836, he became famous and financially secure enough to quit work and write full time.
A law clerk is a person who does researches and analyses the law for solicitors. They also store away files and legal documents, fill out pleadings, petitions and other documents.
Charles B. Law was born in 1872.