When Stanford Law School professor Jeffrey Fisher stepped down from the lectern at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, it marked the end of an extraordinary run for the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and its lawyers.

His appearance in United States v. Sims was the fifth case that clinic lawyers were involved in, in the first argument cycle of the term—in other words, half of all the cases that were argued since October 1. And their participation was helping actual parties on the merits, not as amicus brief filers. That may be common for the solicitor general’s office, but not for any other entity we can think of.

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“It was a particularly busy stretch but one doesn’t go around complaining about too much Supreme Court work,” Fisher said after his argument on Tuesday.