In the fifth interview session, conducted on October 2, 2002, Linde discusses his law school experience at the University of California, Berkeley. He talks about living in Richmond, about classes he took, and about his work on the California Law Review. He talks about his interest in international law, and about world events during the time he was in law school, including the formation of the European Union and the Nuremberg Trials. He also talks about family members who were killed during the Holocaust. He then speaks at length about working as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas from 1950 to 1951. He talks about living in Washington, D.C., other law clerks he worked with, and cases he worked on. He speaks particularly about U.S. v. Dennis, in which Douglas was one of two justices to dissent from the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the conspiracy convictions of members of the Communist Party. He also briefly discusses his work for the United Nations General Assembly from 1951 to 1953.