**Job Title:**
Law Clerk 2025 - 2026
**Job Responsibilities:**
The law clerk position within the **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. offers a comprehensive exposure to the judicial process across various court levels, including the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Superior Court, and Tax Court. The specific responsibilities vary depending on the court assignment:
- **Supreme Court Law Clerks:** Collaborate with justices on complex legal issues, perform legal research, prepare written memoranda on novel issues of law, and assist in drafting opinions.
- **Appellate Division Law Clerks:** Conduct legal research, analyze legal data, prepare legal memoranda, process emergent motion applications, and proofread published opinions. They are responsible for editing opinions and handling emergent applications.
- **Superior Court Law Clerks (Assignment Judges, Chancery Division, Law Division):** Learn court administration, process emergent motions, observe judicial proceedings, attend conferences, receive mediation training, and mediate small claims cases. In the Chancery Division, they handle non-monetary relief cases such as trade secrets and foreclosure.
- **Tax Court Law Clerks:** Handle appeals related to tax issues, perform legal research, draft case management orders, manage the motion calendar, and communicate with litigants and court staff.
- **Family Division Law Clerks:** Conduct legal research, assist with remote proceedings, communicate with litigants and attorneys, draft legal opinions and orders, and manage emergent applications.
- **Civil Division Law Clerks:** Prepare bench memoranda for civil motions, perform legal research, draft legal orders, manage the motion calendar, and assist with case management functions.
- **Criminal Division Law Clerks:** Conduct legal research, draft jury instructions and legal opinions, manage the motion calendar, and assist with remote proceedings.
**Education and Experience Information:**
Candidates must have graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) within the past four years. The program is intended for recent graduates who have not yet engaged in the practice of law. Law clerks are required to possess excellent writing and analytical skills. Mediation skills are considered an advantage. Selected candidates must provide an official, final law school transcript, and it is helpful to have completed a course in mediation prior to the start of the clerkship.
**Salary Information:**
The salary for law clerk positions varies based on the court assignment. For the 2024-2025 Court Term, the salaries are as follows:
- Supreme Court: $76,400
- Supreme Court Appellate Division: $69,750
- Superior Court Assignment Judge: $63,950
- Superior Court Chancery Division (General Equity): $63,950
- Superior Court Law Division (Civil and Criminal): $58,900
- Superior Court Chancery Division (Family): $58,900
- Tax Court: $58,900
The salaries for the 2025-2026 Court Term are subject to funding availability.
**Additional Information:**
The **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. offers a structured 53-week clerkship program, providing hands-on experience in a nationally recognized court system. Law clerks gain valuable insights into the legal process, working closely with judges, attorneys, court staff, and litigants. The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, with the possibility of up to four remote workdays per month. Applicants must have high-speed internet access and install a multifactor authentication app on their . . citizenship is not required, but candidates must be authorized to work in the . and agree to a thorough background check. Law clerks are exempt from the New Jersey residency requirement during their court term, but those moving into another state position immediately following their clerkship must comply with the residency law. Approximately 480 clerkships are available, with most openings in the Superior Court Law Division. The **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from individuals of historically underrepresented groups, women, individuals with disabilities, and other protected class members.
For more information about the clerkship application process and duties, applicants can visit the Judiciary's website.
