Job Title: Law Clerk 2025 - 2026
Job Responsibilities:
- Supreme Court law clerks work with justices on complex cases involving difficult issues of law, perform legal research, prepare written memoranda, and assist in the preparation of opinions.
- Appellate Division law clerks conduct research, analyze legal data, prepare legal memoranda, process emergent motion applications, and proofread published opinions.
- Trial court law clerks gain practical experience by observing judicial proceedings, attending conferences with attorneys and judges, receiving training in mediation, mediating small claims cases, and summarizing information for judges.
- Tax Court law clerks perform duties similar to those in the Appellate Division and trial courts but do not mediate cases.
- Assignment Judge law clerks learn all aspects of court administration and assist with processing emergent motions.
- Family Division law clerks handle legal research, draft opinions and orders, manage adjournment requests, and handle emergent applications.
- Civil Division law clerks prepare bench memoranda, perform legal research, draft legal orders, assist with case management, and communicate with various stakeholders.
- Criminal Division law clerks conduct legal research, assist in drafting jury instructions, manage the motion calendar, perform case management functions, and assist with remote proceedings.
- General Equity (Chancery) law clerks conduct legal research, review case files, draft orders, proofread orders and opinions, and assist in processing emergent temporary restraining order applications.
Education and Experience Information:
- Candidates must have graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association by the time of their law clerk appointment.
- The program is intended for recent law school graduates, defined as those graduating within the last four years.
- Excellent writing and analytical skills are essential.
- Completion of a course in mediation is helpful, as trial court law clerks serving as mediators must complete the Judiciary sponsored 12-hour mediation training or its equivalent.
Salary Information:
- 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
Additional Information:
- The position offers a hybrid work schedule with up to four days per month of remote work outside Judiciary buildings.
- US citizenship is not required, but candidates must be authorized to work in the US.
- Selected candidates must agree to a thorough background check, including fingerprinting.
- Approximately 480 clerkships are available, with most openings in the Superior Court Law Division in civil and criminal court, and the Superior Court Chancery Division in family court.
- Law clerks may hold outside employment with prior approval as per the Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees.
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