Term Law Clerks to Senior District Judge Larry A. Burns

1-2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Organization is seeking to fill two term law clerk positions with one beginning on or around July 1, 2023 and the other on or around November 15, 2023.

Job Title: Term Law Clerks to Senior District Judge Larry A. Burns

Qualifications

• Law school graduate
• Substantial prior legal experience, preferably two years or more in complex litigation
• Thoughtful, engaging, and succinct writers
• Willing to commit to a 24-month term at the outset
• Prior experience as a federal court law clerk is also highly valued

Responsibilities and Duties

• Managing half of Judge Burns’ civil docket
• Drafting orders on substantive motions
• Keeping cases moving in a timely fashion
• Interacting with counsel
• Briefing Judge Burns prior to hearings and trials
• Assisting with legal research, drafting orders, and addressing motions for compassionate release
• Research and writing responsibilities associated with Ninth Circuit or out-of-district assignments

Salary Range

• Grade JSP 11: $78,307 - $101,796
• Grade JSP 12: $93,858 - $122,016
• Grade JSP 13: $111,609 - $145,090

Bar Membership & Salary Level

• To be placed at Grades 12 or 13, you must be a member in good standing of the bar of a state, territory, or Federal Court of general jurisdiction.
• For attorneys entering the federal court system for the first time, to qualify for grade 12, an individual must have one year of legal work experience after graduation from law school. To qualify for grade 13, an individual must have two years of legal work experience after graduation from law school. All entering attorneys will be placed at salary range minimum.
• For current federal employees, salary placement will be determined by highest previous grade and step.

Legal Work Experience

Legal work experience is progressively responsible experience in the practice of law, in legal research, legal administration, or equivalent experience received after graduation from law school. Major or substantial legal activities while in military service may be credited, on a month-for-month basis whether before or after graduation, but not to exceed one year if before graduation from law school.

Personal Characteristics

Chambers is hardworking but social. A personality fit is paramount, and personal accountability is a must. This is not the clerkship that goes to whomever can produce the most glistening transcript. Judge Burns’s civil clerks both previously worked as associates at large international law firms. One graduated from Harvard Law School and the other graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. Their diverse non-legal experience includes studying and traveling abroad, service in the Peace Corps, speaking multiple languages, and performing charitable work.

Information for Applicants

• The Court reserves the right to modify the conditions of this job announcement, or to withdraw the announcement, any of which may occur without prior written or other notice.
• In the event that a position becomes vacant in a similar classification, within a reasonable time of the original announcement, the Clerk of Court may elect to select a candidate from the applicants who responded to the original announcement without posting the position.
• Only qualified applicants will be considered for this position. Employees of the . District Court serve under “Excepted Appointments” and are considered “at will” employees. Federal Civil Service classifications or regulations do not apply; however, court employees are entitled to substantially the same benefits as other Federal Government employees.
• All information provided by applicants is subject to verification and background investigation. Applicants are advised that false statements or omission of information on any application materials or the inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment or dismissal after being employed.
• Participation in the interview process will be at the applicants own expense and relocation expenses will not be provided.
• The position is subject to the mandatory electronic fund transfer (EFT) participation for payment of net pay (., Direct Deposit).
• Non-citizens may be interviewed and considered for employment, but employment offers will only be made to individuals who qualify under one of the exceptions in 8 . § 1324b(a)(3)(B). In most cases, this means that an offer of employment cannot be made unless the candidate is a lawful permanent resident who is seeking . citizenship as explained below.
• Under 8 . §1324b(a)(3)(B), a lawful permanent resident seeking citizenship may not apply for citizenship until he or she has been a permanent resident for at least five years (three years if seeking naturalization as a spouse of a citizen), at which point he or she must apply for citizenship within six months of becoming eligible, and must complete the process within two years of applying (unless there is a delay caused by the processors of the application). Non-citizens who have not been permanent residents for five years will be required to execute an affidavit that they intend to apply for citizenship when they become eligible to do so.
• If selected for first time appointment to a position, you may be required to complete an initial performance probationary period. Failure to successfully complete the probationary period may result in termination of employment.

Organization is seeking two Term Law Clerks to Senior District Judge Larry A. Burns to start July 1, 2023 and November 15, 2023.

Qualifications

• Law school graduate
• Substantial prior legal experience, preferably two

Entitled to substantially the same benefits as other Federal Government employees

Legal research, Writing, Analytical Thinking, Interacting with counsel

Law school graduate

Email cover letter, resume, writing sample and law school transcript (unofficial copy acceptable) to

Qualification and Experience Law school graduate, substantial prior legal experience, preferably two years or more in complex litigation, thoughtful, engaging, and succint writers

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