**Job Title: Law Clerk 2025 - 2026**
**Job Responsibilities:**
1. **Supreme Court Law Clerks:**
- Work with justices on complex cases involving difficult legal issues.
- Perform legal research and prepare written memoranda on novel legal issues.
- Assist justices in the preparation of opinions.
2. **Appellate Division Law Clerks:**
- Conduct research and analyze legal data.
- Prepare legal memoranda and process emergent motion applications.
- Proofread published opinions.
- Handle emergent applications and assist in additional research projects.
3. **Trial Court Law Clerks:**
- Gain practical experience and insight into the judicial process.
- Observe judicial proceedings and attend conferences with attorneys and judges.
- Receive training in mediation and mediate small claims cases.
- Summarize information for judges.
4. **Tax Court Law Clerks:**
- Perform duties similar to those in the Appellate Division and trial courts but do not mediate cases.
- Review and process motions filed with the court.
- Conduct legal research and draft case management orders.
- Manage the motion calendar and assist with remote proceedings.
5. **Assignment Judge Law Clerks:**
- Learn all aspects of court administration.
- Assist with processing emergent motions.
- Conduct research, prepare legal memos, and manage the judge’s docket.
6. **Family Division Law Clerks:**
- Conduct legal research for opinions and motions.
- Assist with remote proceedings and communicate with litigants and attorneys.
- Assist judges in drafting legal opinions and orders.
7. **Civil Division Law Clerks:**
- Prepare bench memoranda for civil motions.
- Perform legal research and draft legal orders.
- Communicate with attorneys, litigants, and court staff.
8. **Criminal Division Law Clerks:**
- Conduct legal research and assist in drafting jury instructions and legal opinions.
- Manage the motion calendar and perform case management functions.
- Assist with remote proceedings and communicate with attorneys and staff.
9. **General Equity (Chancery) Law Clerks:**
- Conduct legal research and review case files.
- Prepare bench memoranda and draft orders.
- Interact with counsel and self-represented litigants regarding case management.
**Education and Experience Information:**
- Applicants 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 mediation course prior to the clerkship is beneficial.
- Selected candidates must provide an official, final law school transcript, not a photocopy, including the date of graduation.
**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:**
- Approximately 480 clerkships are available, with a limited number for the Supreme Court, Superior Court Appellate Division, Superior Court Assignment Judges, and the Tax Court.
- Applicants interested in positions should apply early during the hiring process.
- The **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. offers a hybrid work schedule with up to four days per month of remote work.
- Law clerks may hold outside employment with prior approval as per the Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees.
- A valid New Jersey driver's license is required if vehicle operation is necessary for essential duties.
- US citizenship is not required, but the selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US.
- Law clerks are not subject to the residency law during their court term.
- Individuals selected for clerkships must undergo a thorough background check, including fingerprinting.
**Application Process:**
- Applications open on June 10, 2024, via the Judiciary's web-based portal.
- Applicants will be contacted directly by justices or judges for interviews starting June 17, 2024.
- The application must include detailed work experience and education sections.
- Only completed applications following the instructions will be considered for hire.
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