Judicial Clerkship - Government in Elizabeth, NJ

Government

Elizabeth, NJ

Judicial Clerkship - Government in Elizabeth, NJ

Judicial Clerkship

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**Job Title**: Law Clerk 2025 - 2026

**Job Responsibilities**:
1. **Supreme Court Law Clerks**: Work with justices on complex legal cases, conduct legal research, prepare written memoranda on novel legal issues, and assist in the preparation of judicial opinions.

2. **Appellate Division Law Clerks**: Conduct research, analyze legal data, prepare legal memoranda, process emergent motion applications, and proofread published opinions.

3. **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.

4. **Tax Court Law Clerks**: Perform similar duties to those in the Appellate Division and trial courts but do not mediate cases. Duties include reviewing and processing motions, conducting legal research, drafting legal documents, managing the motion calendar, and assisting with remote proceedings.

5. **Assignment Judge Clerks**: Learn all aspects of court administration, assist with processing emergent motions, conduct research, prepare legal memos, manage dockets, and communicate regularly with counsel and courthouse staff.

6. **Family Division Law Clerks**: Conduct legal research, assist with remote proceedings, communicate with litigants and attorneys, draft legal opinions and orders, manage adjournment requests, and handle emergent applications.

7. **Civil Division Law Clerks**: Prepare bench memoranda for civil motions, perform legal research, draft legal documents, manage the motion calendar, assist with case management functions, and communicate with attorneys and litigants.

8. **Criminal Division Law Clerks**: Conduct legal research for opinions and motions, assist in drafting jury instructions and legal opinions, draft legal orders, manage the motion calendar, perform case management functions, and assist with remote proceedings.

9. **General Equity (Chancery) Law Clerks**: Conduct legal research, review case files, prepare bench memoranda, draft orders, interact with counsel and litigants, and assist in processing emergent temporary restraining order applications.

**Education and Experience Information**:
- Must have graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association by the time of appointment.
- The program is intended for recent graduates, defined as those who have graduated within the last four years.
- Excellent writing and analytical skills are essential.
- Mediation training is helpful, and trial court law clerks who serve as mediators must complete Judiciary-sponsored 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 **Members Only** offers approximately 480 law clerk positions annually for one-year terms.
- The Judiciary provides a hybrid work schedule, allowing for up to four days per month of remote work.
- Law clerks must be authorized to work in the . and may be subject to a thorough background check.
- Law clerks are exempt from the New Jersey residency requirement during their court term but must comply if transitioning to another state position afterward.
- The Judiciary encourages applicants from historically underrepresented groups, women, individuals with disabilities, and other protected class members to apply.
- Law clerks may hold outside employment with prior approval according to the Code of Conduct for Judiciary Employees.
- Some positions may require a valid New Jersey driver's license.
- Applicants must follow strict application instructions and submit detailed work experience and education information.