Closing Date: 23rd April, 2024
Description:
Duties:Responsibilities:
- Review, evaluate, and analyze briefs, petitions, motions, and other pertinent documents filed in a particular case in order to determine factual accuracy, legal issues on appeal, and scope and complexity of issues raised.
- Prepare written statements of facts pursuant to rules of appellate review.
- Analyze legal issues raised by parties.
- Read and apply cases, statutes, constitutional provisions, and rules of court cited by parties.
- Conduct independent research for relevant cases, statutes, court rules, and secondary sources not cited by parties.
- Research legislative history and intent of particular statutes.
- Draft conference memoranda, opinions, orders, and requests for supplemental briefing.
- Use citator services to verify precedential value of citations.
- Consult with other attorneys and/or professional staff regarding issues on appeal.
- Attend oral arguments.
- Review, evaluate, and analyze petitions for rehearing.
- Serve on court committees as required.
- Conduct special legal research and assignments when requested, including editing of work prepared by court externs.
Minimum Requirements:
This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.
- Appellate Court Attorney, Level A
- Appellate Court Attorney, Level B
- Appellate Court Attorney, Level C
- Appellate Court Attorney, Level D
- Senior Appellate Court Attorney
Desirable Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Level A: Active membership in the State Bar of California.
- Level B: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of two years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
- Or
- Equivalent to two years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting as described above, including one year of experience as an appellate attorney, Level A, with the judicial branch.
- Level C: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of three years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
- Or
- One year of experience as an appellate attorney, Level B, with the judicial branch.
- Level D: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of four years of post-bar legal experience in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
- Or
- One year of experience as an appellate attorney, Level C, with the judicial branch.
- Senior: Active membership in the State Bar of California and the equivalent of six years of post-bar legal experience, including substantial appellate experience, in a legal setting such as a private law practice, corporation, government agency, law school, court, or legal publishing company.
- Or
- Two years of experience as an appellate attorney, Level D, with the judicial branch.