Description:
Established in 1968, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is an intermediate appellate court responsible for matters involving state and local governments and appeals from state agencies and the Courts of Common Pleas. The Commonwealth Court is unique as it sits as both an appeals and trial court. You will be joining a distinguished and well-respected organization that provides employees with appropriate compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities to learn and grow.The Honorable Judge Michael Wojcik is looking for a second level legal professional for work as a career law clerk within his Harrisburg or Pittsburgh chambers. The interested individual will aid the Judge in researching complex legal issues that are before the court. Outstanding research and writing skills are required.
Primary Duties:
Qualifications:
Additional Preferences / Requirements:
Primary Duties:
- Researches legal data pertinent to caseload of judge to which assigned.
- Reads, analyzes, and interprets lower court record(s), agency briefs, and/or appellate court briefs.
- Searches for, interprets and applies statutes, court decisions, and other legal authorities on points of law involved in the preparation of legal rulings.
- Prepares drafts of opinions, orders, and memoranda of law.
- Proofreads and reviews circulating opinions.
- Attends court sessions and hearings.
- Assists other clerks in preparation of preliminary memoranda and opinions.
Qualifications:
- Graduation from an approved school of law, admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; AND
- At least three years of experience as an appellate judicial clerk or three years of progressively responsible legal experience,
- Additional professional legal experience may be substituted for the required experience, at the discretion of the employing judge, subject to approval by the President Judge.
- A satisfactory criminal background check is required.
Additional Preferences / Requirements:
- Knowledge of the Unified Judicial System of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- Knowledge of judicial procedure and rules of practice.
- Knowledge of the principles, methods, materials, and practices of legal research.
- Skill in analyzing, appraising, and organizing facts, evidence, and material, and presenting such material in a clear and logical form for oral or written presentation as opinions, memoranda, orders, or decisions.
- Ability to understand and interpret constitutional provisions, statutes, administrative regulations and precedents.
- Ability to prepare for judicial approval orders and opinions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with members of the judiciary, court, and departmental administrators, attorneys, and staff.
