Description:
Job Description:Expand your court experience or begin your legal career as a District Law Clerk! The Tenth Judicial District is accepting applications for a District Court Law Clerk for the Judge Designee Jacob Fischmann, who is chambered at the Kanabec County Courthouse located in Mora, MN. A District Court Law Clerk position offers the opportunity to work within the Minnesota Judicial Branch at the Trial Court Level, and gain insight into judicial and court processes, with a court perspective on the administration of justice.
Law Clerks work directly with a District Court Judge performing professional legal research, preparation of memoranda, opinions, and orders and related clerical/administrative work. This position supports the functions of a District Court Judge to uphold the court's mission of providing justice through a system that assures equal access for the fair and timely resolution of cases and controversies.
What you will do:
The following are examples of major job duties expected of this position:
- Reviews, studies, researches, and annotates laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, and related legal authorities.
- Prepares briefs, legal memoranda, and statement of issues involved, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations to the justice or judge.
- Compiles references on laws and decisions necessary for legal determinations.
- Confers with justice, judge, or court official concerning legal questions, construction of documents, and granting of orders.
- Attends court sessions to hear oral arguments and records necessary case information; maintains records attendant to court proceedings.
- May perform courtroom duties including calling the calendar; swearing in jury panels and witness; taking court minutes; and assisting in various court proceedings such as arraignments, motions, hearings, pre-trial conferences, and trials.
- Administrative duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Education Requirements
Law Clerk I (Starting salary is $25.27/hour)
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and current enrollment in and completion of at least two year of law school training at a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Law Clerk (Starting salary is $31.55/hour)
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
- An attorney who has taken and passed the Minnesota Bar Exam is preferred.
What you will bring:
- Knowledge of general law, state law, established precedent, and sources of legal reference.
- Knowledge of court practices and procedures.
- Knowledge of legal terminology and concepts.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, with a diverse group of people.
- Ability to research complex legal problems or questions and apply legal principles.
- Ability to represent the court in a respectful manner.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Skill in the operation of a personal computer with work processing and legal research software.