Closing Date: 29th March, 2024
Description:
Job Location:Nineteenth Judicial Circuit; Saint Lucie County Florida
Job Description:
The essential function of the position within the organization is to conduct and coordinate legal research activities at the trial court level. This position assists trial court judges on a variety of case issues including pre-trial and trial motions, post-conviction relief (3.800, 3.850), prisoner petitions, summary judgments, motions to suppress evidence, discovery, and county court appeals; drafts orders; and reviews briefs. The assigned work involves considerable interpretation and judgment in the analysis of legal issues in the area(s) of criminal, civil, appellate, and/or administrative law. This position works under the supervision of the Supervising Trial Court Staff Attorney.
Education and Training Guidelines:
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required; and
- Five years of work experience in the practice of law or as a law clerk in an appellate or trial court.
- Additional relevant experience may be substituted for the recommended educational level on a year-for-year basis.
- Additional relevant education may substitute for the recommended experience on a year-for-year basis.
- Requires membership in Good Standing in the Florida Bar.
- Valid Florida Driver's License required.
