Judicial Law Clerk I

Job Description Summary

Qualified applications received will be placed on an applicant register for up to 3 months. Applications are reviewed as needed and candidates will be notified by phone or email if they are being considered for an interview. The application will expire after 3 months.

The Judicial Law Clerk I provides coordination of courtroom proceedings and performs a variety of specialized legal clerical and administrative support duties related to the high volume, fast-paced operations of a superior court division under the direction of a Superior Court Judge, Judge Pro Tempore or Commissioner.

This is generally a one-year assignment for gaining practical legal experience.

Job Description

Job Description:

Hiring Rate: $20.82 Hourly

Essential Functions:

• Under close supervision of the Judicial Officer researches case law or other legal matters as directed, and develops interpretations of legal opinions.  
• Researches and verifies points of law cited by attorneys in memoranda to the Judicial Officer.  
• Provides input to and discusses pending cases and decisions with the Judicial Officer.
• Participates in conferences and discussions between trial attorneys and the Judicial Officer.
• Assists in researching, drafting, and formatting judicial paperwork to include opinions, decisions, and citations as appropriate to education and knowledge. 
• Reviews proposed Default Decrees, Consent Decrees, and Summary Consent Decrees for compliance with rules. 
• Prepares judge’s files for court proceedings including making cover sheets and organizing any notes, relevant case law, past orders, and current requests.
• Assists in tracking and processing complex litigation assigned to the court as appropriate to education and knowledge.
• Maintains the Judicial Officer’s law library and assembles and updates documents as appropriate to education and knowledge.
• Performs critical data entry of hearing outcomes and results into the court software system in real time in order to maintain updated data, modify existing records, or initiate court ordered actions.
• Utilizes court database systems to complete final upload of documents into court docket.
• Assist in emergency evacuations as directed in the Disaster/Emergency Response Procedure’s manual.
• May perform other legal administrative tasks to aid in the administration of the Judicial Officer’s  docket and caseload.

Courtroom Duties:

• Prepares courtroom for the daily calendar; coordinates actions with Courtroom Clerk and other applicable parties.  Assures all parties involved in the proceedings are present.

• Prepares files for the court, distributes the court calendar, reviews files for missing information and court readiness, reviews motions for accuracy and compliance with rules of procedure; contacts parties for missing information.

• Maintains order in the courtroom at all times during the sessions of the court.

Prepares jury room, oversees jury panels, escorts jurors to and from the courtroom, and tends to the needs of the jury including answering non-legal questions. Maintains jury deliberation room in an orderly manner.

Maintains integrity of the jury and ensures that no outside person makes any communication while they are deliberating.

Escorts jurors and witnesses to and from the courtroom.

Tends to all the needs of the jury, answers all non-legal questions and provides all possible assistance.

Contacts all those required in the court session, such as attorneys, witnesses and jurors and provides information as necessary.  

• Assist in emergency evacuations as directed in the Disaster/Emergency Response Procedure’s manual.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor of Law degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; OR

Second or third-year law student in or graduate of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; OR

Completion of an applicable Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university OR

Completion of designated applicable coursework from an accredited college of law in criminal procedures, constitutional law, and legal research equivalent to above; OR

Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education approved by Superior Court Human Resources.

(Additional relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college of law may be substituted.)

Licenses, Certificates & Physical Conditions:

Incumbents must maintain certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and First Aid.

Physical/Sensory Items:
Typically performs duties in an office environment and may lift materials and/or equipment 20 lbs or less.

Benefits:

We offer exceptional benefits:

• Retirement Plan
• Vacation, holidays, and sick leave
• 100% paid parental leave
• Employer-paid Short -term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Wellness discount program
• Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits
• Paid Training with Advancement Opportunities
• Upon yearly anniversary, 56 hours of sick time accrued, less usage, may be rolled over to vacation time.

The Arizona Superior Court in Pima County and the Pima County Juvenile Court Center offer the same benefits as those offered to other employees working for Pima County.  We offer a competitive benefits package to benefits eligible employees, which includes medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid vacation and sick leave.   Some benefits  require contributions by employees in addition to contributions made by the employer.   Please see the link below for a complete description of the offerings .

Retirement Plan participation is mandatory for all eligible employees to include a mandatory pre-tax pay deduction. Current rates can be viewed here:  

Full-time employees of government organizations may be able to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.  For more information click  Student Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid .