Judicial Law Clerks
Career Law Clerk, Judicial Clerk, Judicial Law Clerk, Law Clerk
What they do:
Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.
On the job, you would:
- Research laws, court decisions, documents, opinions, briefs, or other information related to cases before the court.
- Prepare briefs, legal memoranda, or statements of issues involved in cases, including appropriate suggestions or recommendations.
- Confer with judges concerning legal questions, construction of documents, or granting of orders.
Safety and Government
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Business
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Independence
- Initiative
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You might use software like this on the job:
Project management software
- Canyon Solutions Jcats
- Legal Files software
Calendar and scheduling software
- Aderant CompuLaw
- American Legalnet Smart Dockets
Information retrieval or search software
- LexisNexis
- LexisNexis Smartlinx
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doctoral degree or
professional degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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