Career Law Clerk

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Career Law Clerk
Duties: Reviewing briefs and other case filings; performing legal research; writing bench memoranda; and drafting orders and opinions in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases. Administrative duties will include: serving as principal administrative manager of chambers; daily reviewing the active case docket and drafting standard scheduling orders as necessary; training and assisting the term law clerks; and managing the judge’s schedule. Exceptional writing and editing skills are required, and candidates with prior federal judicial clerkship experience will be preferred. Closely monitor dockets of all pending cases and draft orders, as appropriate, for scheduling and discovery-related issues, default proceedings, service deficiencies, and other miscellaneous matters. Serve as chambers liaison for all outside personnel, including other District and Magistrate Judges, the Clerk of Court, the Clerk’s Office staff, the Probation and Pretrial Services Office, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Train and assist and supervise the bi-annual term law clerks extensively. Receive, screen, and refer telephone and in-person callers. Prepare in final form the judge’s written correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, and other items. Assemble and attach supplemental material as required. Monitor all incoming mail and email communication; screen incoming mail daily, routing the mail to appropriate recipients; review all outgoing mail for accuracy. Maintain the judge’s calendar; schedule, change, and cancel meetings, appointments, and hearings as directed; relieve the judge of routine details and oversee chambers supply stock and general chambers’ management. Arrange all business travel itineraries for the judge, including plane tickets, hotel reservations, lodging plans, car rentals, and other arrangements. Perform other miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned by the judge and as necessary for the efficient operation of chambers. Research and analyze novel and complex legal issues in diverse areas of federal criminal law and civil litigation. Draft orders and memorandum opinions in civil and criminal cases for the judge’s review. Prepare bench memoranda and other written materials for motions hearings and trial proceedings, as directed. Provide information and guidance to the judge on individual cases, as directed. Perform extensive computer legal research via Westlaw and/or Lexis. Monitor significant changes in federal statutes, sentencing guidelines, and Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit precedent. Review and edit orders, opinions and memoranda drafted by term clerks and staff attorneys, as directed. Manages a large docket of civil and criminal cases and has primary responsibilities regarding the drafting and finalizing of opinions and orders. Meet multiple deadlines in a timely and organized fashion. Quick and accurate writing skills are a must. Flexibility to meet demanding deadlines and the concomitant strong work ethic are both required. must maintain a courteous and professional demeanor within chambers, the Court, the Bar, and before the public.

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